ChefSums @ChefSums
Free food-costing tools for UK kitchens 🧾 Food cost, GP with VAT, yield & recipe costing in seconds. Templates for chefs, cafés & bakers. By a working chef. chefsums.com United Kingdom Joined October 2026-
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A toastie with £1.18 of ingredients looks like easy money at £5. Add 5% waste and 5 min of labour at £12.71/hr plus on-cost and it costs £2.56. Take out 83p VAT and you keep £1.61. Cost yours free, no sign-in, and sign up free to save your recipes. chefsums.com/calculator?utm…
@SankeysRTW blue cheese fondue with plaice, which blue are you using?
@linz_armstrong is that gas and electric together? were you on a fixed contract or flexi?
@TheWhiteHorsePu what goes in the stuffing with the pork belly?
@MattChristmas1 artichokes are criminal at the minute. is avocado any better priced?
Prawn cocktail: £2.60 food + £1.12 labour (5 min). 70% GP says £10.50 inc VAT. With labour in, the real margin is 52%. Cost yours free, no sign-in: chefsums.com/?utm_source=x&…
Food GP across the 2022 UKHospitality x Christie & Co benchmark was 67%, and all eight segments sat between 65.9% and 69%. Well under that? Check your costings. Read the sourced numbers free, no sign-in, and sign up free to save your recipes: chefsums.com/guides/uk-food…
@ChezBruce brains are a nightmare to get right, how long do you soak them first?
@TMH_TN17 bacon lardon with hake, nice shout. does the herb crumb stay crisp on the purée?
Halibut, radish & buckwheat: £6.29 food + £4.50 labour (20 min). 70% GP says £25.50 inc VAT. With labour in, the real margin is 47%. Cost yours free, no sign-in: chefsums.com/?utm_source=x&…
Trim 2 kg of a £6/kg buy down to 1.6 kg usable and you're really paying £7.50 a kilo, not £6. Cost the dish on £7.50 or your GP is gone before service. Work out your own yield free, no sign-in. Sign up free to save your recipes. chefsums.com/yield-calculat…
Lobster, golden beetroot: £11.19 food + £4.50 labour (20 min). 70% GP says £45.00 inc VAT. With labour in, the real margin is 57%. Cost yours free, no sign-in: chefsums.com/?utm_source=x&…
Crab & samphire: £3.38 food + £2.47 labour (11 min). 70% GP says £14.00 inc VAT. With labour in, the real margin is 46%. Cost yours free, no sign-in: chefsums.com/?utm_source=x&…
Cottage pie on trade prices: £1.96 a portion, and the beef mince is over half of that. 68% GP puts it at £7.36 inc VAT, 75% at £9.42. Have a look free, no sign-in. Sign up free to put your own prices in and save it. chefsums.com/recipes/cottag…
@squarebistro cauliflower puree under rump of lamb works so well, nice one
@AlexReilley1 2.5 years to get the first one open in Germany, that's proper graft
Squid ink pasta, trout roe: £2.15 food + £3.15 labour (14 min). 70% GP says £9.00 inc VAT. With labour in, the real margin is 23%. Cost yours free, no sign-in: chefsums.com/?utm_source=x&…
Fish and chips on trade prices: £4.04 a portion, and the cod is more than four-fifths of that. At £13.50 on the menu it's 64% GP. You need £15.16 to hit 68%. See every line free, no sign-in. Sign up free to swap in your prices and save it. chefsums.com/recipes/fish-a…
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