# Catermonkey — full content (English) > Full text of Catermonkey's core English marketing pages, as clean Markdown, for reasoning models and retrieval. A curated index lives at https://catermonkey.com/llms.txt . The site is also available in Dutch (/nl/, canonical) and other languages — see https://catermonkey.com/llms.txt for the full list. Generated from site/ by scripts/build-llms-full.bb — regenerate when core pages change. # Catermonkey — Catering software Source: https://catermonkey.com/en/ # The all-in-one software for hospitality Quotes, invoicing, purchasing and planning in one place. No more separate tools that don't talk to each other. This week 10 orders Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 - Parties - Catering - Food truck - Care - Counter Trusted by hospitality businesses like Read their stories ## Who it is for From a food truck at a festival to the kitchen of a care home. ## What Catermonkey takes care of Each part stands on its own. Together they give you an overview of your whole business. - Quote signed - Deposit received ### Get quotes out the door faster You put together a quote in your own house style, with your products and prices. Catermonkey sends the reminder if the customer hasn't replied yet. Customers submit a request themselves on your website. - Invoice sent - Paid ### Your invoicing runs itself From accepted quote to invoice in one click. You track payments in real time on your order list. You see straight away what's still outstanding. - Preparation List ready - Purchase ordered ### Automatic work and order lists Based on your bookings, Catermonkey puts together the work lists for the kitchen and the order lists for your suppliers. You check; the system does the adding up. ### Works with what you already use Connect your website, your accounting and your suppliers. Catermonkey pulls in the data it needs. You never enter anything twice. ## From quote to invoice - You put together a quote with your products, prices and your own house style - Catermonkey sends reminders if a customer hasn't replied yet - One click from accepted quote to invoice - You see at a glance which quotes are still open Connected to billing and sales “It works fast, it's clear, and it saves us masses of time every week.” Read the full story All customer stories ## Ready to get started? Set up a free demo account today. - Stops automatically after fourteen days - The full package, not a stripped-down version - Your data stays yours ## Prefer to talk to someone first? Our team is happy to take the time to look at what Catermonkey can do for your business. Quote: wedding --- # Solutions Source: https://catermonkey.com/en/solutions/ # Features From the first request to the paid invoice, everything in between lives in Catermonkey. No loose modules to stitch together yourself, just one continuous flow where sales, kitchen and admin line up. ## Also at Catermonkey --- # Quotes Source: https://catermonkey.com/en/solutions/quotes/ Quotes # A proposal your customer says yes to A quote is your calling card, and also the job you redo most often. Catermonkey builds it from your own building blocks, sends it, follows it up and lets your customer sign it online. ## How it works ### You put it together from your own building blocks Text blocks, dish photos, price tables and a timeline of the day. You arrange them in the order that suits this customer, in your own house style. ### What's often the same is ready to go Templates hold your terms and conditions, your standard wording and your recurring parts. You never start with a blank screen, yet it still doesn't sound generic. ### The customer views and signs it online No pdf attachment, but a page that reads just as well on their phone. You see when they've opened it, and they sign it right there. ### Silence gets followed up automatically If you hear nothing, a friendly reminder goes out automatically after a few days. You don't have to keep track of who you still need to call. ## Everything that comes with it This is the overview. Each part has its own page with the explanation behind it. “Making quotes has become enjoyable.” Corso Read Corso's story ## Want to put together a quote yourself? Try free for fourteen days, then cancel any month. - Stops automatically after fourteen days - The full package, not a stripped-down version - Your data stays yours --- # Kitchen and purchasing Source: https://catermonkey.com/en/solutions/kitchen-and-purchasing/ Kitchen and purchasing # The kitchen knows what needs making Your confirmed orders generate the Preparation List for the kitchen and the order list for your suppliers. For one order or for a whole week, with the quantities already worked out. ## How it works ### All orders become one production list Three weddings on a Saturday doesn't mean three separate lists. Catermonkey adds up the dishes, so the kitchen knows in one go what needs making that day. ### The list is organised the way your kitchen works By task, by moment or by place. You decide how it's sorted, and that stays the same for every list after. ### Purchasing and equipment come from the same source The ingredients behind your recipes are added up into an order list per supplier. The equipment that needs to go along is on a second