🍽️ cateringpro Live · Self-host

End-to-end event ops for small caterers + private chefs who'd rather cook than spreadsheet.

Clients + venues + events. Recipes with scaled ingredient lists. Menus per event. Staff scheduling. Equipment tracking. Invoices with deposit + balance. Forecast for next week's grocery run across all booked events. Built so a one-chef operation is easy and a 10-person catering crew is still sane.

What it does

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Events + menus

Client, venue, date, guest count, dietary constraints. Build the menu from your recipe book. Per-guest and per-menu-item cost rolls up automatically.

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Recipe scaling

One recipe, infinite guest counts. Ingredients scale with waste %. Pull a cross-event shopping list for next week that sums ingredients across every booked event.

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Staff scheduling

Assign lead + prep + service staff to each event. Hourly rate per role. Labor cost rolls up into the event estimate. Clash-detect when a staffer is double-booked.

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Equipment tracking

Warming boxes, chafers, tablecloths, the good knife set. Reserve equipment to an event. Prevent double-booking. Check-out / check-in flow so nothing walks off.

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Invoices + deposits

Deposit taken on booking (Stripe or Square). Balance due day-of or day-after. PDF contracts generated from templates. Year-end P&L per-event + annual.

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Chef-friendly

Flask + SQLAlchemy. Runs on a laptop. Your client list + recipes are not shared with a platform's ML team.

Quickstart

# clone and install git clone https://github.com/Dangercorn-Enterprises/cateringpro.git cd cateringpro pip install -r requirements.txt # run — dashboard on port 8610 python app.py # → http://localhost:8610

Pricing

Self-host
$0/forever
  • Clone from GitHub
  • Run on any laptop or VPS
  • Your data stays yours
  • All core features
  • AI features (BYOK)
Get the source
Multi-chef
$149/mo
  • Everything in Pro
  • Multi-chef / catering-company accounts
  • Shared recipe library across chefs
  • Vendor-PO + delivery tracking
  • SSO for staff
  • Priority support
Contact sales

Hosted plans are early-access. Self-host today; email tim@dangercorn.net to join the waitlist.

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