Your role
Head chef
Run the kitchen from the kitchen display and the pass, keep each dish's recipe card and plate cost against the food cost target, and keep the 86 list.
The head chef runs the kitchen during service and looks after what each dish costs. Kila describes the role: “Runs the kitchen: tickets and the pass, recipe cards and plate costs, the 86 list, waste, kitchen counts and requisitions from the store. No sales or prices.”
When you sign in
Link to this section: When you sign inKila opens the kitchen display, as for every cook: see Kitchen. Your other pages are in Kila’s menu under Kitchen and floor: Kitchen display, Prep list, Off today (86), Recipes and food cost and Waste log, among others.
Your day
Link to this section: Your day- During service, run the pass on the kitchen display: Pass shows each table’s tickets together. See Work the kitchen display.
- Keep the 86 list: switch dishes off for today when they run out, in the kitchen display’s All day list.
- Check what each dish costs under Recipes and food cost, below.
Recipes and food cost
Link to this section: Recipes and food costKitchen and floor › Recipes and food cost: “What each menu item costs to make from its recipe card, and its food cost against the target of 32% of the price before VAT.” Each menu item shows its Price, Plate cost, Food cost and Target. Choose All, Over target (1) or No recipe yet above the list.
What you can do
Link to this section: What you can do- Everything on the kitchen display, for every station.
- Switch dishes off for the day.
- Keep recipe cards and plate costs.
Everything the role is allowed to do
- General
- View dashboard
- Point of sale
- See the kitchen and bar screens; Move kitchen tickets (cooking, ready, done) and print them; Switch menu items off for the day (86) and set how many are left
- Catalog
- Keep recipe cards and plate costs, and record kitchen and bar waste; View products and services
- Stock
- View stock; Create stock adjustments; Count stock
- Purchasing
- View purchasing; Create requisitions
- Reports
- View reports
- Branch operations
- View checklists, audits, issues and the branch scorecard; Complete opening, closing and log checklists and report issues
What needs a manager
Link to this section: What needs a manager| Approval limit | Up to |
|---|---|
| Stock adjustments | KES 2,000.00 |
Needs a manager
Selling and menu prices are not part of the role.
Common questions
Link to this section: Common questionsWhy is a dish’s food cost red? It is above its target. Over target lists only those dishes.
Is the target the same for every dish? Not always: a dish can have its own, such as 40% for the beef choma by the kilo at Jikoni Grill and Cafe.