Built for your restaurant. Designed for your next chapter.
MyChefLab helps you understand where your restaurant stands, explore what could change, and turn your next decision into a practical plan. From a first idea to an established venue’s next stage of growth.
Bring your menu, team and operating numbers into one clear workspace. Test a change before you commit, keep practical actions in view, and learn from the results over time.
- Test decisions before making them
- Explore your menu’s contribution
- Plan your team and operations
Hospitality expertise. Built into your everyday.
What could a small change mean?
Adjust the inputs to explore an example. See how food cost and staffing shape the picture.
Small changes add up. Compare the assumptions with your own trading period before deciding what to test.
Illustrative calculation using your inputs. This is not net profit or a forecast.
See the cost of your next shift.
Illustrative staffing scenario
Excludes super, penalties, overtime and other employment costs.
- Connected modules
- 13
- Clear priorities
- 4
- Editable starting models
- 9
- Plans from
- A$79/ month
Growth that respects
what makes you, you.
Better decisions start with understanding your business. A neighbourhood café, a tasting-menu restaurant and a busy takeaway do not operate in the same way. MyChefLab gives you a structured way to explore your numbers while keeping your concept, your guests and your standards in view.
Whether you are reviewing prices, testing a new menu, planning a service or preparing your next stage of development, use the lab to make your assumptions visible, compare alternatives and decide what to test in the real world.
- 01 / UNDERSTAND
Know your starting point.
Define your concept, baseline and priorities.
- 02 / EXPLORE
Compare your options.
Model changes before committing resources.
- 03 / ACT
Turn insight into a plan.
Build practical actions for your next service.
- 04 / REVIEW
Learn as you develop.
Record results and revisit your assumptions.
Different restaurants. Different decisions.
Select a concept to see how the starting assumptions change.
Bistro / casual dining
Explore contribution per cover, table capacity, food costs and the staffing needed for one seated service.
Keep in focus: Hospitality, consistency and an unhurried guest experience.
Nine editable starting models. Replace example assumptions with your own business data; the model does not predict demand or guest reactions.
A complete toolkit.
Four clear priorities.
Thirteen connected modules, organised around the way your restaurant develops.
Start with your concept, your establishment and a clear view of the numbers.
01Establishment workspace & portfolio
Give each business its own context.
Keep venue information, objectives, operating status, contact details and business data together. Switch between establishment files, search the portfolio and work with a separate set of assumptions and records for each venue.
- Create and edit client / venue files.
- Track objectives and engagement stages.
- Keep menus, teams, stock, scenarios and actions associated with the right establishment.
- Use a two-step confirmation before deleting a client / venue file.
02Concept & DNA
Build decisions around your identity.
Record your positioning, target guests, guest promise, priorities and non-negotiables. Select an operating model and adapt its assumptions to the way your establishment actually works.
- Nine restaurant and hospitality models, including a custom concept.
- Define the unit and period you are measuring: covers, orders, transactions, visits, guests or event attendees.
- Record capacity, expected table turns and channel fee assumptions.
- Keep the standards you want to protect visible while exploring change.
03Performance overview
See what drives your baseline.
Bring your expected activity, average spend and entered costs into a clear starting view. Use it to identify the assumptions worth investigating before you make an operational decision.
- Estimated revenue and operating contribution.
- Food and beverage cost, labour cost and allocated fixed costs.
- Break-even activity and contribution margin.
- A common baseline for the simulator and performance reviews.
04Decision lab
Explore “what if” before changing “what is”.
Test changes in activity, average spend, cost percentage, team size, working hours, hourly employer cost and overhead. Compare the calculated outcome with your baseline.
- Model pricing and spend assumptions.
- Explore demand levels and staffing combinations.
- Include entered channel fees in the calculations.
- Review revenue, costs, contribution and break-even activity together.
- See model-specific guidance and the standards your concept needs to protect.
05Saved scenarios
Keep your alternatives ready for review.
Save the experiments you want to revisit. Keep the assumptions attached to each scenario so that a promising idea can be assessed again alongside real service results.
- Name and retain different operating scenarios.
- Review their calculated financial outcomes.
- Keep the operating model, measurement unit and currency with the scenario.
- Return to an earlier option as your priorities or inputs change.
06Menu intelligence
Understand each dish’s role in your offer.
Build a menu view using dish prices, entered ingredient costs and sales quantities. Explore contribution and popularity together to support a considered menu review.
- Add and edit dishes, categories, prices, costs and quantities sold.
- Calculate food cost percentages and contribution per dish.
- Review menu revenue and contribution using the entered sales mix.
- Identify stars, workhorses, hidden gems and dishes to review using the menu’s own averages.
