Kitchen OS Audit
Free
Find where your kitchen leaks.
- 10 questions, about 10 minutes
- Score by area
- What to fix first
- Your recommended next step
Food cost · Menu engineering · Kitchen OS
Control what leaves the pass before it hits the P&L.
The Pass HQ is the operating system behind Chef Michael Lockard's book, The Food Cost Formula — plate cost, cadence, and ownership for kitchen leaders who run the number, not guess it.
Tools
Start free. Build the system.
Plate Cost & Menu Engineering Kit
$49
Cost every plate. Engineer the menu.
- Plate costing playbook
- Menu engineering method
- Recipe cost, yield, and menu engineering sheets
- Credits toward the System
The Food Cost Formula System
$297
Run food cost as an operating system.
- Everything in the Plate Kit
- Seven modules
- Full working forms set
- Your Operating Plan, built as you go
- Credits toward Kitchen Leadership
Kitchen Leadership
Install it with a path.
Self-Study
$595
Learn it on your own.
- Includes the full System
- Full curriculum, your pace
- Your Operating Plan, built as you go
- No sponsor, no capstone
Standard
$1,495
Learn it with your chef or GM.
- Everything in Self-Study, plus
- Weekly 30-min sessions, 12 weeks
- Goals written by your sponsor
- Scored capstone, 90 days
Guided
$4,500
Learn it with Chef Lockard.
- Everything in Standard, plus
- Kickoff call with Chef Lockard
- Mid-point check
- Capstone review and written notes
- 20 seats a year
Standard and Guided can both be employer-sponsored. Every tier credits what you already paid.
The book
The Food Cost Formula
An Executive Chef's System for Food Cost Control, Menu Engineering & Restaurant Profitability
The concepts, chapter by chapter. The System is how you install them.