Yes Chef: Restaurant Manager

Yes Chef runs a restaurant's day from one app: the rota, clocking in, timesheets, holiday, food-safety checks, tasks, training and the team's messages. Managers and staff use the same app, and each person sees what their level allows.

Yes Chef is a workplace tool. You sign in with the invitation your employer sends you; there is no public sign-up.

ASK YES CHEF
Ask in plain words, typed or spoken: who is on tonight, what is due today, what the week cost. Answers come from your restaurant's own data. Ask it to do something, such as adding a shift, and nothing changes until you press to confirm.

ROTA AND SHIFTS
• See your own shifts and the team's rota
• Managers add and change shifts and publish the rota; those who may see pay see the week's labour cost
• Swap shifts, and pick up open shifts
• Say when you can work

CLOCKING IN AND TIMESHEETS
• Clock in and out, and take breaks, on your phone
• If your employer switches it on, your location is checked only at the moment you clock in or out, and a photo can be asked for
• Managers approve timesheets from the phone

TIME OFF AND HOLIDAY
• Ask for time off, and see your holiday balance
• Managers approve requests and see them on the rota

CHECKS AND FOOD SAFETY
• Do the day's checks on your phone or on a shared tablet, each one timed with who did it
• Readings, photos, and an action when something is wrong
• Check history, equipment, repairs, documents and rejected deliveries

TEAM
• Messages: a channel for each site, direct messages, groups, and broadcasts that ask for a confirmation
• Meetings on the rota
• Training tracks, skills signed off, new-starter set-up and onboarding
• Staff details and trial shifts

KITCHEN
• Menus and the prep list
• Log waste in a tap

TASKS
• Boards and cards, assigned to people, with checklists and due days

SALES
• Connect a SumUp POS Pro till to see sales, covers and spend per head, labour against sales, what sold, and staff sales
• Insights: the week's figures with a written brief

Notifications tell you about new shifts, swaps, requests, checks that are due and messages.

Setting up sites, the till connection, payroll exports, recipes and printed menus is done on the Yes Chef website, with the same sign-in.