Your whole kitchen,
connected in one place.

Food safety records, allergens and labels, rotas and HR, hiring, stock and Click & Collect in one platform, from £39 a month. Enter something once and it shows up everywhere it's needed.

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The CompliChef KitchenPortal Log Hub: fridge temperatures, food probes, hot holding, cleaning, deliveries and more
A Sunmi handheld printing a real CompliChef use-by label
A real use-by label, printed from the app
LIVE 2,376 food labels printed 52,474 fridge & freezer temps logged +136 today 2,812 food probe temps logged +11 today See CompliChef Labels →

Built for independent kitchens:

Restaurants Pubs Cafés Care homes Schools Multi-site groups
Why CompliChef

Most kitchens pay for 4–6 apps
that never talk to each other.

Tick what you use today and put in what you pay. See what the same job costs when it all lives in one place.

How many sites?
Separate apps
£0 /month
0 logins, 0 bills, and the same information typed in more than once.
£39 /month
Multi-Staff Kitchen plan · one login · everything connected
£0 a year back in your pocket

The prices on the left are rough examples, so change them to what you actually pay. For one site, £39 a month covers everything except online ordering, and Complete (£170) adds Click & Collect. Up to 5 sites without online ordering is £160. Label printing needs a printer (from £100, one-off).

Typed in again and again

Change a recipe and you have to update the allergen sheet, labels, menu and ordering site one by one.

Too many logins

New starters get added to every app, and leavers are never fully removed.

Evidence in pieces

When the EHO calls, your temps, training and cleaning records are in different places.

Bills that creep up

Per-user fees, commission and add-ons grow every time the team does.

A strip of real CompliChef labels: an allergen label, a use-by label, and frozen and defrosted labels
Real labels, printed in a working kitchen
CompliChef Labels

Labels that match the recipe, every time.

Pick the dish, choose how long it keeps, print. Allergens come straight from your recipes, the date works itself out, and every label is logged with a QR code.

AllergenAll 14 allergens from the recipe
Use-byDate worked out for you
Freeze & defrostThe clock restarts on defrost
Natasha's LawPPDS sale labels in one tap

Printers from £100, or Solo Labels from £30 a month with no other plan needed.

How it works

Up and running
before the next service.

Set up your kitchen

Add your fridges, menu and team. If you get stuck, a real person helps you, not a chatbot. There's no setup fee and no contract.

Log checks in seconds

Use a phone, tablet or Sunmi handheld. Tap a check or probe the food, and Bluetooth sensors log fridge temps for you.

Be ready for inspection

Every record has a time and a name on it. When the EHO arrives, send them an access code instead of digging out folders.

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What's inside

Everything your kitchen runs on,
in one subscription.

KitchenPortal

Digital food safety, done on shift

Temperatures, probes, hot holding, cooling, cleaning and deliveries, plus digital HACCP and CCDFSM. Every record has a time and a name on it, ready when an EHO asks.

  • Bluetooth sensors
  • Digital HACCP
  • Corrective actions
  • EHO Access Mode
Explore KitchenPortal
Labels

Allergen labels in seconds

Natasha's Law (PPDS), use-by, freeze and defrost labels. Allergens come straight from your recipes.

Explore Labels
StaffPortal

Rotas, HR & training

Digital contracts, a rota builder and training records, with a free staff app for iOS.

Explore StaffPortal
Click & Collect

Your own ordering, 0% commission

A branded storefront with collection slots, a kitchen display and a loyalty scheme. Allergen data comes from your kitchen records.

Explore ordering
Stock

Stock that keeps itself up to date

Take a photo of a delivery invoice and your stock and costs update. Upload a till export and sold dishes come off your stock.

Explore stock
RecruitPortal

Hire without agency fees

Post jobs, shortlist applicants and onboard new starters in one click.

Explore RecruitPortal
Alice AI · optional add-on

Your AI kitchen assistant

Writes your CCDFSM food safety system from a 12-question interview, audits your compliance and drafts your rota. Powered by Anthropic Claude. £19/month.

Meet Alice
Multi-site

Every kitchen, one dashboard

See compliance at every site in one place, with a dashboard for each location and brand standards that stay the same everywhere.

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How the CompliChef ecosystem works.

A quick tour of each part of CompliChef, and how they all link together.

Nick, CompliChef's chef founder, in a professional UK kitchen
5 in a rowfive-star hygiene ratings
Est. 2025grown from my own kitchen
The human behind it

“I built it for my own kitchen first. Built by a chef, not a bot.”

I'm Nick. I studied IT but chose the kitchen, and I got tired of food safety paperwork that hadn't changed since the 1990s. So back in 2018, while I was working as a head chef, I built a digital system just for my own kitchen. In 2025 I turned it into CompliChef, so food businesses across the UK could use it too.

