Prep Station
For catering kitchen ops
Kitchen answers in chat On your real recipes and orders
AI Sous Chef searches your recipe library, drafts catering quotes, records waste, and answers costing questions without leaving the page you are on. Same blue chat panel you use in production.
No credit card required · Record-aware chat · Cancel anytime
AI Tool
Using Recipe Database (searching)
AI Assistant
Three recipes use chicken thighs: Chicken Tikka Marinade, Thai Basil Stir Fry, and Sunday Roast Chicken. The stir fry runs 31% food cost at your current vendor price.
Generative AI can make mistakes, so double-check it.
Why AI Sous Chef matters
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Ask, do not report-build
Find every recipe with chicken thighs or last week's waste without opening five list pages.
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Draft the busy work
Turn an event description into a priced quote or a new ingredient list you review before saving.
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Stay on the record
Open chat from a recipe, order, or meal plan and the AI already knows what you are looking at.
No credit card for the live demo
Search recipes, draft quotes, log waste
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Your data is already in Prep Station. Getting answers out should not take a spreadsheet.
The chef needs a costing answer between services. Sales needs a quote outline before the site visit ends. The manager needs waste logged before the walk-in gets re-stocked. Chat meets them where the work already lives.
Grounded in your account
Tools that read your kitchen, not the internet
Prep Station routes your question to specialized agents. You see a blue "AI Tool" card while Recipe Database, Sales Quote, or Waste Recorder runs against your tenant data.
- Recipe Database and Ingredient Database for lookups
- Sales Quote for event drafts you save as orders
- Meal Plan Advisor for institutional rotations
- Waste Recorder for spoilage and trim logs
- User Guide search without leaving the page
Chat context · Sales Order SO-2847
Westside Gallery Gala · Mar 14
AI Tool
Using Sales Quote (drafting)
AI Assistant
Added 40 vegetarian boxed lunches at $14.50 each. Subtotal now $1,740.00.
Review before save
Quote lines preview with normal save workflow
Open chat on a recipe or sales order in the live demo and ask a real question.
Record-aware
Chat knows what page you opened it from
Starter prompts change per record: scale a recipe, adjust a quote line, or ask what is low in inventory for that vendor. Same floating panel, smarter context.
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Recipe
Cost, scale, and ingredient swaps on the dish in view.
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Sales order
Add lines, adjust quantities, and explain margin.
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Meal plan
Suggest rotations and shopping list gaps.
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Vendor / PO
Lookup items and receiving status in chat.
Chat helps. These workflows close the loop.
Draft a quote in chat, then finish it in sales orders and quotes. Verify costing in recipe costing. Find the order fast with Omnisearch.
AI Sous Chef FAQ
What can AI Sous Chef help with?
Ask questions about your data, draft recipes and ingredients from a description, build sales quotes from conversation, propose menu item component changes with preview-and-save, suggest meal plan structures, record waste via chat, and search the in-app user guide.
Does AI Sous Chef use my real kitchen data?
Yes. It searches your recipes, ingredients, inventory, and other records through dedicated tools like Recipe Database and Ingredient Database. Answers are grounded in what is in your account.
Can AI Sous Chef create a sales quote?
Yes. Describe the event and Prep Station drafts a quote you can review, adjust, and save through the normal sales order workflow.
Can I open chat from a specific recipe or order?
Yes. Record-aware chat opens with context on recipes, ingredients, menu items, menus, meal plans, purchase orders, vendors, and sales orders, with starter prompts for that record.
Does AI Sous Chef replace my team?
No. It speeds up lookups, drafts, and repetitive data entry. Your chefs and managers still approve recipes, quotes, and waste entries before they save.
Is chat included in the demo?
Yes. AI Sous Chef is available on plans that include ai_chat. Try the live demo with sample catering data loaded.
What tools does the AI use behind the scenes?
Depending on your question, Prep Station routes to specialized agents with tools like Recipe Database, Ingredient Database, Sales Quote, Meal Plan Advisor, Waste Recorder, Modifier Builder, and User Guide search.
Ask the kitchen a question. Get a real answer.
Open AI Sous Chef in the live demo on your recipes, orders, and inventory.
No credit card required · Cancel anytime