Free Google Sheets Recipe Costing Template | Step-by-Step Tutorial

Описание: Download the free recipe costing template for Google Sheets and learn exactly how to calculate your food cost per portion. This step-by-step tutorial shows you how to set up ingredients, connect them to recipes, and see your costs update automatically when prices change.

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This recipe costing spreadsheet is built for smaller food service operations — cafés, sandwich shops, fish-and-chip shops, food trucks, and pubs with focused menus. If you're managing 24–36 recipes and need accurate food costs without the expense of monthly software, this template does the job.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

Template overview and structure
Adding ingredients with unit conversions
Setting up yield factors for real costs
Building a recipe and linking ingredient costs
Calculating food cost percentage and menu pricing
Using the price update alerts
Scaling recipes and adding instructions

WHAT THE TEMPLATE DOES:
Organizes ingredients by customizable categories
Handles multiple units — kilos, grams, cups, teaspoons
Calculates cost per portion automatically
Updates all recipes when ingredient prices change
Shows food cost % and gross profit instantly
Includes two pricing scenarios per recipe
Works in Google Sheets or downloads to Excel

FREE RESOURCES:
📊 Menu Engineering Matrix (free download): https://foodcostchef.com/menu-matrix
🧮 FoodCostChef Calculator (full software): https://foodcostchef.com/fccc

ABOUT:
I'm Chef Marty — 40 years in professional kitchens before building food cost tools for independent operators. I used templates like this one for years to run real food cost programs. Now I'm sharing it for free because accurate costing shouldn't require a monthly subscription.

Website: https://foodcostchef.com
TikTok: @foodcostchef
LinkedIn/in/martyshmanka