I'm not a faceless startup and I don't make software for people I've never worked beside. I've been through the EHO inspections myself, and I've had five 5-star hygiene ratings in a row in my own kitchens. Our reviews talk about how quickly real people sort things out, and that matters to me.

Nick
Founder & Developer · chef by trade
Professional chef Food safety specialist UK-based
What kitchens say

Real kitchens. Real reviews.

"We've started using this, and I love it! It's been designed by someone with hands-on experience in commercial kitchens. All the food safety features, plus staff rotas, menus, custom checklists, and document storage. Excellent value."
CClare“A well designed solution” · Trustpilot
"The owners are fantastic — we made errors during setup and they fixed things within the hour! Communication is 10/10. This company goes the extra mile. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to anyone."
GGrandpas Fish Bar“10/10 every time!” · Trustpilot
"The iOS app has been spot on. It's fast to use during service, staff picked it up straight away, and everything syncs nicely with the main platform. It's taken a lot of pressure off paperwork."
AApp Store review“Fast, practical, and reliable”

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Simple pricing

One subscription.
Everything connected.

No contracts, no setup fees, cancel anytime. Every plan starts with a free trial.

Most popular
Multi-Staff Kitchen
£39 /month

One site, unlimited staff. Everything except online ordering.

  • Digital HACCP & temperature logs
  • Allergens, labels & EHO-ready records
  • Staff, rotas, HR & recruitment
  • Stock management
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Complete
£170 /month

Everything for one site, including customer ordering.

  • Everything in Multi-Staff Kitchen
  • Click & Collect with 0% commission
  • Branded storefront & kitchen display
Get started
Professional Kitchen
£160 /month

Up to 5 sites. Everything except online ordering.

  • Everything in Multi-Staff Kitchen
  • Up to 5 locations
  • Every site in one dashboard
Get started

Just starting out? CompliChef Lite is £79.99/year for home bakers and small food businesses.
See full pricing & add-ons →

FAQ

Questions we get all the time.

1 Does CompliChef replace our paper food safety records? Digital Compliance

That's exactly what it's built for. CompliChef replaces your paper HACCP records, temperature logs, cleaning schedules and checklists with a digital system that's faster to complete, easier to audit and always ready for inspection. The log books go in the bin.

2 How does CompliChef help during an EHO inspection? Digital Compliance

Every record in CompliChef is timestamped and stored securely in the cloud. When an EHO arrives, you give them read-only access to your compliance records in seconds, without handing over your login. No scrambling for paper files, no missing records.

3 Can I build our food safety management system (SFBB / CCDFSM) digitally? Digital Compliance

Yes. KitchenPortal includes a digital SFBB / CCDFSM builder, so your food safety management system lives alongside the records that prove you follow it. Add Alice AI and the CCDFSM Generator asks you 12 questions, then writes all 13 sections for you as an EHO-ready PDF in minutes.

4 What is Benedict's Law, and how does CompliChef help schools? Digital Compliance

Benedict's Law is a campaign, led by the family of Benedict Blythe and the Benedict Blythe Foundation, calling for every school in England to have a statutory allergy policy, allergy-trained staff, spare adrenaline auto-injectors and proper allergy record-keeping. CompliChef gives school kitchens the tools to evidence exactly that: all 14 allergens tracked per dish, timestamped training and compliance records, and, with SchoolMenu Pro, allergen-aware menus, parent pre-ordering and a live kitchen display that flags allergies at the pass. CompliChef is independent and not affiliated with the Foundation; we support the campaign's aim of safer school kitchens.

5 What can I record in KitchenPortal? KitchenPortal

Temperature logs (fridge, freezer, probe, hot holding, cool-down and reheating), cleaning and hygiene checklists, HACCP records, a daily diary and allergen management covering all 14 allergens. Everything is timestamped and inspection-ready. Explore KitchenPortal.

6 Can temperature logging be automated? KitchenPortal

Yes, two ways. Bluetooth sensors (Inkbird is our tested recommendation) auto-fill fridge and freezer checks in the CompliChef iOS app, so there's no manual entry. Or, if you already have IoT / Wi-Fi sensors of any brand, every account can generate its own secure API key so those sensors push readings straight into your temperature logs. See temperature records.

7 Can my kitchen staff use CompliChef on a phone or tablet? KitchenPortal

Yes. CompliChef is cloud-based and works on any device with a browser, whether your team is logging temperatures on a kitchen tablet, checking rotas on a phone or reviewing records on a laptop. The iOS app adds Bluetooth sensor support.

8 What does StaffPortal do? StaffPortal

StaffPortal is staff management built for hospitality: a rota builder and shift management, digital contracts and document signing, training records and certifications, and role-based access so each person only sees what they need. Explore StaffPortal.

