Catering Food-Cost Basics for Beginners

Food cost is one of the numbers a caterer needs to understand before confidently pricing a menu. Ingredient prices change, recipes use different yields and a dish that feels inexpensive can become costly at event scale.

Know what the food actually costs

Track the purchase cost, the amount actually used and the usable yield of the recipe. Revisit those numbers as supplier prices change.

Kitchen to Coin includes the editable food-cost calculator and the lesson that walks students through using it.

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