Parent or guardian

What did my child eat today, and was their allergy remembered?

You can sign in only after your child’s centre adds you and sends an invitation. There is no self sign-up. Then you see this week’s menu with photos and your child’s allergy record, read-only.

Access only by invitation from your child's centre.

Parent sign-in View portal demo

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What parents ask us

You only hear “they ate well”.

Pick-up is rushed and staff are busy.

With KindyMenu: This week’s dishes, with names and photos.

You worry the allergy note was missed.

Notes on paper get lost.

With KindyMenu: Your child’s allergy record is in the centre’s system, and you can read it. The chef checks allergies and swaps each day.

You want a real word with the chef.

A face-to-face chat is not always possible.

With KindyMenu: Family Care Connect, an optional paid add-on: message the chef and the educator. Not medical advice; for urgent health, contact the centre.

What you get

This week’s menu, with photos
Your child’s allergy record, read-only
Password and a code by email

Invitation only. Your centre adds your email and sends a link or a code. Without that, the parent portal cannot sign you in. Then a password and a 6-digit code by email.
Centre Updates. Free and read-only announcements and the centre’s contacts.

Parent sign-in

Why use the parent portal?

“As a parent, you want to know what your child ate today.”Aleksey Zhurin, founder, and a parent

Free

Know what your child ate today. The educator marks how much your child ate at each meal: all, most, some, none, or away. Sometimes with a photo of the plate or the chef’s dish of the day, and a short note. You see a “What your child ate” block in the portal for the last 7 days, read-only.
See each dish. This week’s menu with photos. Tap a dish for the recipe, ingredients and allergens.
Your child’s allergy record, read-only. Only the centre can change it.

Family Kitchen · A$29.99 a month incl. GST · free trial first

Cook it at home. 300+ recipes your centre already uses, with photos.
Plan your family week from those dishes, leaving out foods you avoid.
Rate dishes and the week with a short note.
Save dishes you cooked and repeat them. Coming soon
A shopping list made from your week. Print it, or open a basket at Coles or Woolworths.
Scan a product to see its listed ingredients, allergens and nutrition next to your child’s allergy record. Product data comes from Open Food Facts and can be wrong. Always read the label.

Family Care Connect · A$119 a month incl. GST · only if your centre turns it on

Message the chef and the educator about meals, allergies and swaps. Reply aim: 2 business days. Not medical advice; for anything urgent, call the centre.

Everything in the parent portal

The parent portal

Sign in

Only if your centre has invited you. They add your email and send a link or a code. Without that, this page cannot sign you in. Then your password and a 6-digit code by email. The first time, the emailed code lets you set your password.

Menu

Free. This week’s dishes, with names and photos. The child’s allergy record, read-only. No HACCP here.

Centre Updates

Free and read-only. Announcements, older messages, and the centre’s phone and email. No new message from here.

Family Kitchen

Cooking at home. AUD 29.99 a month, GST included. A free trial comes first. One plan covers the five tools below.

Recipes

More than 300 recipes the centre already uses, with photos.

Meal Generator

A private 7-day menu for home. The parent can mark foods to avoid.

Shopping

A list from that week. Print it, or open a basket at Coles or Woolworths.

Scan Products

Scan a barcode. See the ingredients and allergens listed for that product, next to your child’s allergy record. Product data comes from Open Food Facts and can be wrong. Always read the label. You and your centre’s chef make the final call for your child.

My Ratings

Rate a dish or the week, with a short note. Kept for that family.

Family Care Connect

Not for every family. A face-to-face word with the chef, or with the educator, is not always possible. Parents are busy. Staff are busy. Important details get lost in the rush, and for a child that matters. This is for when a parent needs to speak with the chef who cooks for their child, and with the educator who is with that child each day. Meals, allergies, swaps, and how the child is eating. Not medical advice. Urgent health: contact the centre. A$119 a month, GST included. 30 messages that month, no rollover. 10 trial messages, once. Extra 10 for A$19, GST included. They do not expire. Your centre aims to reply within about 2 business days. Not for emergencies.

Founder of KindyMenu

30+ years as a head chef · Food Safety Supervisor

Aleksey Zhurin, Head Chef

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.

Read the full story

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.

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