Kitchen system for Australian childcare centres and groups
Calm kitchens. Checked plates. Food costs you can see.
4-week menus, 313 recipes with weights, every child's allergies before cooking, HACCP and cook-cool logs, and food cost per child for every centre. Built by a head chef and parent in Queensland.
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No credit card. Your centre's data is stored in Sydney, Australia. Keeps working through short internet drop-outs.
Aleksey Zhurin, head chef, 30+ years in professional kitchens, and a parent.
For owners and networks
See what every centre pays for food, and where to pay less.
A 70-child centre spends about A$1,300 a week on food: A$1,300 × 52 weeks = A$67,600 a year. KindyMenu shows each item's price centre by centre and supplier by supplier, so you know where to ask for a better price, and you can order for several centres together.
Possible saving a year: A$33,800
Food per child per day (5-day week): A$3.71
Example figures from a head chef's own kitchen. Your numbers will differ.
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The menu, recipe cards and every child's allergies and swaps are on the kitchen screen, in their language. Your team checks and signs; KindyMenu keeps it all in one place.
Menus and recipes
- 4-week menus
- 313 recipes with weights and steps
- The same dish, the same way, every day
Allergies and diets
- Every child's needs before cooking
- A swap suggestion for each child
- Checked and signed by your chef
Records without paper
- HACCP and cook-cool logs
- 10 record registers
- Every entry has a name and a time
- Keeps working through short internet drop-outs. Press Print.
Designed to support NQS 2.1.3, Get Up & Grow and the ADG. KindyMenu supports your food-safety program; your team stays in charge of every plate.
NQS: National Quality Standard, healthy eating and physical activity (ACECQA). Get Up & Grow: Australian Government healthy eating and physical activity guidelines for early childhood. ADG: Australian Dietary Guidelines (Eat For Health).
What owners want to be sure of
Know-how stays with the centre
Recipes with weights, swaps and logs live in KindyMenu, not in a notebook.
Every allergy in front of the cook
A swap suggestion for each child, checked and signed by your chef.
Food cost per child, every week
About A$3.71 per child per day in our example. Spot a price jump before it adds up.
Records ready when the assessor visits
Every entry has a name and a time. Press Print.
Built by a head chef. Tested as a parent.
I've run professional kitchens for more than 30 years. When my child was born, I moved into a childcare kitchen and found thousands of paper sheets, hard to read and easy to lose. I couldn't find a system made for childcare kitchens in Australia or New Zealand, so I built one: the menu, the allergy, the cost and the food-safety record in one place.
Aleksey Zhurin, founder · Read the full story →
Book a 20-minute chat with Aleksey
Consulting services are provided by KindyMenu Pty Ltd, by Aleksey Zhurin or a qualified consultant working with us. We prefer to visit your kitchen in person. Outside Queensland, or if you are far away, we start online. See consulting →
Questions owners ask
We already use Xplor, OWNA or Storypark. Do we need to switch?
No. KindyMenu is the kitchen layer and works alongside your centre software.
Can we start with one centre?
Yes. Start with one and add centres when you are ready.
Is there a contract?
No lock-in. Monthly or yearly; cancel anytime.
Where is our data?
Your centre's data is stored in Sydney, Australia.
Know a centre still running on paper?
Introduce us. If they join KindyMenu, we'll give you a discount on your subscription as a thank-you.
See your centres on one screen
The demo opens when you enter your name and email. Free 30-day trial, no credit card. Terms apply.