list. ### Whatever goes out the door gets a label Product name, customer, delivery date and allergens, printed from the same list the kitchen works from. After that comes the delivery list with the route. ## Everything that comes with it This is the overview. Each part has its own page with the explanation behind it. “With quotes and Preparation Lists, everything's nicely sorted now.” Bus van Zus ## Want to see how this would run in your kitchen? Try free for fourteen days, then cancel any month. - Stops automatically after fourteen days - The full package, not a stripped-down version - Your data stays yours --- # Orders and planning Source: https://catermonkey.com/en/solutions/orders-and-planning/ Orders and planning # See what's coming, and who does what Every confirmed order has a date, a place, people and equipment. Catermonkey puts it all side by side in one calendar, so your week is easy to see and your team knows where it needs to be. ## How it works ### Everything about one order is on one screen Customer, times, numbers, dishes, staff and equipment. What you change here changes everywhere: on the Preparation List, in the planning and on the invoice. ### Your week is in the calendar By day, by week or as a list, with filters by status and by what still needs doing. What's still outstanding stands out. ### Your team sees its own orders On their phone, with address, travel time and what needs doing. Without anyone having to call you. ### Recurring work takes care of itself You can attach confirmation emails, reminders and invoices to a moment in the order. That way it still happens even if nobody thinks of it. ## Everything that comes with it This is the overview. Each part has its own page with the explanation behind it. “I wouldn't know how it would be without it, it gives peace of mind and a clear overview.” Oberink ## Want to see what your week would look like? Try free for fourteen days, then cancel any month. - Stops automatically after fourteen days - The full package, not a stripped-down version - Your data stays yours --- # Range and margin Source: https://catermonkey.com/en/solutions/range-and-margin/ Range and margin # Know what your dish costs, and what to charge Your supplier puts prices up, usually without telling you. Catermonkey works the cost price through to each ingredient, so you see which dishes make you margin and which ones eat into it. ## How it works ### You set up your range once Dishes, buffets, drinks and equipment, with photos and descriptions. You can pull in products and ingredients automatically from your supplier documents, so you don't have to type everything out yourself. ### Every dish has its ingredients attached With their quantity, their supplier and their price. That's how Catermonkey knows exactly what a dish costs, down to the gram. ### You see your margin while you're selling Per dish, per buffet, per package and per order. Not afterwards in a spreadsheet, but the moment you put the quote together. ### You change prices in one place Change a purchase price and the cost prices shift with it. Regular customers can have their own price list. ## Everything that goes with it This is the overview. Every part has its own page with the detail behind it. “Vegan buffets, side dishes, drinks: customers now easily request their favourite combo through the website. That saves a lot!” Eveline Cooks Read Eveline Cooks's story ## Curious what your dishes actually cost you? Try it free for fourteen days, then cancel any month. - Stops automatically after fourteen days - The full package, not a stripped-down version - Your data stays yours --- # Sales Source: https://catermonkey.com/en/solutions/sales/ Sales # All your requests in one place Requests come in through your website, your inbox and the phone, and on busy days they end up scattered. Catermonkey gathers them in one place, with the details you need to turn into a quote. ## How it works From the first request on your website to a quote you follow up on time. ### The request arrives with everything in it A visitor chooses what kind of party they want on your own website and fills in the details: date, number of people, start and end time, dietary needs, what's being served to drink. That information lands straight in your account, so you never start a quote with half an email again. ### The customer sees roughly what it costs upfront They put together their party from your canapés, buffets and desserts, and get a guide price straight away. You add the staff and transport later. That way you don't find out at the quote stage that you both had a completely different figure in mind. ### Anyone who wants to order straight away, can order straight away For a party menu, a workshop or a dinner and dance, nobody has to wait for a quote. The customer orders and pays online, and the order is in your diary before you've even looked at it. ### You see what's outstanding and what needs attention All requests, sent quotes and closed orders on one screen. If a quote stays open too long, a friendly reminder goes out automatically. Responding quickly shows up in what you bring in. ## Everything that comes with selling This is the overview. Each part has its own page with the explanation behind it. “So we're not just