Trade shows & exhibitions
A temporary kitchen, meals at scale
Trade shows and exhibitions set up temporary kitchens to serve thousands of visitors. CalcMenu helps plan menus, calculate orders, manage allergens and produce labels, even without a permanent setup.
A solution built for your sector
CalcMenu scales to your operation, from a few dozen to several thousand covers. The goal stays the same: one source of truth for recipes, allergens, and costs.
Temporary kitchens that must serve thousands of meals over a few days, with strict labelling requirements.
Public venues & events
Stadiums, theme parks, trade shows and exhibitions — manage thousands of one-off meals with the same allergen and HACCP requirements as a permanent kitchen.
What your teams deal with every day
Kitchens are built from scratch
Every event has its own site, supplier and equipment. Recipes must be adapted and shared quickly.
Allergens are a high liability
With a large and diverse public, allergies and intolerances are common. Information must be clear, accurate and easy to find.
Ordering and stock are hard to predict
Without accurate history it is easy to over- or under-buy. Fresh products end up in the bin or run out mid-service.
Event meals timed like a show schedule.
Recipes, quantities and allergens planned by session. You serve the right plates at the right moment.
What CalcMenu does for you
Menus & recipes
Every recipe and menu in one database, always up to date and in four languages for the whole brigade.
Learn moreAllergens & traceability
Allergens and nutrition calculated automatically from your recipes, ready for inspection.
Learn moreLabel Connector (NiceLabel)
From recipe to printed label: CalcMenu sends allergens, nutrition and shelf-life to your NiceLabel printers automatically.
Learn moreOrders by floor / station
Each floor or ward orders its meals and diets online; the kitchen receives one consolidated summary.
Learn moreHACCP & safety
Temperatures, batch traceability and cleaning logs recorded continuously: always inspection-ready.
Learn moreMulti-site management
Dashboards, KPIs and shared standards for group management, chains and central kitchens.
Learn morePurchasing & stewarding
From forecasted need to supplier order, through inventory and par-level control.
Learn moreEvent pre-order
Mandatory D-1 pre-order for large events: special menus, collective diets, planned production, smooth service.
Learn moreFood cost & purchasing
Each recipe's cost updates with supplier prices; steer your margins and orders with precision.
Learn moreCold chain & cook-chill
Plan central production and cold-chain distribution with full traceability.
Nooko AI
AI assistant to enrich tech sheets, standardise recipes and accelerate documentation.
Blaze Checks
Digital SOPs, staff training and inspection-ready audits. Every check is dated, signed, photographed and traceable. Versioning, due-date reminders and corrective actions included.
Learn moreCompliance & audits
Bring HACCP, allergens, traceability and SOPs into one compliance file that is always up to date and inspector-ready.
Learn moreProduction planning
Plan central production, cold chain and cook-chill with traceability and requirements calculation.
Learn moreProduct knowledge
A structured product database to optimise purchasing, reduce waste and create new recipes by connecting with world cuisines.
Learn moreSelf-service kiosk
Touchscreen kiosk for queue-free ordering: allergen-filtered menus, integrated payment, instant kitchen ticket.
Learn moreMobile pre-order
Your customers order from their smartphone before arriving: no queue, no waiting, production planned in advance.
Learn moreKey features for this sector
Menus & recipes
Every recipe and menu in one database, always up to date and in four languages for the whole brigade.
Allergens & traceability
Allergens and nutrition calculated automatically from your recipes, ready for inspection.
Label Connector (NiceLabel)
From recipe to printed label: CalcMenu sends allergens, nutrition and shelf-life to your NiceLabel printers automatically.
Orders by floor / station
Each floor or ward orders its meals and diets online; the kitchen receives one consolidated summary.
HACCP & safety
Temperatures, batch traceability and cleaning logs recorded continuously: always inspection-ready.
KitchenPlan
Plan menus, calculate costs and generate supplier orders in one flow.
Multi-site management
Dashboards, KPIs and shared standards for group management, chains and central kitchens.
Purchasing & stewarding
From forecasted need to supplier order, through inventory and par-level control.
Event pre-order
Mandatory D-1 pre-order for large events: special menus, collective diets, planned production, smooth service.
Food cost & purchasing
Each recipe's cost updates with supplier prices; steer your margins and orders with precision.
Blaze Checks
Digital SOPs, staff training and inspection-ready audits. Every check is dated, signed, photographed and traceable. Versioning, due-date reminders and corrective actions included.
BlazeChef AI
Generate, adapt and standardise recipes with AI directly inside CalcMenu.
Compliance & audits
Bring HACCP, allergens, traceability and SOPs into one compliance file that is always up to date and inspector-ready.
Production planning
Plan central production, cold chain and cook-chill with traceability and requirements calculation.
Product knowledge
A structured product database to optimise purchasing, reduce waste and create new recipes by connecting with world cuisines.
Self-service kiosk
Touchscreen kiosk for queue-free ordering: allergen-filtered menus, integrated payment, instant kitchen ticket.
Mobile pre-order
Your customers order from their smartphone before arriving: no queue, no waiting, production planned in advance.
For every show we rebuild the kitchen. Having recipes and allergens already structured saves us two days of setup.
Executive chef · Trade-show catering · Geneva
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