The easiest way to reduce food cost and increase your profit margin
Welcome to MadChef, the only app designed to empower chefs and restaurant owners to keep more of their sales by lowering their food cost. Compile the most cost-effective orders—all with a few clicks.
We found a better way to food ordering
Modernize and organize your ordering
Ditch outdated spreadsheets. Keep your ordering sheet in the cloud and manage orders on the go—either on your phone while walking through your coolers or while sitting at your computer
Take control of fluctuating
food costs
Inflation. Supply shortages. Price fluctuations. We know all about it first-hand. That’s why we built a tool for chefs to order smarter
Reduce mistakes, streamline communication
With your orders sent to your distributors via email and with your team on the same app, there’s no room for miscommunication errors
So, what’s the process?
Discover how MadChef helps restaurants increase their profits by optimizing their food ordering
Upload this week’s prices
Simply upload weekly distributor price sheets to automatically update the prices on your ordering sheet.
Do your ordering
Place your order through our app and let our algorithm compare prices across your distributors. We'll set up draft orders based on the lowest prices. Want to just stick with your original order? That’s up to you!
Review, finalize, and submit
Review and make any adjustments to those draft orders. Every time you click “Place order,” it will be sent right to your salesperson’s email!
Get all the features you need to get started at $29/month with zero implementation costs
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Keep all your ordering online
Access all the orders you place from anywhere
Import distributor ordering guides and easily build your ordering sheet- Keep your ordering sheet safe in the cloud
- Upload each distributor’s pricing sheets to automatically update your prices
- Place all your orders on our web or iPhone app
- Invite everyone involved in the ordering process to your business account
Let us find you the lowest priced items
For just 1.25% of the cost of the products we save you money on
Price comparison
We check the prices of items in your original order across your distributors
Draft order creation
We present you with draft orders with the lowest prices on the items you want to order
Order review and placement
You can of course make any changes you would like to draft orders before placing them
More distributors, more savings
The more distributors you work with and the more products you mark as good substitutes in your ordering sheet, the more you will save
You save, we earn 1.25%
We only get paid for the products we find you savings on
What Chefs have to say
Utilize the power of metrics and analytics
Track your weekly savings, keep an eye on your running food cost, and get a breakdown of all the items you order.
Have more questions?
No, they don’t! You can create their profile in just minutes by entering a few basic details from an invoice. Then you’ll just need to upload their ordering guide to get the products that you buy on MadChef. That’s it!
When you place an order, we automatically generate a PDF of that order and send it via email to the recipient you designate. This is usually the distributor’s ordering department or a specific salesperson. We also send a text message to the salesperson so they get a notification of your order immediately. No more calling, leaving voicemails, or worrying whether your order was taken down accurately.
We’ve made it incredibly simple for chefs or bookkeepers to update prices because nobody likes tedious data entry. You can bulk update prices directly onto your MadChef ordering sheet. Or even better, your distributor’s updated price sheets for the week can be uploaded right into MadChef. Setting up this feature is quick and easy and will save you time in the long run.
Very soon we’ll release a new feature that allows your salesperson to update prices directly through a special link. We’ll even send them a weekly reminder on Sundays to use the link and update any prices that may have changed.
You can get most, if not all, of your distributors and products set up within a few hours by uploading each distributor’s ordering guide. Your bookkeeper or sous chef or manager can handle the bulk of the setup once you show them the ropes.
As the owner or chef, your key role is to mark substitute products across different distributors so our algorithm can find the best prices for the items you want to order. For example, both Bysco and Road Runner Produce sell the exact same Driscoll strawberries. You would link them together on your ordering sheet. And U15 shrimp from Captain Jack Sparrow is a good substitute for the U15 shrimp from Bubba & Gump. So you would link those two as well. And so on and so forth.
Once you get the hang of it, you’ll quickly see how expanding your distributor network can boost your bottom line. A few more credit applications, some handshakes, and you’ll never look back!
We’ll soon start working on integrations with popular POS systems so you can track key food cost metrics in real time. This will significantly reduce time spent on inventory management and help you stay on top of your weekly food budget. And this is just the beginning—we have plenty of exciting features in the pipeline!
