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Know what every event earns.

Every wedding or seminar has its cost, its orders and its margin, worked out from your recipes before the day itself.

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Production : tâches par poste et par cuisinier

Sound familiar?

“I price my quotes by feel.”

“I over-order to be safe, and throw the rest away.”

“I find out an event’s real margin weeks later.”

What changes for you.

You see the margin before the event

Cost, revenue excl. VAT and margin for every project, from your recipes.

You order the right quantity

Recipes are broken down into products, and what’s already in stock is taken off.

Nothing leaves without a label

Use-by and INCO labels printed for every preparation that goes out.

How Zesto does it.

One project per event.

Group a wedding’s or seminar’s recipes: cost, revenue excl. VAT and margin show up as the tasks get done.

Dupont wedding — SaturdayIn progress
25 → 26 Sep · 6 recipes
4/6 done
Cost
€1,008.57
Revenue
€5,072.73
Margin
80.1%
Martin birthday2 Oct77.2%
Seminar catering18 Sep79.5%

Orders, worked out for you.

“Prepare orders” breaks recipes down into products, takes off what’s already in stock and creates a draft per supplier.

Dupont wedding6 recipes · 120 covers
Prepare orders
Adjusted for stock
Metro7 linesDraft€186.40
Primeurs de Rungis4 linesDraft€44.00
Marée Locale2 linesDraft€142.50

Labels, before it leaves.

Use-by and INCO labels with ingredients and allergens, printed from production for every preparation that goes out.

Veal stock
Made on25/09 · 14:20
LotL2509-03
Use by28/09
Allergens: celery
Bistrot Clémence · Sophie

Bring your next event.

We build it together in Zesto: recipes, orders and margin, in 30 minutes.

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How you get started.

  1. 1

    Your recipes

    Imported from photo, PDF or Excel, and costed.

  2. 2

    Your first event

    Set up as a project, with its quantities and dates.

  3. 3

    Your orders

    Supplier drafts are generated from the project.

Frequently asked questions

Another question? Write to us at contact@zesto.app

Can I record a catering sale without a till?

Yes, by manual entry: the sale is broken down into ingredients and taken out of stock like any other.

Do quantities follow the number of covers?

Yes: each task has its quantity, in portions, litres or kilos, and the orders follow.

Can I reuse a past event?

Yes, any production can be duplicated in one click.

Are allergens shown?

Yes. The 14 regulated allergens are worked out for every recipe and printed on the INCO label.

The modules behind the event.

Production, orders, recipes and hygiene, for every event.

PR
Primeurs de Rungis
ORD-0151
Draft
€44.00
Arriving tomorrow, Sat 26 SepWhatsApp
Shallots2 kg€9.60
Fresh basil6 bunches€7.20
Beefsteak tomatoes5 kg€21.00
Lemons2 kg€6.20
Ordering. One draft per supplier, ready before service.
Low stock· 8 to order
A draft is ready for Primeurs de Rungis.
Shallots0.6 / 1 kg
Fresh basil3 / 4 bunches
Line-caught sea bass0 / 2 kg
Stock. Stock-outs spotted before they happen.
Duck breast, cherry jusMain
Cost per plate
€9.40
Margin
70.6%
Duck +€0.80/kg on Wednesday’s invoice
Duck breast220 g€5.72
Cherries60 g€1.14
Veal jus50 ml€0.96
Potatoes180 g€0.38
Recipes. Cost and margin of every dish, updated with each invoice.
TomorrowSAT 26 SEP0/7 done
Dupont wedding, Saturday
Salmon filletFish120L
Caesar saladGarde-manger120L
Apple tartPastry120S
Prawn linguineHot line12M
Production. Prep planned station by station, cook by cook.
SalesFRI 25 SEPtill_export.csv
Duck breast, cherry jus×38
Caesar salad×54
Apple tart×41
Café gourmandLink a recipe
126 ingredients taken out of stock
Sales. Every dish sold taken out of stock, ingredient by ingredient.
Today’s checks4/5 done
Walk-in fridge3.1 °C
Fish fridge1.8 °C
Freezer−19.4 °C
Hot line cleaning14:20
Fryer oil testdue 16:00
Hygiene. Temperatures and cleaning, signed and time-stamped.

See it run on your own kitchen.

30 minutes, with your menu and your suppliers.

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