Cloche

For caterers · Free · No account

Give it the headcount. Get back the whole plan.

Cloche scales every recipe to your guests and waste margin, adds them up into one shopping list by supplier, and counts your prep back from service time. When the numbers change the night before, the plan changes with them.

Open Cloche See how it works

Runs in your browser. Your recipes never leave it.

Example · Garden party buffet Sat · 18:30
Guests
48
Event type

Event type Buffet 15 %

  • Portions of each dish56
  • Chicken thighs8.4 kg
  • Couscous3.5 kg
  • Butter584 g
  • Lemons, all three dishes43 pcs

Prep times stay put: marinate the day before at 18:30, roast at 17:00.

Forty-eight becomes sixty-two at nine the night before. Every recipe, every order and every start time has to be done again.

Cloche does that arithmetic in the time it takes to type the new number.

How it works

Three steps, then it's done.

  1. Build your dish library.

    Each dish once: what the recipe yields, its ingredients with the supplier you buy them from, and its prep jobs with how long before service they start.

    Roast chicken thighs · makes 10

    • chicken thighs 1.5 kgMeat & fish
    • lemons 3 pcsProduce
    • olive oil 60 mlPantry

  2. Plan the event.

    Guests, event type, service time, and the dishes on the menu with portions per guest. Canapés at four each, a side at half.

    48 guests Buffet · 15 % Sat 18:30 1

  3. Cook from the sheet.

    A shopping list by supplier, a timeline counted back from service, and a prep sheet that prints on paper for the kitchen.

Shopping list

Buy butter once, not three times.

Every dish's ingredients are added up into one list and grouped the way you buy: produce, meat and fish, dairy, pantry. Each line says which dishes need it, so you can check it at a glance. Amounts are always rounded up, so you never come back short.

Produce

  • garlic 12 pcsRoast chicken thighs
  • lemons 43 pcsRoast chicken thighs, Herb couscous, Lemon tart
  • parsley 280 gHerb couscous

Meat & fish

  • chicken thighs 8.4 kgRoast chicken thighs

Dairy & eggs

  • butter 584 gLemon tart
  • eggs 28 pcsLemon tart

+ Pantry & dry goods: 5 more

Prep timeline

Know what to start, and when.

Give each prep job a lead time once, like 24 hours for a marinade. Cloche lays out every task across the day before and the day itself, ending at a marked service time.

Fri · Day before

  1. 18:30–18:50 Marinate chicken
  2. 18:30–19:15 Bake tart cases

Sat · Event day

  1. 13:30–14:10 Fill and set tarts
  2. 17:00–18:00 Roast chicken
  3. 17:30–17:55 Make couscous
  4. 18:30 Service

Prep sheet

Paper for the pass.

One button prints the summary, every scaled recipe, the shopping list and the timeline on clean black-and-white pages. Pin it up and cook from it.

Example: garden party buffet · Sat 18:30 · 48 guests · Buffet 15 %

DishPortions
Roast chicken thighs56
Herb couscous56
Lemon tart56

Shopping list · Produce

  • garlic12 pcs
  • lemons43 pcs
  • parsley280 g

Meat & fish

  • chicken thighs8.4 kg

Dairy & eggs

  • butter584 g
  • eggs28 pcs

The smaller things

  • Templates.

    Your standard wedding buffet, copied and redated in one click.

  • Waste margin by event type.

    Buffets 15 %, plated 5 %. Override it for a client who eats more.

  • Metric, rounded up.

    g, kg, ml, L and pieces. Shown as kg from 1,000 g.

  • Private by default.

    No account and no server. It's saved in your browser.

  • Backup to a file.

    Export everything to one file; import it on a new computer.

  • Works on your phone.

    Check the plan in the kitchen. Dark mode for late nights.

Try it here

This is the app. Not a picture of it.

Press Load example menu to fill it with three dishes and a buffet for 48, then change the guest count and watch the shopping list follow.

The demo saves to this browser, like the real thing. Clear it any time from Backup. Open it full screen

Before you ask.

Does it cost anything?

No. There's nothing to buy and no account to make.

Where is my data?

In this browser's storage, on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere. Export a backup file if you want a copy.

Can it do cups and spoons?

No, on purpose. Grams, kilos, millilitres, litres and pieces add up cleanly. Cups don't.

Does it do costs or allergens?

Not yet. It does quantities and timing, and does them properly.

What happens when the headcount changes?

Change one number. Portions, every scaled recipe, the shopping list and the prep sheet update at once.

Lift the lid on your next event.

Start with the example menu and have your own on the sheet in an afternoon.

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