Solution
The AI that cooks your recipe sheets
BlazeChef writes, structures and costs recipes from a simple idea or a photo. You stay in control: every ingredient, step and cost is adjustable.
Before / after
Writing a new recipe sheet from scratch — ingredients, method, allergens, nutrition, cost — takes hours. Multiply that by hundreds of dishes a year.
BlazeChef turns an idea or a photo into a complete recipe sheet in minutes, allergens and costs already calculated. Chefs cook — they don't do data entry.
Why this feature matters
This feature is built directly into the CalcMenu recipe and menu database. The same data serves kitchen, service, and administration—no re-entry, no paper versions.
BlazeChef writes, structures and costs recipes from a simple idea or a photo. You stay in control: every ingredient, step and cost is adjustable.
What it gives you
New recipe in minutes
Describe a dish, import a photo or ask for a seasonal variation. BlazeChef generates a complete recipe sheet with ingredients, method and cost.
Automatic standardisation
BlazeChef normalises units, sheet formats and nutritional claims. Your recipes are consistent from site to site.
Allergens and costs calculated
Every generated recipe inherits allergen, nutrition and food-cost calculation from CalcMenu. No re-entry, no misses.
How it works
Give it an idea
Type a description, a diet/allergen constraint or import a dish photo. BlazeChef proposes a first version.
Refine with the brigade
The chef validates ingredients, quantities and steps. BlazeChef learns from your corrections for future suggestions.
Publish into CalcMenu
Once validated, the recipe becomes a standard CalcMenu recipe: costs, allergens, labels and menus use it immediately.
For which sectors
Tested with teams that must produce hundreds of recipe sheets per year while maintaining nutrition and allergen consistency.
Airports & passenger F&B
Cafes, lounges and fast-casual in the transit zone: standardised menus despite high staff turnover.
Stadiums & arenas
Peaks of tens of thousands of meals in a few hours, with event crews and allergen requirements.
Theme parks
Hundreds of food outlets that must serve the same taste and quality all year round.
Trade shows & exhibitions
Temporary kitchens that must serve thousands of meals over a few days, with strict labelling requirements.
Cruises & ferries
Kitchens at sea that supply multiple ports, with limited stock and menus adapted to each itinerary.
Caterers & contract catering
Custom menus per client, with different allergen and cost requirements for every contract.
More CalcMenu features
Menus & recipes
Every recipe and menu in one database, always up to date and in four languages for the whole brigade.
Diets & textures
Turn any menu into the diets and textures you need (puréed, minced, IDDSI) without recalculating a single recipe.
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.
Multi-site
Share recipes and standards from a central kitchen while each site adapts its own menus.
HACCP & safety
Temperatures, batch traceability and cleaning logs recorded continuously: always inspection-ready.
Food cost & purchasing
Each recipe's cost updates with supplier prices; steer your margins and orders with precision.
Electronic shelf labels (ESL)
Buffet, menu and price labels updated instantly from CalcMenu, with allergens and origin, no reprinting.
Nutrition & analysis
Calculate nutritional values per portion and adapt menus to specific diets. US FDA panel format in development.
Self-Service Meal Ordering
Patients and residents order their meals from a tablet or room screen: diets respected, allergens checked, kitchen orders consolidated automatically.
IDDSI textures
Apply IDDSI levels to recipes and ensure meals suitable for dysphagic patients.
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