Chefy
What it is
Chefy is a web-based hospitality costing platform for kitchens, bars and multi-venue groups. It helps venues track food costs and margins, with a free Chefy Core plan for a first core venue. Core includes costing, recipes, bulk product import, wastage recording and live cost updates. Recipe costing supports nested recipes, standard products and approval workflows. When a product price changes, the cost carries through its recipes into menu items. Chefy can also use AI to extract prices from supplier invoices. Square is the point-of-sale system it currently links to: it syncs sales and menu items, then matches sales to costed recipes. Chefy Admin adds performance analytics, contribution margin, approvals and audit logs across venues. Chefy Go provides mobile-first tools for prep, wastage recording and stock counting on the floor. Margin threshold alerts and automated daily reports help track changes. The free plan is available indefinitely; paid modules start at $12/mo. Additional users, organization admins and venues have separate listed prices.
For and against
For
- Free Core plan includes a first venue.
- Product price changes update recipe and menu costs.
- AI extracts prices from supplier invoices.
- Square sales can be matched to costed recipes.
- Chefy Admin provides analytics and audit logs.
Against
- Square is the only POS linked today.
- Additional users, admins and venues have separate fees.
- Formal SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certifications are not held.
The verdict
Chefy combines recipe costing with live price updates, Square sales matching and venue-level oversight. The free Core plan covers a first venue; paid modules start at $12/mo.
Who it suits
Chefy suits hospitality venues that want to track ingredient costs, menu margins and wastage. Its multi-venue tools are relevant to groups overseeing several locations.
Plans and prices
Chefy Core
First core venue · costing and recipes · bulk product import · wastage recording
Read 29 Sep 2026 · chefyapp.com
Additional user
Three team members included per venue
Read 29 Sep 2026 · chefyapp.com
Modules
Sales, Stocktake, Procurement or Chefy Go · price shown as starting from
Read 29 Sep 2026 · chefyapp.com
Organization admin
Organization-wide oversight across venues
Read 29 Sep 2026 · chefyapp.com
Additional venue
Each additional venue includes full core
Read 29 Sep 2026 · chefyapp.com
On the record
- Access controls
- Chefy says it provides granular per-user permissions and a full audit log of changes.chefyapp.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Analytics
- Chefy Admin provides performance analytics, contribution margin, approvals and audit logs across venues.chefyapp · read 29 Sep 2026
- Certifications
- Chefy states that it does not yet hold formal certifications such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001.chefyapp.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Chefy Go
- Chefy Go provides mobile-first tools for prep, wastage recording and stock counting on the floor.chefyapp · read 29 Sep 2026
- Intended users
- Chefy is built for hospitality venues, including kitchens, bars and multi-venue groups.chefyapp · read 29 Sep 2026
- Invoice processing
- Chefy can process supplier invoices with AI to extract prices automatically.chefyapp.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Live costs
- Product price changes cascade through recipes into menu items and update their costs.chefyapp.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Payments
- Card payments are handled by Square and Stripe, and Chefy says it does not store card numbers.chefyapp.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Product
- Chefy is a hospitality costing platform that helps venues see food costs and margins in real time.chefyapp.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Recipe costing
- Chefy Core supports nested recipes, standard products, wastage recording and approval workflows.chefyapp.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Reporting and alerts
- Chefy offers threshold alerts when margins breach targets and automated daily reports with key insights and trends.chefyapp · read 29 Sep 2026
- Security
- Chefy says traffic uses HTTPS/TLS, data is encrypted at rest, hosted in Australia and backed up automatically.chefyapp.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Square integration
- Chefy syncs Square sales and menu items and matches sales to costed recipes; the site says Square is the POS it links to today.chefyapp.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Support
- Chefy describes its support as local and invites users to book a demo to see the product with their menu and numbers.chefyapp.com · read 29 Sep 2026
