For Restaurants

Add a restaurant
to your restaurant.

Sous Chef gives your kitchen a new delivery brand without opening another storefront.

You already have the kitchen.
Sous Chef gives you another restaurant to sell from it.

Sous Chef provides

  • Restaurant brand
  • Menu
  • Recipes
  • Preparation instructions
  • Menu descriptions
  • Pricing
  • Photography and brand assets
  • Delivery storefront setup
  • Marketing and customer acquisition
  • Operating guidance

Your restaurant provides

  • Existing kitchen
  • Existing staff
  • Food preparation and cooking
  • Ingredients
  • Normal kitchen equipment
  • Packaging
  • Food-safety compliance

The kitchen philosophy

Cook.
Combine.
Finish.
Package.

Grab ingredients → cook → assemble → finish → package.

You do not need

  • New employees
  • A new storefront
  • A new dining room
  • Special equipment
  • Sous Chef sauce bottles or flavor packs
  • Fermentation
  • Batch pickling
  • New cooking stations
  • Custom kitchen construction
  • Custom packaging or stickers

Built around common equipment

  • Flat-top or griddle
  • Fryer
  • Oven
  • Pots and pans
  • Cutting boards
  • Standard refrigeration
  • Standard prep containers

Onboarding

Nine steps
to go live.

  1. 01

    Apply

    Send the partner application with your kitchen, hours, equipment and delivery platforms.

  2. 02

    Choose a brand

    Pick the Sous Chef brand that fits your kitchen, ingredients and equipment. We will recommend the best fit.

  3. 03

    Verify kitchen fit

    We confirm your licensing, refrigeration, prep space, cooking equipment and delivery capacity.

  4. 04

    Receive menu and recipes

    You get the 4 mains, 2 sides, recipes, preparation and assembly instructions, and allergen guidance.

  5. 05

    Stock ingredients

    Order the ingredients on your normal supply accounts and check every purchased label for allergens.

  6. 06

    Train staff

    Walk your existing team through the recipes and the cook, combine, finish, package flow.

  7. 07

    Connect delivery account

    Set up the brand's storefront with the delivery platform. Listing approval and account structure are decided by the platform.

  8. 08

    Test orders

    Run test tickets for every item, time them, and check portions, finish and packaging.

  9. 09

    Go live

    Turn the storefront on, monitor the first services closely, and report anything that needs adjusting.

Restaurant requirements

  • Commercial kitchen
  • Appropriate food-service licensing
  • Safe food handling
  • Refrigeration
  • Basic prep area
  • Appropriate cooking equipment
  • Ability to fulfill delivery orders
  • Delivery platform account or approved integration

Delivery platforms

  • Uber Eats controls the creation and approval of Uber Eats restaurant listings.
  • Virtual and ghost kitchen eligibility and account structure must be confirmed by Uber Eats.
  • Otter can help manage orders after supported Uber Eats stores are active and connected.
  • Sous Chef does not guarantee approval by Uber Eats, Otter or any other delivery platform.

Delivery-platform setup depends on the platform's approval and account structure. Sous Chef will guide you through the setup process.

Packaging

Custom packaging is not required at launch. Use high-quality generic delivery packaging. No Sous Chef stickers are required at launch.

  • Securely closed
  • Vented where necessary
  • Leak-resistant
  • Preserves crispness
  • Preserves heat
  • Avoids unnecessary plastic
  • Labeled according to applicable restaurant requirements

Allergens

Every Sous Chef menu is designed to be dairy-free, sesame-free and nut-free.

  • Do not add dairy, sesame, peanuts or tree nuts.
  • No butter, cheese, cream, ranch, tahini, sesame oil or sesame seeds.
  • Check the ingredient label of every purchased product for allergens and cross-contact.
  • Do not substitute your own sauces without checking the recipe and allergen requirements.
  • Contact Sous Chef before any substitution.

Partner application

Become a partner.

Tell us about your kitchen. Questions first? Read the restaurant FAQ.

For example: Mon–Sun, 11am–10pm
Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub, Otter, none yet
Flat-top, fryer, oven, rice cooker, refrigeration

Sending opens your email app with the application filled in, addressed to Sous Chef. Applying does not guarantee acceptance: we review every kitchen for fit.