KITCHEN MANAGEMENT SOLUTION
Take control of your kitchen costs
Cooking the Books is an all-in-one kitchen management solution that helps restaurant groups track inventory, manage suppliers, and see exactly where their money goes.
Every year chefs trust Cooking the Books to create over 739,000 recipes and to manage over $1 billion in invoices
Managing kitchen costs shouldn’t feel like guesswork
Food cost control is a constant challenge in busy kitchens. Ingredient prices change regularly, orders are placed across multiple suppliers, and food waste erodes margins.
If you want to maximise the profitability of your hospitality business, messy spreadsheets, manual data entry and inconsistent processes won’t cut it.
Prices change, but your data doesn’t
Ingredient costs go up and down all the time. But if you’re using spreadsheets or manual tracking, your recipe costs are probably outdated the moment you finish entering them.
Too many suppliers, too many systems
You order from one supplier here, another there. Invoices come in different formats. Keeping track of what you’ve ordered, what you’ve received, and what you’ve paid is a job in itself.
No clear picture across venues
If you run more than one kitchen, getting consistent data is hard. Different chefs do things differently. Stock levels don’t match up. You’re flying blind on food costs.
One platform to manage your kitchen’s money
Cooking the Books by Quantaco connects your ordering, invoices, recipes, and stock into one system. Instead of chasing spreadsheets, you get a clear view of your food costs across every venue, updated in real time.
STOCK CONTROL
See what’s coming in and going out
Track stock levels across all your venues from one place. Know what you have, what you’ve used, and where waste is happening. No more guessing, no more end-of-month surprises.
Cooking the Books updates automatically as orders come in and stock goes out. Your team spends less time counting and more time cooking.
RECIPE CARDS
Recipe costs that update themselves
Build detailed recipe cards once, and they stay accurate as ingredient prices change. Every time a supplier updates their prices, your recipe costs update too.
This means you always know your true food cost percentage. No manual updates. No outdated numbers.
CENTRALISED ORDERING
Order from all your suppliers in one place
Stop logging into five different supplier portals. With Cooking the Books, you can place orders with multiple suppliers from one platform. Set up ordering templates to save time and keep things consistent.
Invoices are tracked automatically so you can see what’s been ordered, delivered, and paid at a glance.
Benefits, designed with
hospitality in mind
Reduce costs & boost profits
Get visibility into real-time food costs, waste and performance, helping you reduce unnecessary spending.
Keep your IP, even if your chef leaves
Protect your recipes and intellectual property, ensuring consistency even if staff change.
Save time &
reduce admin
Streamline your ordering, invoice approvals and stocktakes to free up hours every week.
Track inventory with confidence
Get a clear picture of what’s coming in, what’s going out, and where waste reduction can happen.
Maintain consistency across venues
Standardise recipes and ordering to ensure every dish looks, tastes and costs the same – whether it’s cooked in one kitchen or five.
What sets Cooking the Books apart
Centralised
Ordering
Order directly from multiple suppliers through one platform.
Invoice & Supplier Management
Automate invoice tracking and reconcile with ease.
Recipe Costing & Live Price Updates
Build detailed, scalable recipe cards that automatically update as ingredient prices shift.
Stock
Control
See your stock levels across all venues, at all times.
Menu Engineering Tools
Build menus that align with customer demand and ensure profit.
Ordering Templates & Automation
Replicate tried-and-tested ordering patterns to maintain consistency and avoid errors.
Performance Reporting
Access clear data on food cost percentage, waste and kitchen efficiency.
Deeper Access
& Control
Any staff member can access CTB anywhere at any time through the cloud.
See how Cooking the Books can help your kitchen
Book a demo to discover how Cooking the Books can help your kitchen run smarter, faster, and more profitably