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AI Food Cost Calculator for Restaurants

Restaurant Food Cost with AI: Complete Costing in 2 Minutes

Calculate the exact cost of each dish instantly. Waste control, optimal selling price and profitability analysis to maximise your restaurant's profit.

Stop losing money from uncontrolled food cost.

From €10/month · No commitment · Instant access

2min
For a complete food cost
30%
Average cost reduction
10,622+
Active restaurants
75+
Specialized tools

AI Food Cost vs. Excel and Manual Methods

Discover how much time and money you lose doing food cost manually.

Aspect
Excel / Manual
AI Chef Pro
Time per costing
30-60 minutes per dish
2 minutes with AI
Price updates
Manual every time costs rise
Automatic recalculation instantly
Waste control
Ignored or imprecisely estimated
Waste calculated per ingredient type
Selling price
Gut feeling without objective basis
Optimal price with target margin
Profitability per dish
No systematic analysis
Real-time profitability dashboard

The food cost tools your restaurant needs

Total food cost control: from ingredient to net margin per dish.

Automatic AI Food Costing

Enter ingredients, weights and supplier prices. AI calculates the exact food cost of each dish in seconds.

automatic food costing
food cost per dish
food cost calculator

Waste Control

Calculate real waste by ingredient type (cleaning, cooking, evaporation) for precise food cost.

kitchen waste
ingredient yield
cooking losses

Optimal Selling Price

AI calculates the ideal selling price based on your target margin, market and restaurant positioning.

dish selling price
restaurant margin
pricing policy

Profitability Analysis

Identify which dishes give you the most margin and which are costing you money. Optimise your menu with real data.

profitability per dish
menu engineering
food cost analysis

Price Updates

When an ingredient cost rises, AI automatically recalculates all affected food costings.

food cost update
food inflation
supplier price control

Food Cost Dashboard

Visualise your restaurant's overall food cost, by category and by dish. Detect deviations instantly.

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kitchen cost control
restaurant KPIs

Who uses AI Chef Pro food costing?

Professionals who have stopped losing money from poorly calculated food cost.

Chef-Owner

Controls the food cost of their menu without depending on accountants or endless spreadsheets.

Operations Director

Monitors food cost across multiple venues from a single dashboard with real-time data.

Head Chef

Updates food costings when supplier prices change without redoing the whole process.

Controller or Finance

Has for the first time exact control of each dish cost and its impact on the P&L.

Uncontrolled food cost is the margin you're giving away

Most restaurants lose between 5% and 15% of potential profit due to poorly calculated food cost. AI Chef Pro gives you the exact control you need to protect your margin.

  • Complete food costing of any dish in under 2 minutes
  • Waste control by ingredient type and cooking technique
  • Optimal selling price calculated with your target margin
  • Automatic recalculation when supplier prices change
  • Identification of your most and least profitable dishes
  • Global food cost dashboard with deviation alerts

"We had been doing food costings in Excel for years. With AI Chef Pro they're all updated in real time and we identified 4 dishes that were losing us money without us knowing. We recovered the investment in three months."

Roberto Fernández

Operations Director, Grupo La Dehesa, Madrid

Find your plan in 10 seconds

Match your role to a tier. Credits scale with how much of your kitchen and business you automate — from single-station recipe help to a full multi-restaurant operation.

Cooks & station chefs

AI Chef Member

Ideal for kitchen assistants, cooks and station chefs starting with AI.

€10/month
10,000 credits/month≈ a month of recipes, costings and menus for one station
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  • 10,000 monthly credits
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Head chefs & managers

AI Chef Premium Pro

For kitchen chefs, executive chefs and restaurant managers running daily service.

€25/month
85,000 credits/month≈ full menu costing + weekly recipe R&D
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  • 75+ AI agents & tools included
  • 85,000 monthly credits
  • Access to all world cuisines
  • Advanced business tools
  • Priority support
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AI Chef Premium Plus

For gastronomic entrepreneurs and restaurant chains scaling operations.

€50/month
175,000 credits/month≈ multi-venue menus, cost control & marketing
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  • 75+ AI agents & tools included
  • 175,000 monthly credits
  • Access to all world cuisines
  • Advanced business tools
  • Premium 24/7 support
For power users & annual commitment
∞ Unlimited CreditsHigh-volume operations

AI Chef Premium Max

Unlimited monthly credits for demanding professionals with no usage ceiling.

€95/month
∞ Unlimited creditsUse every tool as often as service demands
Start with Premium Max →
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  • Unlimited monthly credits
  • Access to all world cuisines
  • Advanced business tools
  • Premium 24/7 support
  • Early access to new features
  • Exclusive training on new releases
Save 2 monthsOwners & executives

AI Chef Premium Max Annual

Ideal for gastronomic entrepreneurs, restaurant owners and executives committing to a full year.

€1,140
€950/year
∞ Unlimited credits, all year+ monthly personalized consulting included
Start Annual & save →
  • 75+ AI agents & tools included
  • Unlimited credits throughout the year
  • Access to all world cuisines
  • Advanced business tools
  • Premium 24/7 support
  • Monthly personalized consulting

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Frequently asked questions about restaurant food cost with AI

What is a restaurant food costing?

A food costing is the detailed calculation of the production cost of a dish: ingredients, weights, waste and supplier price. It is the basis of food cost and selling price. AI Chef Pro generates it automatically with AI in under 2 minutes.

How does AI Chef Pro calculate the food cost of a dish?

You enter the ingredients, weights per portion and supplier prices. AI automatically calculates the gross cost, applies the waste percentages for each ingredient and gives you the real net cost of the dish.

Can I calculate the selling price with AI Chef Pro?

Yes. Once the food cost is calculated, AI suggests the optimal selling price based on your target margin (typically 25%-35% food cost ratio for restaurants), also considering your restaurant's positioning.

What happens when an ingredient price rises?

AI Chef Pro automatically recalculates all food costings that include that ingredient. In seconds you know which dishes have become more expensive, how much the margin has changed and whether you need to adjust selling prices.

Start controlling your food cost with AI today

Over 10,622 restaurants already use AI Chef Pro to calculate food cost and protect their margin.

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