Mobile / QR
Order from anywhere
Customers scan your QR, browse and pay from their phone - from the queue, a picnic blanket or across the field. The accept-before-pay flow keeps you in control.
The point-of-sale built for the business
Run the whole businessfrom one screen
Orders, kitchen, stock, payments, and reports - the full YesChef console on the phone already in your pocket. Customers scan, order, and pay. You accept, cook, and call the code.
- 10 min
- From sign-up to live
- R0
- To start taking orders
- 20–40%
- More orders at busy events
Live orders
2 cookingM274:53
1 × Crispy Chicken Burger
1 × Coke
Ready
K582:08
2 × The works burger combo
Mark ready
A730:07
1 × Crispy Chicken Burger
1 × Hand-Cut Chips
Accept
9:41
Live orders
M274:53
1 × Crispy Chicken Burger · 1 × Coke
ReadyK582:08
2 × The works burger combo
Mark readyA730:07
1 × Crispy Chicken Burger · 1 × Hand-Cut Chips
AcceptNew order · A73
ConsoleThe command center for busy service
Orders, kitchen, stock, payments, and live reports across every channel, on one screen. Run the rush from the web, your phone or a counter kiosk.
How a mobile order works
Four taps from scan to collect
9:41
Search the menu
Burger Boys
Open 4.9 8 min
MainsSidesDrinks
Crispy Chicken Burger
Buttermilk fried, slaw, brioche
R 65.00
Hand-Cut Chips
Double-fried, salt & pepper
R 58.00
The works burger combo
Double patty, chips & a drink
R 79.00
2 itemsView cartR 123.00
Perfect for
Built for the way you sell
From a single coffee cart to a whole festival food court, YesChef fits how your kitchen already works.
Inside the console
A full point-of-sale, not a glorified menu
Most QR-ordering tools stop at the menu. YesChef runs the kitchen, the stock room, the till and the books behind it.
Live orders, accept before you cook
Every channel - mobile QR, self-service kiosk, and counter walk-ins - flows into one live board. Hold each order for your approval before the customer pays, so you never commit the kitchen to food you can't make in time. Pending, awaiting payment, in progress, ready, and open tabs, all in one place.
Kitchen Display System
Tickets flow across stations in strict first-paid-first-cooked order. Combos break down to the right station automatically.
Stock, recipes & COGS
Attach recipes to dishes and stock deducts itself as orders come in. Low-stock alerts land before you run out.
Reports that pay for themselves
Orders, customers, margin, VAT, availability, item downtime, and feedback - the numbers to run a tighter, more profitable business.
Coupons & promotions
Spin up discount codes with usage limits, or get featured in the YesChef directory to pull new customers to your business.
Staff on one tablet
Share a device with per-person PINs and roles. Every order is stamped with who handled it - real accountability, no extra logins.
Dine-in tabs & kiosk
Run open tabs for sit-down service, or stand up a self-service kiosk so customers order themselves while you cook.
Cash up & billing
Close every shift with a Z-report that reconciles cash and card automatically. Transparent platform fees, invoiced monthly.
Collection lanes
Running a busy bar with a few people serving? Name your pickup points and customers are told exactly which lane to collect from with their code. One counter splits into smaller, self-directing lines.
The console, end to end
From set-up to sold-out, on one screen
Configure your stall, run the live order board through the rush, then read the day back in numbers - the same console, every step.
One app, whole business
See your whole business
click into place
Walk-ins, QR orders, and dine-in tabs land in one live queue. Accept, prep, and mark ready from the phone already in your pocket.
Learn more
Crispy Chicken BurgerThe works burger comboHand-Cut Chips
Avo & egg toast
Burger & chips basket
Wood-fired pizza
Pesto pasta
Poké bowl
Greek salad
Brunch plate
Sharing board
Chicken currySides
Cold drinks
Combos
10% off
4 items
Crispy Chicken Burger × 3
Extra cheese
Coke
Can
SubtotalR 213.00
TotalR 213.00
Charge R 213.00
Live orders
2 cookingM274:53
1 × Crispy Chicken Burger
1 × Coke
Ready
K582:08
2 × The works burger combo
Mark ready
A730:07
1 × Crispy Chicken Burger
1 × Hand-Cut Chips
Accept
New order · A73
Kitchen Display System
Your kitchen, on one screen
Retire the paper tickets and the shouting. Run a tablet per station for a busy line, or merge everything onto one screen when it's just you in the truck.
Fair FIFO queue
Sorted by the moment payment cleared - first paid, first cooked.
Combos by station
Patty to the grill, chips to the fryer, drink to the bar. Automatically.
One-tap sold out
Mark an item off and it vanishes from the customer menu instantly.
Never miss a ticket
Sound alerts and big, glanceable codes you can read across the stall.
One order stream
Three ways to take an order, one place to run them
Mobile, kiosk, and walk-in all land in the same live board and the same kitchen queue. Mix and match per event - the console doesn't care how the order came in.
