Task
Cottage Lane Studio
Knead
Order intake
A customer-facing order form isn't advertised — the focus is markets, labels, and inventory.
Customers order through your branded form. Every order lands structured with all the details — no decoding DMs.
Capacity planning
Production scheduling and pull sheets for markets and events. Planning against your available hours isn't advertised.
Visual capacity calendar shows your order load against your available hours. Green/yellow/red at a glance.
AI assistant
AI recipe import from photos. A broader AI assistant isn't advertised.
Sous Chef — a built-in assistant that knows your live orders, inquiries, and products. It drafts customer replies, turns inquiries into orders, sets your capacity, and captures recipes and receipts from photos. You review and approve every action.
Recipe costing
Yes — upload recipes and ingredient costs are calculated automatically.
Ingredients linked to recipes for true cost per item. Change a cost once, it updates everywhere — plus AI import from photos or pasted text.
Invoicing & payments
Not advertised.
Branded invoices and deposit requests with Stripe payment links — one click from any order, with automatic reminders.
Customer messaging
Not advertised.
A built-in inbox for customer email, plus client profiles with order history, allergies, and notes.
Pricing
$19/month or $190/year after a 30-day free trial.
Free Starter plan (up to 5 orders/month). Maker $29/month. Growth $59/month includes Sous Chef.