Network or area manager
Five centres. Which kitchen needs you today?
Every centre you look after on one screen: green, yellow or red. Go where you are needed, not where you were going anyway.
Every centre you look after on one screen: green, yellow or red. Go where you are needed, not where you were going anyway.
You find out about a problem when you visit.
A week of missed fridge checks, or parent notes nobody answered.
With KindyMenu: Each centre is green, yellow or red. Red means parent notes are waiting. A centre not opened for 3 days is listed, so someone goes and checks.
Spend jumps and nobody can say why.
Five centres, five ways of buying.
With KindyMenu: This month’s spend next to last month, by category, and the centre that spends the most.
Your meeting needs numbers, today.
Collecting reports by phone takes half a day.
With KindyMenu: Print the network board for your meeting.
Money and purchasing
KindyMenu tracks what each centre pays, item by item. See price trends and spot when a price jumps, so you can act before it costs you thousands.
KindyMenu shows what each centre pays each supplier for the same item, side by side. You negotiate with the full picture, and you see where to ask for a better price. For example, one centre pays A$6 and another pays A$5 for the same item. You can also build one order for several centres and send it yourself.
Example only, not a guarantee
“From my own kitchen: a centre with 70 children spends about A$1,300 a week on food. That is about A$67,600 a year.”Aleksey Zhurin, Head Chef, 30+ years in food costing
Your own numbers will differ. KindyMenu shows the prices; it does not negotiate or place orders for you.
Kitchen consulting
Too much depends on memory and paper? Every lunch a rush?
A kindy kitchen is one connected system. We look at four parts of it, so your team gets more time, less stress, and everything visible.
We work alongside your chef and manager, not over them. Your chef knows the kitchen best. We help remove what gets in the way.
Example only
We prefer an on-site visit. The real picture is only visible in person: how the kitchen is organised, the processes, the people in the kitchen and the rooms, and how the manager runs it. Outside Queensland, or if you are far away, we start with an online meeting.
No email app? Copy the address: hello@kindymenu.com
Consulting services are provided by KindyMenu Pty Ltd, by Aleksey Zhurin or a qualified consultant working with us. Consulting is separate from the KindyMenu subscription and has its own terms: Consulting Terms.
Founder of KindyMenu
30+ years as a head chef · Food Safety Supervisor
I spent more than 30 years in restaurants and hotels, as a head chef and as a group executive chef. I know how a professional kitchen is run, and what matters when food is prepared: a clear process, a record someone else can read, and no step left to memory.
After my child was born, I changed careers and went to work in a childcare kitchen. The work there was still on paper, written on a knee. Thousands of sheets, and they get lost. Handwriting is hard to read. You cannot tell who wrote what.
I looked for a program made for childcare kitchens. I did not find one in Australia or New Zealand. So I built KindyMenu myself. It follows the way a head chef thinks. The menu, the allergy, the cost and the food-safety record sit in one place. A cook can read them on the day, and a parent can see the week.