Self-service kiosk
Let the counter order itself
Stand a tablet on the counter and customers place and pay for their own orders while your hands stay on the food. Ordering and your live queue, on one device.
Counter walk-in
Ring up a regular in seconds
Punch in a walk-up order yourself - no QR needed. It skips straight to the kitchen, takes payment however you like, and can run as a dine-in tab.
Plans & pricing
Start free. Grow your brigade
Pick the software plan that fits how you trade. Move up when you need the kitchen, stock and reporting tools - never sooner.
Commis
Get live, free
R0forever
The full ordering engine to start taking paid orders today.
Start free- Mobile QR ordering
- Live order board & accept-before-pay
- Counter walk-in orders
- Menu library, catalogues & combos
- Yoco, SnapScan, iKhokha & Zapper
- SMS & WhatsApp order-ready alerts
- Single user
Most popular
Sous Chef
The working kitchen
R299per month
Everything in Commis, plus the tools to run a real service.
Start 14-day trial- Kitchen Display System (KDS)
- Stock, recipes & COGS
- Coupons & discount codes
- Full reports suite
- Cash up & Z-reports
- Multi-user staff with PIN roles
- Dine-in tabs & self-service kiosk
Head Chef
The full brigade
R699per month
Everything in Sous Chef, plus growth and multi-station scale.
Talk to us- Featured directory promotions
- Multi-station KDS
- Advanced analytics & exports
- Priority support
- Dedicated onboarding
- Multi-location ready
- Early access to new features
What about the per-order fee?
On mobile and online orders, the customer pays a flat R8 per order to order ahead and skip the queue. The full order amount, fee included, settles straight into your own Yoco, SnapScan, iKhokha or Zapper account, so you’re never out of pocket. We simply invoice you for the fees we’re owed once a month, in arrears. Walk-in and kiosk orders you ring up yourself carry no per-order fee at all.
| Compare plans | Commis | Sous Chef | Head Chef |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile, kiosk & walk-in ordering | |||
| Accept-before-pay & confirmation codes | |||
| Menu, catalogues, combos & modifiers | |||
| Kitchen Display System | |||
| Stock, recipes & COGS | |||
| Coupons | |||
| Reports (margin, VAT, feedback…) | |||
| Cash up & Z-reports | |||
| Multi-user staff & roles | |||
| Featured promotions | |||
| Multi-station KDS | |||
| Priority support & onboarding |
From the field
Real stalls, real market days
+38%more Saturday orders
“The queue used to cap how much I could sell. Now people order from across the market and I just keep grilling. Saturdays are a different business.”
6 minaverage collection time
“Combos split to the right station by themselves, so the new guy always knows what's next. The display does the job I used to do shouting over the fryer.”
31%repeat customers
“The margin report showed me my curry was carrying the whole stall and the sides were barely breaking even. I re-priced for the next festival and came home with profit.”
From the YesChef kitchen
Playbooks for busy traders
GrowthCut the queue, not your margins
The longest queue at a market isn't a sign of success. It's a list of people who nearly bought from you. Here's how ordering ahead converts the line into revenue.
Read the playbook
PlaybookLive by lunchtime: the 10-minute stall setup
You don't need new hardware or a developer to start taking mobile orders. Here's the exact path from sign-up to your first paid order.
Read the playbook
OperationsKDS without the chaos: running your pass on one screen
Paper tickets get lost, fall off, and never tell you what to cook first. A kitchen display fixes all three, as long as you set it up the way your kitchen actually works.
Read the playbookStraight answers
The questions every trader asks
Yes. The Commis plan costs nothing and has no time limit. You get the full ordering engine - mobile QR ordering, the live order board, walk-ins, your menu, and payments - so you can take real, paid orders without paying us a cent for the software. Upgrade only when you want the kitchen display, stock, reporting, and staff tools.
Your customer pays it - a flat R8 per order added to mobile and online orders they place and pay for themselves. The full amount, fee included, settles straight into your own Yoco, SnapScan, iKhokha, or Zapper account. Once a month we invoice you, in arrears, for the fees we're owed. You're never out of pocket and you never wait for a payout from us.
Immediately, into your own payment account, on your provider's normal settlement schedule (typically about two business days). YesChef never holds your funds - the money is always yours first.
No. The vendor portal and kitchen display run in the browser on the phone or tablet you already own. Keep using your existing card machine for walk-up cash customers - YesChef adds an ordering channel, it doesn't replace your setup.
Walk-in orders you ring up at the counter carry no per-order fee at all. The per-order fee only applies to mobile and online orders that a customer places and pays for themselves.
Yes. Move between plans whenever you like, and there are no contracts or lock-in periods. Downgrade to the free Commis plan in your quiet season and step back up when the festival circuit starts again.
Live by lunchtime
Take your first order today
Build your menu, print your QR code, and start selling. Free to begin, no card required, no contract - ever.
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