Kitchen guidance your whole team can follow.
Savour KitchenOS turns recipes, tasks and training into simple and visual tools, all accessible via mobile. A centralised and custom built platform, built for professional kitchens and hospitality venues.
The local problems
High staff turnover
Training doesn't stick when your team changes constantly, and every new hire starts from zero. Manage training, tasks and comms, all in one place, across all your teams and kitchens.
Literacy gaps
Dense manuals and long-form instructions are comprehensive to those who are literate. For staff with English as an additional language, work comms need to be understandable and often visual.
Digitally accessible
Nearly every South African carries a phone and uses WhatsApp daily. For effective comms and upskilling, resources need to be accessible, require no storage and little data. Leverage our cloud-based web platform for you.
FOOD IS IN OUR NAME: KITCHENOS SPELLS 'KOS'
One system to run the kitchen, front to back.
For head office: build once. For the floor: simple, visual, mobile-first.
Build, cost and version recipes centrally, with margin visibility built in.
Assign a task and it lands as a link on the exact device it's meant for; notified via WhatsApp.
Generate rosters quickly and fairly, publish everywhere; every shift, swap and update visible on staff phones instantly.
Short, visual, plain-English training that new hires can pick up fast, and managers can track completion of.
Every recipe and prep step is a tap away on the pass; step-by-step, image-led, no reading a binder.
See what's been completed, missed or delayed at a glance, across every venue you run.
How it works
From head office to the pass, in four steps.
Build it once
Drag-and-drop your recipe bibles, training modules, supplier directory, staff lists and any other relevant resources and our system sorts it for you.
Assign & deeplink
Once set up, tasks, shifts and modules can be assigned, and land directly on staff phones or kitchen tablets. Integrate with Whatsapp for quicker notifications.
Staff follow along
Enable quicker and cleaner completion of daily tasks, with visual guides and a cleaner interface, designed for an ever-changing team and task base.
Managers see everything
See food cost, labour, training compliance, and consistency at a glance; across one kitchen or your whole portfolio. Elevate the guest experience and the margin.
Designed for your team
Connect with your staff from devices they use daily. Designed for mobile and tablet-use, the simplified staff view showcases upcoming shifts, assigned tasks and training, and the recipes they need with visuals. Our web and cloud-based platform is light on data and requires no external storage.
- Shift & roster visibility
- Assigned tasks with deeplinks
- Step-by-step recipe visuals
SUGAR, SPICE AND ALL THINGS NICE
What operators are saying.
“New hires are following recipes correctly on day one instead of week three. We finally got rid of that archaic flip-file.”
“We finally have one place to see what's been trained, assigned and completed across every property. This has been a catalyst for consistency and excellency.”
“Rostering and task hand-off used to be a WhatsApp mess. Now you guys manage comms and it's actually organised, and accessible on WhatsApp.”
Pricing
Not every cake is baked in the same pan.
Every kitchen is different: tell us how many venues you manage, and what you and your team need. We'll build a plan around you.
ANSWERS, CHOP CHOP
FAQs
What is Savour: Kitchen OS?+
Savour is your kitchen's operating system (OS): it brings recipe costing, prep, stock take, roster generation, training tracking and inventory management into one system. It's an accessible web-based platform that lets managers and owners edit content, while staff access it via WhatsApp and on their phones — no data-heavy apps, no phone storage.
Does this work across multiple sites or hotels?+
Yes. Menus, training and rosters can be built centrally and rolled out per site (or across multiple locations or franchises), with visibility across the whole group.
How does this help with staff turnover?+
Because guidance is visual and plain-English, new hires get productive in days, not weeks, and knowledge stays with the business, not just the person who left.
What does onboarding look like?+
While you are able to drag and drop your recipe bibles, preparation lists, supplier directory and staff lists, you also have access to our (actual human) team to assist the set-up and walk the team through the platform.
Let’s get cookin’
Book a demo for your kitchens.
Tell us about your operation and we'll be in touch to set up a walkthrough tailored to your sites.