Our Work

Operations &
Systems Design

End-to-end operational infrastructure built from scratch — costed, documented, and handed over so it runs without us in the room.

Case Study

Sillyaks — Private Chef Operational Framework

A complete operational infrastructure built from scratch for a private chef and free-from catering brand. Every menu underpinned by professional kitchen documentation — costed, allergen-checked and service-sequenced to the same standard as the food itself. Free-from without compromise, from first prep to final plate.

Client Overview
Sillyaks · Private Chef & Free-From Catering
Stamford, Lincolnshire · Private dining, feast boards & cookery tutorials

Sillyaks required a complete operational system built from nothing — brand, website, documentation, and financial controls all developed simultaneously. The brief was to operate at private dining standard while being completely gluten and dairy free, with every dish fully costed, allergen-verified, and sequenced for solo service delivery.

01
Branded Recipe Cards
Every dish documented to kitchen standard — ingredients with per-item costing, sequenced method, allergen flags, plating notes and GP margin.
Print-ready PDF
02
Menu Costing & GP Analysis
Per-dish and per-cover costing tables covering raw ingredient cost, waste-adjusted cost, sell price with VAT and GP margin.
Financial clarity
03
Allergen Matrix
Full cross-reference of each dish against all 14 major allergens, with GF and DF flags and specific label-check callouts for borderline ingredients.
Compliance-ready
04
Sequenced Prep Manifests
Time-ordered kitchen prep documents for multi-course menus — from day-before through to plating, tagged by course and timed for solo service.
Service-ready
05
Shopping Lists & Sourcing Notes
Clean, course-broken ingredient lists with quantities, sourcing flags and compliance checks — built for speed on the phone as well as on paper.
Mobile-ready format
06
Website & Brand Build
Full site build, DNS configuration, Google Business profile, social media launch copy, logo files, and brand identity documentation — all live and trading.
Live & trading
100%
Gluten & Dairy Free
14
Allergens tracked per dish
GP
Margin calculated per cover
6
Core deliverables built & handed over
"The back of house runs as carefully as the front."

Every event fully documented — costed, allergen-checked and sequenced before a single ingredient is prepped.

How We Work

Every system built to outlast the engagement

Cadence builds operational infrastructure the way good operators run their businesses — with precision, practicality and genuine commercial awareness. Every document, system and process is designed to be used by the team independently, not to require ongoing support.

Whether it's a single operational framework or a full systems build from scratch, the output is always the same: professional, documented, and ready to run.

What this service includes
› Menu engineering and GP modelling
› Allergen compliance documentation
› Service sequencing and prep manifests
› Brand identity and web builds
› Operational SOPs and playbooks
› Full documentation ready to hand over