ToolNewFor Caterer

Cloche

Give it the headcount. Get back the whole plan.

Enter your guest count, event type and menu, and it scales each recipe, builds one shopping list by supplier section, and sets a prep timeline back from service.

Download the source

Zip, 242 KB. MIT licence. Built 31 Oct 2026.

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What you get

Everything a tool needs, already done.

Pages and screens

  • Launch page
  • Calculator
  • Dish library
  • Event setup
  • Shopping list
  • Prep timeline
  • Prep sheet

Features

  • Scales recipes by guests, event type and waste margin
  • One shopping list grouped by supplier section
  • Prep timeline counting back from service time
  • Printable prep sheet
  • Dishes stored in a reusable library
  • Events saved as templates; data stays in the browser

Palette

  • #a83f1d
  • #8f3416
  • #842f12
  • #f8e4d8
  • #ffffff
  • #221d17

Style

  • Warm
  • Editorial
  • Minimal
Cloche on a phone
On a phone, as shipped.

For developers

A real codebase, not a page builder export.

Stack

Vite, React 19 and TypeScript for the app. The launch page is plain HTML, CSS and a little JavaScript with no build step. Vitest for unit tests, Playwright for browser tests.

Run it

unzip cloche.zip
cd cloche
npm install
npm run dev

In the zip

  • site/ the launch page with the built app in site/app/
  • src/ and e2e/ the app source and tests
  • docs/technical-docs/ architecture, runbook, quick reference
  • START-HERE.md and LICENSE (MIT)

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