Catering for WordPress

How WordPress was used to create a recipe building / menu planning tool for businesses within the catering industry.

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MyEChef COOL Features

• Recipes custom post type

• Custom taxonomies to allow searches by Course, Food Group and / or Nationality

• Organised alphabetically or by latest added

• Custom field on Nationality taxonomy to allow flag to be displayed (similar to category images)

Recipes Archive

• Custom fields for basic information such as preparation time and skill level etc.

• Ability to save recipe to favourites

• Print style sheet

• Ingredients shopping list with quantity needed and cost for that quantity

• Options on ingredients i.e. free range chicken, corn fed chicken etc. that auto update costs

• Display of allergens

• Costings calculator including cost for dish, single portion, estimated selling price for dish, estimated selling price per portion, estimated selling price plus VAT

• Ability to change the gross profit required and auto update all costs

• Ability to change quantity of dish to work out bulk costs

MyEChef COOL FeaturesEach Recipe

The approach

The approach

Building the ingredients / recipes sections

The approach

Building the ingredients / recipes sections

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Custom Post Type Custom Post Type

Custom Fields Custom Fields

The approach Building the sections

Ingredients

Recipes

Advanced Custom Fields Relational Field

The approach Building the sections

Demo Building a recipe

Creating the calculator

The approach Creating the cost calculator

More custom fields

Demo Adding an ingredient

The approach Creating the cost calculator

Specifying quantities

The approach Creating the cost calculator

The approach Creating the cost calculator

The approach Creating the cost calculator

The approach Challenges

The approach Challenges

Recipe quantities

The approach Challenges

But what about things like pizza and cake?

The approach Challenges

The approach Challenges

The approach Challenges

Sub Recipes…

The approach Challenges

The approach Challenges

Now and into the future..

• Now WordPress Multisite

• Suggested set menus with costings

• Calendar for when ingredients are in season and public holidays

• Contacts / Suppliers database

• Hygiene forms

• Stock take facility

• Tiered log in levels to allow different access for different staff

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