getting more requests, they're also more complete.” Boldiek Read Boldiek's story ## Want to see how it comes in for yourself? Try free for fourteen days, then cancel any month. - Stops automatically after fourteen days - The full package, not a stripped-down version - Your data stays yours --- # Billing Source: https://catermonkey.com/en/solutions/billing/ Billing # From signed quote to paid invoice The invoice follows what was actually delivered, including anything added on the day itself. You see outstanding amounts straight away, and reminders go out automatically. ## How it works ### The invoice comes from the order One click, and everything agreed and delivered is on there. Including that extra round of drinks from the night, if you added it to the order. ### You can invoice in advance too A deposit on confirmation and the rest afterwards. For big orders, that makes a real difference to your cash flow. ### You see what's outstanding and what's overdue In one list, with the amounts right there. Anyone who doesn't pay on time gets an automatic reminder. ### Your accounts get it automatically Invoices and payments flow through to your accounting package, including via Peppol. Nobody has to type anything out twice. ## Everything that goes with it This is the overview. Every part has its own page with the detail behind it. “We looked into it thoroughly and quickly saw the added value: everything from quote to invoice, all in one place.” Catering Compagnon Read the Catering Compagnon story ## Want to see how your billing would work? Try it free for fourteen days, then cancel any month. - Stops automatically after fourteen days - The full package, not a stripped-down version - Your data stays yours --- # Who it's for Source: https://catermonkey.com/en/for-whom/ # For whom? Catermonkey is built for almost anyone who cooks, serves or delivers for a living, from the caterer with a packed event calendar to the food truck that wants its week planned tight. The challenges differ; the need for a clear overview doesn't. ## You go to the customer ## The customer comes to you --- # Software for caterers Source: https://catermonkey.com/en/for-whom/software-for-caterers/ For caterers # One change, and everything follows Catering is planning under pressure. A client calls on Thursday to say there are thirty more guests, and that has to reach the kitchen, purchasing, staff and the invoice. With Catermonkey you make that change once. Week 50 8 orders Thu 10 Fri 11 Sat 12 Sun 13 - Parties - Companies - Home delivery ## Sound familiar? Different numbers mean a new Quote, a new Preparation List, a new order and an adjusted schedule. Type the same thing out four times, and forgetting it once is enough to cause trouble in the kitchen. On the day itself, all sorts gets added: extra staff, more drinks, a second van. If that doesn't make it onto the invoice, your margin disappears in the rush. A printed work order is out of date the moment something changes. Keep it in one system, and everyone works from what's current now. Your colleagues can't see what's going on, so they ask you. Even on your day off. ## How it works From the first enquiry to the invoice afterwards. ### The Quote goes out the door in your own house style You build it from templates with your own photos, prices and terms. The customer views and signs it online, and you see when they've opened it. ### What your website brings in lands straight in your account Visitors put their event together and see roughly what it costs. So what comes in is a serious enquiry, with the details already attached. ### The kitchen and the warehouse get their lists automatically Confirmed orders generate the Preparation List, the purchasing list and the equipment list. Change something in the order, and the lists change with it. ### Staff and scheduling sit right alongside the order Who's working where, with which van, with which equipment. Your team sees it on their phone, you see it in the calendar. ### The invoice follows what was actually delivered Including anything added on the day itself. Outstanding amounts get an automatic reminder. ## More for caterers The rest of what Catermonkey does, if you want to take a closer look. - Scaled-up recipes for the kitchen - Your whole range, searchable - Everything about one order on a single screen - Enquiry form on your own website - Several orders in one kitchen schedule - A webshop per order type - Email templates that fill themselves in - Connection with your accounting and payments - Vehicle planner and route lists - Cost price and margin per dish “Everyone knows what's happening and when, and it feels intuitive.” Van Vonderen Catering en Verhuur Read the Van Vonderen Catering en Verhuur story ## Want to see how this would work for you? Try it free for fourteen days, then cancel any month. - Stops automatically after fourteen days - The full package, not a stripped-down version - Your data stays yours --- # Integrations Source: https://catermonkey.com/en/catermonkey-integrations/ # You never enter anything twice Catermonkey connects with the packages you already use: your accounting, your wholesaler, your webshop, your staff planning. What you enter on one side is ready on the other. 