What is the best software system for a small caterer ??

[fancyfork]

Hi there, I set up Fancy Fork Catering this year in the UK as a small boutique catering business for my local area, in the UK. As more and more work has come in, I have (until now) been pulling all my menus together on different word and excel documents, working out my profit with a calculator...............Now it's time to start doing this more efficiently and A LOT MORE QUICKLY!!!!!

The question is:

What is the best catering software in the market for someone like me? I want to be able to:

Cost all my menus easily

Pull together the prices of ingredients into one place

Be able to input all the new recipes that I have found.

...........basically the best system out there for a small catering business.

What is the best system for me? So far, I have found www.365chef.com (by StarChef). It seems pretty good, but I want to have something to compare it with. It would be great to hear anyone else experiences!!

Thanks

Fancy Fork

 

[petemccracken]

So, you are looking for "recipe management software" rather than "catering business management software" correct?

I've used Mastercook for over 10 years and I find it excellent for:

• Storing recipes
• Scaling recipes
• Editing recipes
• Costing recipes (it DOES require input of local food prices)
• Preparing shopping list(s) (even for multiple stores)
• Inputting recipes from web sites, either with the Web Import Bar for IE or RecipeFox using FireFox
• Inputting recipes from text files using Import Assistant
• Importing recipes from email

Take a look at: http://www.valusoft.com/DRHM/store?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&SiteID=valusoft&Locale=en_US&Env=BASE&productID=183067000 or you can find it on Amazon as well. The price is around 20US$ plus shipping