- Export the menu as CSV.
07Team planner
Plan the service and understand its cost.
Enter team members, roles, employer hourly costs and hours for a service. Review the roster total and use it to inform your baseline.
- Build and edit a service staffing plan.
- Calculate total rostered hours and labour cost.
- Review labour cost relative to baseline revenue.
- Estimate revenue per labour hour.
- Apply the roster total to the operating model.
A cost-planning tool. Enter fully loaded rates; automatic award, break, overtime and availability checks are not included.
08Action plan
Move from a useful observation to a practical step.
Create an improvement list for your establishment and track progress as actions are completed.
- Add action titles and practical next-step notes.
- Record an owner or target date in the action notes.
- Mark actions complete and track overall completion.
- Review open actions alongside your performance reports.
09Service journal
Learn from what actually happened.
Record your trading periods manually and build a history of real activity and entered operating costs.
- Log the service name, date, activity and revenue.
- Record food, beverage, labour and allocated fixed costs.
- Track calculated operating contribution and margin.
- Edit records as more accurate information becomes available.
- Use comparable services to put a simulation into context.
10Stock & purchasing
Know what you have and what needs attention.
Maintain a manual stock list with quantities, units, suppliers, costs and target levels. Turn those inputs into a practical replenishment list.
- Track on-hand quantities and target stock levels.
- Calculate stock value from entered quantities and unit costs.
- See items below target and suggested reorder quantities.
- Review the estimated order value.
- Export the order list for review.
Orders are not sent automatically. Stock is not automatically deducted when a dish is sold.
11Reports & performance reviews
Connect your assumptions with your results.
Bring recorded services together and compare their averages with your baseline. Use the differences to decide what deserves a closer look.
- Review recorded activity, average spend and contribution per period.
- Compare baseline and actual revenue, food costs, labour and contribution.
- See calculated variances.
- Revisit saved experiments, open actions and stock below target.
- Export a performance report.
12Progress history
Keep the context behind your development.
Keep dated review notes for each establishment, record progress and preserve the observations that explain why a decision was made.
- Add review entries and follow-up notes.
- Record developments alongside the venue’s objectives.
- Build continuity between review sessions.
- Return to earlier observations as your business evolves.
13Workspace settings, exports & recovery
Keep control of your assumptions and data.
- Edit venue details and baseline operating inputs.
- Choose AUD, USD, EUR, GBP, AED or CAD for display; currency conversion is not performed.
- Save locally and sync to the private cloud workspace when connected.
- Check cloud save status and resolve competing device versions.
- Review and restore recent saved cloud versions.
- Export and import portfolio backups in JSON.
- Export a device recovery copy when one is available.
Data is entered manually. POS integrations and in-app payment processing are not included. Contact us to arrange access for your venue.
13 modules across 4 prioritiesSelect a module to explore what’s included
One decision at a time. One clearer direction.
Use MyChefLab to ask better questions, prepare a practical experiment and review the outcome. Keep learning from your own business as your menu, team and ambitions evolve.
Your subscription covers access to the software. Personal consulting, on-site visits and team training are separate services. Calculations depend on your inputs and do not guarantee future results.
Bring MyChefLab into your business.
The tools to understand, decide, act and review — in one workspace.
- All 13 modules across 4 priorities
- Nine editable starting models
- CSV, report and JSON backup exports
- Local save with private cloud sync
Billed monthly
Personalised presentation first. No payment is taken online.
Discover MyChefLab with one of our experts.
Complete the form below and one of our experts will contact you by email to arrange a personalised presentation of MyChefLab and show you how the application can support your restaurant.
Monthly plan · A$79 per month.
Questions about MyChefLab? [email protected]
Who is MyChefLab designed for?
Restaurant owners, managers and hospitality teams who want a clearer view of their business. Nine editable starting models cover cafés, bistros, fine dining, takeaway, bars, buffets, hotel restaurants, catering and custom concepts.
Can I try it before requesting access?
Yes. Explore the interactive decision, menu and team examples above. They use illustrative inputs and fictional data. Request a personalised presentation to explore the application with an expert.
How much does a subscription cost?
A$79 per month, or A$790 billed annually. The annual price saves A$158 compared with twelve monthly payments — the equivalent of two months free.
What happens when I complete the form?
One of our experts will contact you by email to arrange a personalised presentation of the application. The form is an enquiry; it does not take a payment or automatically activate a subscription.
Does it connect to my point-of-sale system?
Data is entered manually in this version. POS integrations and in-app payment processing are not included.
Is personal consulting included?
The subscription covers the software. Personal consulting, on-site visits and team training can be discussed separately with Frikman & Co.