42 connections ## Accounting 20 Your invoice is in your accounts without anyone retyping it. ## Suppliers 7 Your buying prices come in every day from the supplier you order from. ## Ordering and paying 4 What comes in through your webshop comes in as an order. ## Staff planning 4 The hours from your order become shifts in the roster you already use. ## Other 7 Till, route planning, requests and mailing lists. No connection with that name. Let us know, and we'll take a look. ## Don't see your software here? Let us know what you work with. We build connections based on what customers mention most, so this counts. ## Does it work with what you use? Turn the connection on during your trial and see if it fits. - Ends automatically after fourteen days - The full package, not a stripped-down version - Your data stays yours --- # Pricing Source: https://catermonkey.com/en/prices/ # What does Catermonkey cost? Cancel any month you like, with personal support included. ## Starter€62,50 per month For anyone who wants better quotes and a clear view of their orders. - Quotes in your own branding - Invoicing and payments - Preparation lists for the kitchen - Sales overview and calendar link - Overview of your event venues - Mini website ## Fully Digital Most popular€125 per month For anyone who wants the kitchen under control and wants to know exactly what they earn. Everything from Starter, plus: - Link ingredients and equipment - Purchase calculation - Daily supplier prices - Menu engineering - Extended customer management and automatic reminders ## King €187,50 per month For anyone who wants to automate recurring work and handle everything in one place. Everything from Fully Digital, plus: - Automate recurring tasks and routines - Work lists on a fixed daily schedule - Vehicle planner and mileage allowance - Equipment stock and equipment calendar - Tag system In every package - Personal support via chat and phone - Cancel any month - Real-time margin tracking - No software knowledge needed “Since we've worked with Catermonkey, I save an average of an hour and a half to two hours per order.” ## Not sure? Can't figure something out? Schedule a call, we'll take a look together. ## All packages in detail For anyone who wants to see exactly what's in each package. ## Add-ons Add what your business needs, whenever you're ready for it. ### Widgets€58,50 per month Catermonkey on your own website: a connection with your site, a smart enquiry form, a contact form and the quote wizard that gives customers a price indication straight away. ### Extra admin€37,50 per month Every package includes one admin. Add colleagues who work with you in the office, with a division of tasks and their own access. ### Multilingual€49,50 per month Quotes, products and invoices in your customer's language. ### Multiple brands€99 per month An extra brand or company in the same account, with its own logo, quote, menu, website and VAT number. ### App connections€19,50 per month Connect Catermonkey with the apps and services you already use. ### WooCommerce€32 per month Orders from your webshop come into Catermonkey automatically, with all the details. ## Want to start off right straight away? With the Let's get Digital package, your own account manager prepares your account: your quote template in your branding, and your products, customers and events entered. After that they walk you and your team through what you'll use most. ## Frequently asked questions No. All packages can be cancelled any month. You only pay for the months you use Catermonkey. Yes. You can switch to another package any time. The difference is settled on your next invoice. You get 14 days of access to the full package of your choice. After that it stops automatically. No. Catermonkey is built for hospitality business owners, not IT people. And if you get stuck anywhere, our team is ready to help. ## Try it free for 14 days Just seeing if it fits. - Stops automatically after fourteen days - The full package, not a stripped-down version - Your data stays yours --- # About us Source: https://catermonkey.com/en/about-us/ # The faces behind the software What drives us is the combination of craft and enjoyment. We like clarity, short lines of communication, and working with customers as if they were colleagues. Luna Customer Success Manager Mariska Kem Noah Customer Success Manager (DE) Manon Operational Manager Nicolas Account Manager Jan Teun Olivier Marten Founder & Chief Technical Officer Ruud Software Engineer Dan Yari Marketer Maty † 2025 Founder ## Who we are Catermonkey is more than software. Behind the scenes is a close, driven team working with enthusiasm on something bigger: giving hospitality business owners more calm and clarity. We come from varied backgrounds in software, support, graphic design, marketing and hospitality. All with a passion for the hospitality and events trade. Every day we translate the challenges of caterers, delis and party venues into practical solutions. Not based on theory, but on conversations we've been having for years with the people who do the work. That input makes our software and AI tools personal and recognisable. ## Where it began In 2012, Marten Sytema started building software for caterers in The Hague. A sandwich and catering business in Kasterlee started