The name is simple on purpose. The CompliChef Round is round, and it does the rounds of your fridge and freezer logging.
That is it. No fancy acronym. A small hub that sits in the kitchen, pairs with wireless probes, and quietly keeps temperature records moving into your account so your team is not stuck with a clipboard at midnight.
Coming soon. Rounds aren't on sale yet. The expected launch price is £65 per Round. Join the waitlist and we'll let you know as soon as they're ready.
Why a chef built it
CompliChef was built by a chef, and it has been used in real UK kitchens since 2018. The Round comes from that same place: a solo founder who still cares about what happens on a busy service, not just what looks tidy in a demo.
Fridge and freezer checks are easy to agree with and hard to keep perfect every day. Probes get left on the pass. Paper logs get stained, skipped or filled in later from memory. Managers find out something drifted only when they finally look.
The Round is meant to take the repetitive part of that load: pair the probes, log the temps, send them to your account. Staff still own the kitchen. The device just keeps doing the rounds.
How it works in your kitchen
Each Round pairs with up to 8 wireless probes. Readings land against named units (for example Fridge 1), show whether they are in range, and go up to your CompliChef account automatically.
On the dashboard you can see your Rounds at a glance: which ones have probes linked, and the latest temperature from each.
Open a Round and you get the detail: online status, last seen, Wi-Fi, the linked unit and its reading, plus simple actions like Rename, Link unit and Re-do Wi-Fi.
That is how it helps keep the kitchen and stock in check. Cold rooms and fridges are where a lot of your food (and your money) sits overnight. Continuous logging means you are not guessing whether Fridge 1 stayed safe while the board was slammed. You can see the reading, open the graph, and act if something is off.
Not sure what your fridges should be reading? See our guide to fridge and freezer temperatures in UK kitchens.
Wi-Fi drops. It keeps saving.
Kitchens are not offices. Signal dies in cold rooms, routers get knocked, and service does not wait for a reconnect.
The Round is built for that. When Wi-Fi drops, it keeps saving. Once it is back online, the logs still make their way to your account. You are not left with a blank afternoon because the network had a wobble.
Who gets told: owners, managers and staff
Visibility only helps if the right people see it.
- Push notifications go to owners' and managers' accounts, so the people responsible for the site hear about what matters without living on the kitchen floor.
- On-screen, in-app notifications go to staff, so the team on shift gets the nudge where they are already working.
That split matches how kitchens actually run: managers need oversight, staff need a clear prompt in the moment.
Round to Round: in development
Round to Round relay and mesh support is in development and not yet available.
The idea is that one Round can help another keep readings moving across the kitchen when a single hop to Wi-Fi is not enough. Treat anything you see about relay or mesh as a prototype of what is coming, not something you can buy or rely on today. When it ships, we will say so clearly.
Built for the kitchen you already run
No extra ritual. Pair probes, name your units, let the Round do the rounds, and check the dashboard when you need to.
CompliChef is built for UK hospitality, by a chef, and used in real kitchens since 2018. Rounds are coming soon: join the waitlist to hear first. In the meantime, you can log fridge and freezer temperatures in the CompliChef app today. Start a 14-day free trial.
