Caterers and private chefs
A caterer quotes each event and cooks for it off site.
Cooking schools and cookery classes
Each class goes on your public calendar, and students book and pay with their allergies noted. The prep list comes from your recipes.
The school, its chefs and its kitchen assistants work in one Magpie team.
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This combination of five Magpie areas fits a cooking school.
- Calendar
- Calendar lists each class on a public calendar, with its menu and its teacher.
- Forms
- Forms takes each booking and its fee, with dietary needs and allergies.
- Daily Operations
- Daily Operations keeps the class recipes, the prep list and the kitchen's checks.
- Inventory
- Inventory counts the ingredients, and orders more from your suppliers.
- Store
- Store sells gift cards, knives and aprons online.
Each class goes on a public calendar, with its menu and a link to book.
Calendar gives the school a public calendar of its classes. Each class has its date, its time and its menu in the description.
A free tasting evening can take RSVPs up to a capacity. Sharing a class starts a social media post about it.
Students book and pay for a class, and tell you about allergies before they come.
Forms builds the booking page for a class, with questions on dietary needs and allergies. A paid Form charges one amount, paid by card on Stripe's page.
Each booking shows Paid, and you are emailed when one arrives. You close the Form when the stations are full, and the answers download as a CSV.
Each class's recipes become a prep list, with the ingredients it needs from stock.
Daily Operations keeps the recipes you teach, with their ingredients, method and allergens. Planning a batch for a class lists what it needs from stock.
Opening and closing checks and the fridge temperatures are checklists at the times you set. A reading out of range opens an incident.
Ingredients are counted, and the low ones go on the next order.
Inventory counts each ingredient in its unit, such as kilos of flour or litres of cream. Each item shows what is usable and which ones are low.
A purchase order goes to your supplier by email. Receiving it records each lot and its use-by date.
Gift cards, knives and aprons sell online.
Store is the school's online shop. A gift card can be emailed to someone on a date the buyer chooses.
The holder spends it in your online shop, such as on a chef's knife. Orders can be picked up at the school.
Three more areas cover the rota, newsletters and posts.
- Staff Scheduling
- Staff Scheduling plans the chefs and kitchen assistants for each class.
- Newsletter
- Newsletter sends next month's classes to your subscribers.
- Social Media
- Social Media schedules posts about new classes and what students cooked.
A class goes from the calendar to a full kitchen and a clean close.
Each step starts from what the last one made.
The class
The class goes on the public calendar, with its menu and a link to book.
The booking
Students pay on the class Form, and note any allergies.
The full class
You close the Form when the stations are full.
The prep
A batch for each recipe lists the ingredients, set aside from stock.
The order
Low ingredients go on a purchase order to your supplier.
The close
The closing checklist and the fridge temperatures are logged after class.
Setting up takes five steps.
Add your recipes
You add the dishes you teach, with their ingredients and allergens. Help: Plan prep, keep recipes and log waste.
Add your ingredients
You add each ingredient with its unit and opening stock. Help: Keep track of stock.
Make a booking form
You add the questions and the class fee, and publish it. Help: Require payment for a Form response.
Put up your classes
You add each class to the public calendar, with its menu. Help: Create public and private calendar events.
Connect Stripe
You connect your Stripe account, so students can pay by card. Help: Connect Stripe to receive money.
Plans
A school with staff fits the Team plan, one price for up to 25 members. It has room for 5,000 calendar events.
On a paid Form for a class, Magpie's fee is 1% of each payment. Magpie adds no fee to sales in your online shop. Stripe's processing fee is taken from each card payment. Prices are on the Pricing page.
Other kitchens have pages of their own.
Restaurants, bistros and diners
A restaurant runs a kitchen every night, with its checks and its rota.
Bakeries and home bakers
A bakery takes pre-orders and plans each morning's bake.
Questions cooking schools ask
Can students book and pay for a class online?
Yes. Each class has a Form that charges one amount. Students answer its questions and pay by card on Stripe's page. Their booking then shows Paid, and you are emailed.
Can students tell us about allergies and dietary needs?
Yes. The Form can ask about allergies and dietary needs, and make the answer required. A question can show only when an earlier answer calls for it. Each answer is kept with the booking.
What happens when a class is full?
You close its Form, and the page says the class is closed. The bookings already made are kept, and download as a CSV file.
Can we keep the recipes we teach?
Yes. A recipe lists its ingredients from Inventory, its method, its allergens and how long it keeps. A new version is used only once a manager chooses it. Costs are shown to managers only.
Can we see what tonight's class needs?
Yes. You plan a batch of each recipe for the class. The prep list shows each ingredient needed beside what is in stock. Starting a batch sets them aside.
Can we log the kitchen's fridge temperatures?
Yes. Each fridge is a temperature point with its own limits. A round creates a checklist at the time you set. A reading out of range opens an incident.
Can we order ingredients from our suppliers?
Yes. Each supplier has its items and lead time. A purchase order goes by email, and receiving it records each lot and use-by date.
Can we sell gift cards?
Yes. A gift card sells fixed amounts. The buyer can have it emailed to someone on a date they choose. The holder spends it in your online shop.
Can people RSVP to a free tasting evening?
Yes. You turn on RSVPs for the event and set a capacity. The event's page says when it is full. People RSVP while signed in to Magpie.
Can we email next month's classes?
Yes. Newsletter gives the school a sign-up page with double opt-in. You write the issue, send yourself a test and schedule it.
What does Magpie take from bookings?
On a paid Form, Magpie's fee is 1% of each payment. Stripe's processing fee is taken from each card payment. The rest goes to the school's own Stripe account.
Fill your next class.
Create a Magpie account and put your first class on the calendar.