using it, and kept doing so for six years. Daily use in a real business turned out to be the fastest way to find out what was needed. After that, Marten and the owner of that business, Maty Van Geirt, joined forces: Dutch engineering, Belgian practice. That became Catermonkey. You can still see that the software grew out of a real kitchen. The words in the programme are the kitchen's words: preparation list, order, quote. Not the words of a software company. And it's the reason we still work this way. Whatever gets added comes out of a conversation with someone who does the work. ## Explore more - Customer stories - What's been added - Working at Catermonkey - Contact ## Would rather talk first? Call or email us. You'll usually hear back within one working day. --- # FAQ Source: https://catermonkey.com/en/faq/ # What people ask us before they start Can't find your question? Just give us a call. That's quicker than searching. 22 questions ## Getting started Switching over, entering your data, and how long it takes. Catermonkey is the programme where you run your whole catering job. A request comes in, you turn it into a quote, that becomes an order, that produces the preparation list for the kitchen, and at the end the invoice. It's all connected, so you type a dish, a quantity or a price in once. You work in the browser on your laptop, and in the app on your phone or tablet. Everything you currently keep track of in Excel, in your email and in a paper diary ends up in one place. Want to see exactly what's included? Take a look at quotes or at kitchen and buying. An afternoon to get started, a few weeks to really make it yours. Your account is set up in ten minutes. After that it takes time to put in your dishes, your prices and your standard texts, and that's exactly the work that pays off later. Most kitchens start with quotes and the calendar, and add preparation lists and invoicing in the weeks after that. You don't have to switch everything over at once. Don't want to do it alone? Then your account manager prepares your account and puts your products, customers and events in. That's the Let's get Digital package. Yes. You can import your dishes, ingredients, prices and customers from an Excel file. In practice that's also the moment to tidy up, because most lists still have dishes nobody has ordered for two years. Stuck preparing that file? Send it over. We'll look at it and tell you what needs to change. That usually saves you an evening of puzzling. Already have accounting software or a wholesaler you order from? Then also take a look at integrations, because then you don't need to import part of it at all. You, or us. If you do it yourself, you get a guided path where we look over your shoulder step by step: first your range, then your templates, then a real quote. So you don't start with an empty screen and a manual. Don't have the time for it? Then we set up your range, your templates and your house style for you. What that costs is on the pricing page. No. If you can manage your email and a webshop, you can manage this. There's nothing to maintain. The one thing that sometimes needs a bit of help is the order form on your own website. That's pasting in a snippet of code, and your website builder can do it in five minutes. We explain exactly what goes where. You can see how that form works at sales. ## What it costs Rates, trying it out, cancelling. There are three packages: Starter from €62,50 per month, Fully Digital €125 and King €187,50. The difference is how much of your business you put into it: just sales and planning, or also the kitchen, purchasing and automating recurring work. Help getting started is available with the one-off Let's get Digital package: €250, €375 or €500, depending on your package. The full comparison is on the pricing page. Fourteen days with the full programme, with all your own data in it. Not a stripped-down version, because that won't show you whether it works for the way you work. Anything you enter during those two weeks stays in place if you carry on. So you don't start again from scratch. Want someone from our side to look over your shoulder during that period? That's possible: book a call. No. You pay monthly and cancel monthly. Choose an annual contract and the rate is lower, running for a year. You can switch package at any time, up or down. Going heavier in season and back down in winter is no problem. The packages are side by side on the pricing page. The number of staff depends on your package, not on a price per person. Someone who only checks their own shifts on their phone counts differently from someone who makes quotes. Work with a lot of casual staff? Have a quick look with us at what works out best. What's included per package is in the comparison on the pricing page. The connections themselves are included in your package. What the other side costs is set by that provider: your accounting software, your payment provider or your staff planner charges its own rate. Which connections exist is listed on the integrations page. ## Does it work with my own stuff Accounting, suppliers, webshop, calendar, website. Probably, yes. There are twenty accounting connections, including Exact Online, Moneybird, Yuki, SnelStart, Twinfield, Octopus, Winbooks