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Live by lunchtime: the 10-minute stall setup

The YesChef TeamOnboarding·28 April 2026 4 min read
Live by lunchtime: the 10-minute stall setup

The biggest myth about taking digital orders is that it's a project. New tills, a tablet you have to buy, a week of setup. With YesChef it's a coffee break. Here's the whole thing, start to finish.

1. Create your account (3 minutes)

Sign up with your email and business details. Connect the payment method you already use (Yoco, SnapScan, iKhokha, or Zapper) so the money from every order lands directly in your own account. There's no YesChef wallet in the middle.

2. Build your menu (5 minutes)

Add your dishes with a photo, a price, and a line of description, then group them into categories like Mains, Sides, and Drinks. Build it once. Your menu items live in a permanent library, so the next event is just a matter of choosing what's on today.

  • Add modifiers like 'extra cheese' or 'no onion' so the kitchen sees exactly what to make.
  • Bundle a Burger, Chips, and a Drink into a combo at a meal-deal price in a couple of taps.
  • Set a daily limit on the doughnuts so you never oversell what you prepped.

3. Print your QR code (2 minutes)

Download your unique QR code and put it where customers can see it: laminated on the counter, printed on your banner, stuck to the menu board. That code is your whole storefront. When someone scans it, they land on your live menu.

Use the phone in your pocket

There's nothing to buy. Open the vendor portal on your own phone or tablet and orders appear in real time. Keep your existing card machine for walk-up cash customers. YesChef adds a channel, it doesn't replace anything.

4. Take your first order

That's it. The first time a customer scans, orders, and pays, you'll get the alert, accept with one tap, and start cooking. You could read this article over breakfast and be taking orders by lunch.

Put it into practice

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