Kitchen CUT
Kitchen CUT is hospitality management software combining operational tools with live data for businesses, stakeholders, and customers.
What Kitchen CUT is
Kitchen CUT is hospitality management software combining operational tools with live data for businesses, stakeholders, and customers. Its menu engineering analyzes sales to identify high- and low-performing items and support profitability decisions. KC Lite provides recipe and menu costing, product and price management, cost modelling, and allergen and nutrition records covering the main 14 allergens and sub-allergens. The platform also handles purchasing, supplier and order management, inventory, stock control, PAR levels, waste, purchase orders, and location transfers. Kitchen CUT connects businesses with more than 3,000 suppliers. Digital menus can be published at a unique URL for browsing or ordering. It supports hundreds of integrations, including POS, QuickBooks, and Xero. KC Lite targets single-site independent venues; a multi-site plan supports multiple sites, regions, or countries.
Good
- Menu engineering and cost modelling
- Allergen and nutrition management
- Connections to 3,000+ suppliers
- Inventory and waste tools
- Digital menus with unique URLs
Watch out
- No free plan
- Pricing is on request for multi-site operation
- EPOS integrations may incur extra fees
- Single-site KC Lite limits users and recipes
Who it suits
Kitchen CUT suits hospitality businesses needing menu costing, purchasing, inventory, allergen data, waste controls, and digital menus. KC Lite is specifically aimed at single-site independent restaurants and similar venues.
Verdict
Kitchen CUT spans menu decisions, purchasing, stock, compliance data, and customer-facing digital menus. KC Lite has listed monthly and yearly prices, while multi-site pricing is provided on request.
Plans and prices
From Kitchen CUT's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| KC Lite Monthly Subscription | £75 a month | single site · 1 user · 50 recipes · 50 sub-recipes · 50 menus · £75 / mo |
| KC Lite Yearly Subscription | £750 a year | single site · 1 user · 50 recipes · 50 sub-recipes · 50 menus · two months free · £750 / yr |
| Multi-site Operation | Priced on request | multiple sites, regions and/or countries · unlimited users, recipes, sub-recipes, menus and storage · POA |
The facts
Each one read from Kitchen CUT's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Allergen and nutrition
- The product manages allergen and nutritional data for recipes and menus, including the main 14 allergens and sub-allergens.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Digital menus
- Kitchen CUT digital menus can be published online using a unique URL for customers to browse or order.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integration charges
- The support guide says EPOS sales data integrations often require agreement from both Kitchen CUT and the provider and may incur setup or ongoing maintenance fees.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Kitchen CUT says it supports hundreds of integrations, including sales and POS connections and QuickBooks and Xero compatibility.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Inventory and waste
- Its product pages describe inventory management, stock control, PAR levels and waste management features.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Menu engineering
- Its menu engineering tools analyze sales data to identify high and low performing menu items and support profitability decisions.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- Kitchen CUT describes itself as hospitality management software that provides an integrated platform with live data for stakeholders and customers.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purchasing and suppliers
- Kitchen CUT says it connects businesses with more than 3,000 suppliers for supplier and order management.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security access
- Single sign-on can be configured with an organisation’s identity provider, but Kitchen CUT support must configure it and customers cannot enable it themselves.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- KC Lite includes online support guides and videos, while the multi-site plan lists 24/7 customer support and onboarding and training support.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Who it is for
- KC Lite is designed for single-site independent hospitality businesses, including restaurants, pubs, bars, delis, cafés, cake shops, hotels and leisure venues.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Company history
- Kitchen CUT says it launched in 2007 and was founded by Michelin Star chef John Wood.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Kitchen CUT lists its address as The Hub, 14 Station Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1AY.checked 8 Oct 2026
Money
- Recipe costing
- KC Lite supports recipe and menu costing, product and price management, and menu engineering and cost modelling.checked 8 Oct 2026