and Billit. Your invoice goes through to your accounts with one click, with the VAT already split out. Find your package on the integrations page. Not on there? Let us know; we build connections based on what customers ask for most. Yes. Sligro, Hanos, Bidfood, Solucious, Kreko and VHC ActiFood deliver your own prices every night, not the list price. You link the right item to each ingredient, and after that your cost price keeps up automatically whenever something changes. You can read how that affects your margin at range and margin, and the connection itself is in Sligro. Yes. You put an order form on your own website, in your own house style. Whatever comes in there arrives as a request or an order, with nothing to retype. You can take payment via iDEAL, Bancontact or credit card, through a connection to Mollie or Stripe. You decide yourself when you ask for payment: on confirmation, afterwards, or in instalments. See sales and Mollie. No. Your website stays yours and stays right where it is. What you add is a small piece of Catermonkey: a request form or an order page, in your colours and with your own text. If your site runs on WordPress, Lightspeed or WooCommerce, there are ready-made connections. Take a look at integrations. Yes, your orders can appear in the calendar you already use, for example Google Calendar or Outlook. That goes one way: Catermonkey stays the place where you plan, your calendar just reads along. The planning itself, with staff and vehicles included, is in orders and planning. Yes. Belgian VAT rates, Peppol invoices and the Belgian accounting packages Octopus, Winbooks, Clearfacts, Billit and Exact Online Belgium are all supported, as are Solucious and Bidfood Belgium as a supplier. A good share of our customers are in Flanders. You'll find them at the customer stories. ## Daily use Your team, your phone, and what happens if you get stuck. No. In most kitchens one or two office people start first, and the rest join in naturally once the lists look better than the note on the pinboard. You decide per role who can see what. A staff member only sees their own shifts and addresses, not prices or customer details. You can see how that works at orders and planning. Yes. Catermonkey has its own app for phone and tablet. Your team sees their orders, the address, the drive time and what needs doing. On site, nobody needs to call you to ask what time and where. You just print the kitchen lists and the driver lists, because above a workbench paper is often easier to use. See kitchen and buying. Then support helps you, by email or chat, in English. The help centre has an explanation with screenshots for every part, so a lot of questions you can also solve yourself. If something's structurally off in how you've set it up, we'll take a look with you. Call or email us via contact. Yes. Each brand can have its own house style, its own quotes, its own order page and its own accounts, while your range and your planning stay shared where that's useful. That's included in the King package; see the pricing page. Yes, but that's a different kind of work from one-off events, and it has its own part of the programme: a menu that runs for weeks or a term, ordering per department, a deadline after which it locks, and one bill at the end of the period. Take a look at meal service. ## Data and security Whose data it is, and what happens if you stop. Yours. Your customer list, your recipes, your prices and your margins stay yours, and you can take them back out too. We don't sell anything on and don't share anything with third parties. Your data sits on servers within the European Union, traffic is encrypted and backups are made daily. You decide per staff member who can see what. What exactly goes back and forth with each connection is described per connection, for example at Exact Online. You take it out before you leave. You can export your customers, your range, your orders and your invoices, so you can use them in another programme or in your accounts. After that we delete your data. Just say so if you still need an export; we'll sort that out via contact. Yes. Your old Excel files and your calendar just carry on existing; we don't touch them. And anything you put in, you can take back out again. The honest answer is that most people who drop out halfway do so for a different reason: there wasn't enough time to set it up properly. If that's starting to happen, tell us before you give up. Otherwise, take a look at what the Let's get Digital package does. Yes. Your data is held within the EU, there's a data processing agreement, and you can set per staff member who sees which data. In practice that last part matters most: a casual worker doesn't need to see your customer list. Want to see the data processing agreement? Request it via contact. A fair question, because you need your lists exactly when it counts. That's why everything the kitchen and the delivery team need can be printed or saved as a PDF, and that's exactly what we recommend for a big day. You can see what's on a list like that at kitchen and buying. No question found. Give us a quick call and you'll have your answer straight away. ## One more question? Call or email us. You'll usually hear back within one working day.