Skip to content

Are there really no nuts in that sauce?

Coming up: from raw material to work sheet
Today

The allergen list is kept separate from the recipe.

More explanation

If the chef changes a sauce or a dessert, someone has to remember to update that list too.

Allergen list, event 12 June
SoupPumpkin velouté: milk, celery
Correct
SauceChanged to beurre blanc
Not updated
DessertNew: hazelnut crumble
Nuts missing
Special requestsThree guests gluten-free, only in an email
Kitchen unaware
Drawn up before the menu change
The impact

The menu changed, the allergen list did not.

More explanation

Checking again per event and per dish. One forgotten change, and what you told the client about the menu is no longer correct.

You record allergens once, on the raw material.
The solution

You record allergens once, on the raw material.

More explanation

From the 14 EU allergens. Cream contains milk, celeriac contains celery.

Every recipe takes them over by itself, right down to the work sheet.
How it works

Every recipe takes them over by itself, right down to the work sheet.

More explanation

Sub-recipes and dishes inherit the allergens of their ingredients. If the recipe changes, the allergens follow.

The event's requests are in the file too.
The result

The event's requests are in the file too.

More explanation

Allergies and special requests are a fixed item on the event, visible to everyone who works on it.

No more separate allergen list to keep up to date.

Do you recognise this in your kitchen?

Yes, definitelyA littleNot for us
See recipes and allergens in a demo
Other stories
Has our menu been finalised yet? ›Fish instead of meat after all, and twelve more guests? ›110 guests: who scales the recipe? ›
‹ Previous1 / 5Next ›

In short

The problem
An allergen list kept separate from the recipe is out of date after the first menu change.
The solution
The allergens are on the raw material and carry through to sub-recipe, dish and work sheet. Allergies and special requests are on the event file.
Features used
14 EU allergens on the raw material, recipes, work sheet, event file.
Who it is for
Kitchens of caterers.
In the demo
An allergen on a raw material, and how it appears on the work sheet.
Background to this storyWhat caterers tell us, and what you will see of it in the demo.
"At every event I wonder: are there really no nuts in that sauce? And has the kitchen seen that three guests eat gluten-free?"
IRPIn the process
Work step
The work sheet for the kitchen
Needed
The allergens of each raw material and the requests for the event
Supplied by
The raw material (once) and the event file
When
When the work sheet is created
Next
The allergens carry through in recipe and work sheet

Allergens on the raw material (14 EU allergens), passed on to sub-recipe, dish and work sheet; allergies and special requests as an item on the event file (demo environment).

Explore further
See the real screens →← Back to all challenges