9 Can staff sign contracts digitally? StaffPortal

Yes. Send contracts and documents from StaffPortal and your team signs them online, with a record kept against their profile. Kitchens typically save £150–£500 compared with paying a solicitor.

10 Can StaffPortal help with rotas and training records? StaffPortal

Yes. Build rotas and manage shifts in one place, and keep every certificate and training record on file, so food hygiene training is easy to evidence. With the Alice AI add-on, the AI Rota Assistant reads your live rota and flags understaffed days and Working Time Regulations issues.

11 How much does it cost to advertise a job? RecruitPortal

Nothing. Posting jobs on RecruitPortal is free on every CompliChef account and every plan, including Multi Staff Kitchen at £39/month. There's no per-post fee.

12 How does hiring through RecruitPortal work? RecruitPortal

Post a role in hospitality-specific categories, then manage applications, CV uploads, shortlisting and interview scheduling in one place. When you hire, onboard them into StaffPortal in one click. No agency fees, saving £1,500–£4,000 per hire compared with an agency.

13 Can AI help me screen candidates? RecruitPortal

Yes, with the Alice AI add-on (£19/month). The CV Analyser scores CVs against your job requirements and flags AI-generated applications, and the Social Post Writer writes recruitment posts for Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and X.

14 Can CompliChef print physical food labels, like allergen labels and use-by stickers? Labelling

Yes, on a Sunmi thermal printer that arrives pre-configured. Solo Labels sells you a Sunmi V3 handheld with a built-in printer for £310, yours to keep, then £30/month covers your own web dashboard, 500 labels delivered, stock management and temperature logging, with no other subscription needed. CompliChef Labels adds a printer to an ecosystem plan so labels pull directly from your KitchenPortal recipe and allergen data, with no double entry.

15 What is Natasha's Law and how does CompliChef help me comply? Labelling

Natasha's Law (the Food Information (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2021) requires all pre-packed for direct sale (PPDS) food to show a full ingredients list with allergens emphasised. CompliChef prints sale labels in the PPDS format using the ingredient and allergen information you provide, so every item carries a compliant label.

16 What labels can I print? Labelling

Natasha's Law / PPDS sale labels, allergen labels, and use-by, freeze and defrost labels. Each label carries a unique QR code for traceability. Scan it to see what was made, by whom and when.

17 What is the Sunmi Cloud Printer? Labelling

A £100 counter-top label printer for use-by and allergy labels (50×50mm and 80mm). It prints from the free Kitchen Portal app on your own iPhone, iPad or Android device, or from a Sunmi M3 handheld (£250). Labels are sold separately. Buy the Cloud Printer.

18 Do I need a CompliChef plan to use Solo Labels? Labelling

No. Solo Labels works completely standalone. The Sunmi V3 is £310 to buy with no deposit or onboarding fee, then £30/month for the dashboard and 500 labels. Cancel the monthly any time and the printer stays yours. Changed your mind? Return it unused within 14 days for a full refund. Every printer has a 12-month warranty.

19 Is there a free trial? Do I need a credit card? Pricing & Free Trial

Yes, there's a free trial. Card details are taken securely through Stripe when you sign up, but nothing is charged during the trial and you can cancel any time. Our team is also happy to walk you through a live demo if you'd prefer to see it in action first.

20 Is CompliChef suitable for a small café or single kitchen? Pricing & Free Trial

Absolutely. Start with the Multi Staff Kitchen plan at £39/month: one site, unlimited staff, with KitchenPortal for digital food safety records plus StaffPortal for rotas, digital contracts and training records. Growing to several sites? Professional Kitchen covers up to 5 locations at £160/month.

21 How much does CompliChef cost? Pricing & Free Trial

Multi Staff Kitchen £39/month (1 location), Professional Kitchen £160/month (5 locations), Complete £170/month (the full suite for 1 location) and Multi-Site £715/month (10 locations). Every plan has unlimited staff, and you save 10% by paying yearly. See full pricing.

22 What is Alice AI and what does it cost? Pricing & Free Trial

Alice AI is a £19/month add-on for any CompliChef plan. It adds a Compliance Audit that scores your real log data, the CCDFSM Generator, an AI Rota Assistant, a CV Analyser and a Social Post Writer.

23 I'm a sole trader. Is there something smaller? Pricing & Free Trial

Yes. CompliChef Lite is a standalone iOS app for home bakers, snack vans and market traders, at £79.99/year. It includes all the compliance logs and PDF reports, without the team portal.

From the blog

Straight-talking food safety advice for UK kitchens.

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CompliChef Pricing Explained: Plans, Hardware and Add-Ons

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CompliChef is a record-keeping and management platform. It supports your food-safety management system and helps you keep the evidence an inspector asks for — it doesn't replace your own procedures, training or checks, and it can't guarantee an inspection outcome. Labels print from the ingredient and allergen information you enter, and you remain responsible for that being complete and accurate.

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