The Cooking the Books Story
My name is Andrew Briese. I am the owner of a company called Cooking the Books.
I trained as a chef and completed a Bachelor of Business in Catering and Hotel Management while working in the hotel industry for a period of 20 years.
During my experience as a chef, I realised that there was a lack of a computer-generated programs which would assist Chefs, Hotel Management and Hotel owners to redevelop their business structures and finances.
As anyone will acknowledge from watching the incredibly popular Gordon Ramsay series, Kitchen Nightmares, success in the restaurant/cafe industry depends on a great number of factors. And even with the country’s best chefs, the business will fail without a close check on all financial factors involved in the running of the business.
Over the last 2 years I have been developing the Cooking the Books computer program designed to generate food costs, stock control, order sheets, recipe cards, sales revenue, electronic ordering, invoicing etc, creating a food based operational management system for the Hospitality Industry to assist chefs/managers to secure success.
The latest addition to our product range is a Roster program CTB Roster it, Cost it. It helps any business to avoid huge wages bills and see where their money is going. It allows the user to create and print rosters, and cost it all before it happens!