List of Features
Many of the key features offered by StarChef.NET are listed below.
Core Functionality
| Ingredient Features |
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| Storage and management for unlimited ingredients |
| Record supplier costing, pack size and shelf life details |
| Automatically apply future ingredient cost price changes |
| Support for metric and U.S. units of measure (UOM) |
| Ability to specify wastage % against ingredient records (AP/EP) |
| Group ingredients together using multi-level categories |
| Set coloured flags against ingredients to indicate status |
| Recipe Features |
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| Storage and management for unlimited recipes |
| Add stored ingredients specifying quantity and wastage information |
| Recipes can be added to other recipes as sub recipes |
| Specification of maximum batch amounts for production |
| Record recipe preparation and cooking times |
| Auto-calculate or manually enter shrinkage and yield factors |
| Document recipe method steps |
| Define Critical Control Points (CCPs) |
| Upload multiple recipe images |
| Group recipes together using multi-level categories |
| Set coloured flags against recipes to indicate status |
| Nutrition Features (Optional Subscription Required) |
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| Record nutritional data for both ingredients and recipes |
| Support for a range of accepted nutrient values more » |
| Import ingredient nutritional values from external sources more » |
| Auto-calculate recipe nutritional values using composite ingredients |
| Support for AOAC and NSP methods to determine fibre content more » |
| Adjust recipe values to account for changes caused during the cooking process |
| Calculate recipe nutrient values as % of UK GDA |
| Indicate suitability of ingredients and recipes for 47 intolerances (inc. allergy and dietary requirements) more » |
| Auto-calculate calculate recipe intolerance values based on composite ingredients |
| Auto-calculate recipe Nutritional Signposting (UK Traffic Light Labelling) more » |
| Menu Features |
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| Storage and management for unlimited menus |
| Support for both a la carte and buffet menu type |
| Add stored recipes to menus, grouped by course |
| Model sales, gross profit and wastage values |
| Compare up to three separate menu costing models |
| Group menus together using multi-level categories |
| Menu Cycle Features |
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| Build meals for each day of a weekly menu |
| Set weekly menus to cycle at defined number of times |
| Calendar view of weekly menu cycles |
| Insert special menus into a menu cycle |
| Manage menu costing and nutritional values |
Collaboration Features
| Access Control |
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| Add up to 5 user logins |
| Add unlimited user logins |
| Allocate user logins to groups |
| Configure user group data access permissions |
| Publish ingredients, recipes and menus to datasets |
| Approvals |
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| Approve additions and changes to ingredient, recipes and menus |
| Setup multiple authorisation workflows |
| Receive optional e-mail notification of approvals |
