The free playbook for private chefs.
Plan the menu, price the dinner, and close the job — all in one free tool built by a working private chef. The Private Chef Playbook Template turns your next gig into a clean plan: menu, shopping list, prep timeline, packing list, and a printout that makes you look like you have done this a thousand times. No account, no card.
- Free forever
- No account to start
- Print-ready in minutes
Want to save it, brand it with your logo, and keep your recipes? Create a free account.
Free to start
One template, the whole dinner.
Open the free Playbook Template and plan your next event end to end — no account, no card. Build the playbook, ask the Sous Chef for tips, and print it out.
Event details & dietary
Client, date, guest count, address, and contact phone, plus allergies and restrictions — all in one place.
Build the menu, course by course
Each course gets a description, an ingredient table with quantities and prep notes, and method steps.
Shopping & packing lists
A grouped shopping list the way you shop, and a packing list so nothing gets left behind.
Prep & service timelines
Lay out what happens shopping day, prep day, and event day, right down to service timing.
Print a clean playbook
A printout that makes you look like you have done this a thousand times. Branded with your logo on a free account, watermarked without one.
Ask the Sous Chef
A floating chat inside the template — ask about timelines, food safety temps, quoting, and the whole private chef process. Free, no login.
Four tools, one kitchen
Everything you need to run the event.
You run the kitchen. This runs everything behind it. Tap "See details" on any card to inspect it, or jump straight into the tool.
Free Playbook Template
No account. No card. Just the tool.
The full format I use for every dinner. Nine sections, fill it in yourself, print it out.
- Courses, dietary handoff, portions, shopping & pack lists
- Service timeline and guest menu copy
- Plating and serviceware recommendations
- Clean, printable PDF with your logo
Includes your own logo — we don't hide that behind a paywall!
AI Playbook Generator
Your sous chef on standby.
Wish you had a sous chef? Describe the dinner and let a chef-trained knowledge base build the whole thing.
- Same playbook, on steroids
- Pulls from your saved recipes
- Thirty seconds of typing instead of an hour of paperwork
Quote Calculator
The one that saves your margins.
This is the one that'll save your ass. Food costs, labor, travel, margins — all done for you.
- Per-guest pricing, travel, and add-ons
- A client quote and your own private numbers in one click
- Saved quotes feed your playbooks and settlement
Settlement Keeper
Post-event bookkeeping on autopilot.
After the dinner: labor, groceries, mileage, all itemized. Keeps your 1099 stuff separated so tax time doesn't hurt.
- Taxable labor vs. untaxed grocery/travel split
- Schedule C mileage log + take-home math
- One-click IRS-ready exports
Already working a circuit?
Email nate@kineticmise.com for free access to the Bookkeeper!
Beta Access
The AI Playbook is brand new. I'm letting 10 people in early.
Beta pricing is locked in, and you'll talk directly to me when something's weird or missing. No support tickets, no waiting room — just a text.
See the difference
From scribbled napkins to a printed playbook.
Drag the slider to compare the old way against the Kinetic Mise way. One clean sheet instead of a counter full of crumpled napkins.
Printed playbook
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The business side
You already know how to cook. The business side is just a mandatory burden.
None of us do this to crunch numbers, and nobody hands you the playbook for the business side. So I built the tools I wish I had 20 years ago!
Sunday night, right now
- A lead texts during service. By the time you reply, they've booked someone else.
- Sunday night rebuilding last month's quote because you can't find the old one.
- Allergy info buried in a text from three weeks ago. You're pretty sure you remember it.
- Did they pay the deposit? You think so. You'd have to check.
Sunday night, with us
- Every inquiry lands in one spot with a warm reply in 30 seconds — even mid-service.
- Last month's quote is one click away. Next month's is half-built already.
- Allergies, preferences, guest counts — all in one place, every time.
- Deposits tracked automatically. You see exactly what's paid and what's not.
How it works
One Job, Start to Finish
These aren't four separate tools. They're one system, and each step hands off to the next.
The quote comes first.
Price the dinner in the calculator. Your numbers get saved to the job.
The playbook builds itself from the quote.
Guest count, courses, budget, all of it flows straight in. No re-typing your event details into a second tool. The playbook knows what you quoted.
You cook the dinner.
Print the playbook, work the event. Everything you planned is right there.
Settlement closes it out.
Same job opens back up: your actual hours, your grocery receipts, your mileage. One page, itemized, ready to send.
Every job stays saved. Your info, your themes, your recipes, your rates. The next dinner starts where the last one left off instead of starting from a blank page.
That's the difference between a couple of handy tools and a system that actually runs your jobs with you.
Pricing
Start free. Upgrade when it pays for itself.
Free
$0
No account required.
Includes your own logo — we don't hide that behind a paywall!
- Free Playbook Template
- Clean, printable PDF output
- No AI, just structure
AI Playbook Generator
$20/mo
AI writes the recipes, scaled to your guest count.
- Free Playbook Template
- AI Playbook Generator
- Generate, print, and download playbooks
- Dietary handoff, portions, purchase and pack list
- Plating and serviceware recommendations
- Service timeline and guest menu copy
Full Toolkit
$49/mo
Everything a private chef needs to run the event.
- Free Playbook Template
- AI Playbook Generator
- Save and revisit every party, quote, and settlement job
- Quote Calculator with saved quotes - the small expenses make the big difference!
- Settlement, take-home, and 1099 segregation
- PDF and print exports on every tab
Pro + CRM
$99/mo+
Your own custom CRM and automation platform, powered by Kinetic Mise.
- Everything in Full Toolkit
- Custom CRM setup
- Event pipeline
- Automated client follow-ups
- Intake forms that feed your workflow
- Review automation
- Priority support
Who made this
Hey, I'm Nate.
I'm a private chef in Denver. I spent years in commercial kitchens as a chef, then as a kitchen recalibrator — building little systems in every kitchen I worked to stop the bleeding on food costs and prep time.
None of the software out there was built by someone who actually cooks, so I built this. It's the stuff I wish someone had handed me when I started doing private dinners.
Your next dinner doesn't have to eat your weekend.
Questions
The stuff people ask.
Do I need an account?+
No. The free playbook template works the moment you open it — no account, no card.
What's the difference between the AI generator and the full toolkit?+
The AI generator writes the whole playbook for you. The full toolkit adds the quote calculator and settlement keeper — the tools that run the money side.
Is my data stored anywhere?+
Yes, once you create a free account. Your jobs, quotes, and recipes save to your account and follow you across devices. Without an account, your work stays in the browser you are using, and your Your Info details (logo and business info) are saved to your browser. With a free account, your Your Info saves to your account and follows you across devices.
Is the settlement / tax stuff actual tax advice?+
No — it's an operational tool that organizes what you enter. Always confirm with a qualified accountant before filing.
Ready to hand the business side to someone who cooks?