For Delivery Platforms
Built for existing
restaurant supply.
Sous Chef is designed to match differentiated virtual brands with restaurants that already have the equipment, staff and operating environment required to execute them. Designed to help expand delivery supply.
Benefits
- Additional virtual restaurant supply
- Differentiated cuisine concepts
- Existing physical infrastructure
- Documented recipes
- Standardized preparation
- Restaurant-specific matching
- Delivery-first menu design
- Operational transparency
- Quality-control framework
Sous Chef provides
- Differentiated virtual restaurant concepts
- Restaurant-specific operating documentation
- Menu systems
- Preparation standards
- Packaging standards
- Restaurant matching
- Quality-control standards
- Operational transparency
Deployment model
One restaurant.
One brand.
Each brand is matched to the type of existing restaurant built to cook it. The initial model is one restaurant, one Sous Chef brand, so the portfolio spreads across many kitchens instead of stacking in one.
| Brand | Best host restaurant types | Launch complexity |
|---|---|---|
| LA BURRITO | Pizza restaurant, Italian restaurant, American grill, Burger restaurant, Casual American restaurant | Medium |
| Jackpot Wings | Chinese restaurant, Korean restaurant, Asian restaurant, American restaurant with a fryer, Sports bar | Low |
| Jade Noodle | Burger restaurant, American restaurant, Casual grill, Chicken restaurant, Sports bar | Medium |
| The Egg Company | Chinese restaurant, Indian restaurant, Thai restaurant, Vietnamese restaurant, Mexican restaurant, Pizza restaurant, Dinner-focused restaurant that opens late morning or later | Medium |
| BC Bowls | Mediterranean restaurant, Middle Eastern restaurant, Turkish restaurant, Greek restaurant, Grill restaurant, Health-oriented restaurant | Low |
| Cold Mountain Subs | Pizza restaurant that already sells subs, Italian restaurant that already sells subs, Casual restaurant with hoagies, grinders or cheesesteaks on the menu | Low |
| Mahjong Coffee | Bakery, Cafe, Coffee shop, Asian restaurant, Vietnamese restaurant, Breakfast-adjacent business | Low |
Sous Chef does not claim a partnership with, or approval from, Uber Eats or any other delivery platform. Storefronts are subject to each platform's own approval. Sous Chef makes no claim about order growth.
Platform questions
How does Sous Chef work?
Sous Chef matches differentiated virtual restaurant brands to existing restaurants that already have the equipment, staff and operating environment to execute them, and provides the documentation to run them to a standard.
Does Sous Chef require new restaurants?
No. It uses existing, operating restaurants.
Does Sous Chef require dedicated kitchens?
No. Each brand runs inside an existing restaurant kitchen.
Who cooks the food?
The host restaurant's own kitchen team.
How are restaurants selected?
By type of kitchen, equipment, licensing, refrigeration, prep space and delivery capacity, reviewed before launch.
How are restaurants matched to brands?
Each brand names its best-fit, good-fit and poor-fit host restaurant types, based on the equipment and ingredients the kitchen likely already has. The strategy is category distance: a pizza or Italian kitchen hosts LA BURRITO, a Chinese or Korean kitchen hosts Jackpot Wings, a dinner-only kitchen hosts The Egg Company in the morning, and so on. Each host already has the equipment and most ingredients, and the brand is a different category from its own menu.
How are brands differentiated?
Each brand has its own cuisine, menu, flavor architecture, packaging and host type: burritos, wings, wok noodles, breakfast, rice bowls, toasted subs, and bánh mì with coffee.
How do you prevent obvious cuisine duplication?
Each brand is deliberately placed with a host whose own menu is a different category, so the virtual brand adds demand instead of duplicating or cannibalizing what the restaurant already sells. The seven brands also cover seven different formats.
How are restaurants trained?
With the brand's operating pack: recipes with exact portions, batch recipes, service steps, finishing and packaging standards and quality checks, plus test orders before launch.
How are menus standardized?
Every brand has exactly four mains and two sides, the same names, descriptions, prices and allergen information in every host restaurant.
How are recipes standardized?
Every item has exact portions, batch recipes with yields, and step-by-step preparation, assembly and finishing instructions.
How is quality controlled?
Every item has observable quality checks, and each brand has a quality-control checklist, delivery targets and packaging standards.
How are allergens documented?
Per item: contains, designed without, and may contain through cross-contact. Host restaurants verify purchased ingredients.
How is food safety handled?
The host restaurant is responsible under its local health code and approved procedures. Sous Chef provides recipes, instructions, allergen information and quality standards.
How are orders fulfilled?
The host restaurant receives, cooks and packs the order and hands it to the courier through the platform's normal flow.
Who handles customer service?
Order issues are handled through the platform with the host restaurant, as for its own menu. Sous Chef supports brand, recipe and menu questions.
Who handles refunds?
The platform, under its own policies.
How are unavailable items handled?
The host restaurant turns off only the affected item on the platform until it is back in stock.
How are menus updated?
Sous Chef updates the brand's menu, recipes and documentation centrally and tells each host restaurant what changed.
How quickly can a restaurant launch?
Kitchen readiness can take days; storefront timing depends on the platform's own approval and setup.
Can one restaurant operate multiple brands?
The initial model is one restaurant, one Sous Chef brand. A restaurant might add a second brand later where it clearly has capacity, but that is not the launch model.
Is Sous Chef partnered with Uber or another platform?
Sous Chef does not claim a partnership with, or approval from, Uber Eats or any other platform. The brands are designed for delivery-platform deployment, and storefronts are subject to each platform's own approval.