ChefAiQ Institutional Licensing — For Schools

    Your Students Know
    How to Cook.
    But Can They Run
    a Food Business?

    Most culinary, HRIM, and hospitality programs teach technique, theory, and kitchen operations. Almost none give students the system to cost a dish correctly, price for profit, and plan production at scale. ChefAiQ closes that gap — under your curriculum, with your students, carrying your school's reputation.

    Apply to License ChefAiQ →We review all applications within 2 business days.
    Student data is portable — they own itFirst cohort: 3 schools only6-week setup to go live
    What Your Curriculum Covers vs. What Industry Demands
    Recipe Techniques
    Knife skills, cooking methods, plating
    Taught
    Recipe Costing & Pricing
    Food cost %, markup, margin calculation
    Gap
    Kitchen & F&B Operations
    Mise en place, service flow, SOPs
    Taught
    Production Planning
    Batch costing, shopping lists, scheduling
    Gap
    Bakery Math & Scaling
    Baker's %, pan conversion, yield
    Gap
    Profitability Forecasting
    Profit goal, menu engineering, scale readiness
    Gap
    ChefAiQ fills every gap — integrated into your existing subjects. No new course needed.
    3 schools
    First cohort only.
    Applications open now.
    6 weeks
    From application
    to first student live.
    The Real Problem

    Graduates leave knowing how to cook. The business side is a different story.

    Industry feedback is consistent: food and hospitality graduates arrive with strong technical skills and weak operational ones. That gap is your school's reputation problem — and it's solvable.

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      They can execute a recipe. They can't tell you if it makes money.
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      They know food cost percentage theory. They've never calculated one for a real dish.
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      They understand production flow. They've never built a production plan for a real order.
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      They can scale a recipe mathematically. Baker's Math in practice is another skill entirely.
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      They graduate with a diploma. They don't graduate with a system.
    The Stakes
    60%
    of food businesses fail in their first year — most due to pricing and cost control failures, not food quality. Your graduates are entering this market without the operational tools to survive it.
    74%
    of Philippine foodservice establishments are independent operators — the exact businesses your graduates will join or start. None of them have a costing system on day one.
    0
    culinary or HRIM schools in the Philippines currently give students a professional kitchen management platform as part of their program. That changes with the first three schools that sign.
    How Institutional Licensing Works

    You license it.
    Students use it.
    We run it.

    ChefAiQ is licensed to your school as a professional curriculum tool. Your students access it as part of their program. You pay the license fee. We handle everything technical.

    STEP 01
    🏫
    Your school licenses ChefAiQ
    You pay an institutional licensing fee based on your enrollment tier — priced for bulk school access, not individual subscriptions. Students receive access as part of their program, bundled into tuition or program fees. No separate student billing.
    STEP 02
    🎓
    Students graduate with a professional system — not just a diploma
    Your students use the same platform food operators use commercially. They build a real portfolio of costed recipes, production plans, and profit forecasts as part of their coursework. That portfolio is theirs to keep and use from the day they graduate — giving your school a measurable, lasting outcome to point to.
    STEP 03
    📊
    We handle setup, training, and support
    We configure your school's admin dashboard, onboard your faculty, and run a student orientation session. Ongoing student support is handled by our team. Your faculty spend zero time on technical issues — they teach. We handle the platform.
    What's Included

    What your school gets.
    What your students get.

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    Your School Gets
    • ✓Admin dashboard — manage seats, track student activity, monitor usage by subject or cohort
    • ✓Faculty orientation and onboarding (we run it, not you)
    • ✓Student orientation session handled by our CSM
    • ✓Ongoing student support managed by our team — zero additional workload for faculty
    • ✓Curriculum alignment guide — maps ChefAiQ features to your existing subject units
    • ✓First-mover positioning — no other school in the Philippines offers this yet
    • ✓Co-branding on program collateral (joint ChefAiQ + school name, not a replacement)
    👨‍🍳
    Your Students Get
    • ✓AI-powered recipe costing and pricing — automatic, no manual formulas
    • ✓Baker's Math, Pan Conversion, and Batch Scaling built in
    • ✓Pantry management — ingredients, materials, equipment, and suppliers
    • ✓Profit Forecasting and Scale Readiness tools
    • ✓Production Planner and automated Shopping Lists
    • ✓Menu Builder with profitability preview per dish
    • ✓All data is portable — students keep their recipe portfolio and cost library after graduation
    Curriculum Alignment

    Mapped to subjects you
    already teach.

    ChefAiQ does not require a new course, a new subject unit, or new faculty training time. It plugs into what your program already covers and makes it practical.

    Food Costing & Pricing
    HRIM · Culinary · Food Tech
    Recipe Costing Engine (automatic CPU calculation)
    Selling price and markup recommendations
    Food cost percentage visualization per dish
    Bakery Science & Production
    Culinary · Pastry Programs
    Baker's Math built in — no manual formulas
    Pan conversion and tray scaling
    Batch yield and portion output calculation
    F&B Operations Management
    HRIM · Hospitality · Tourism
    Production Planner with scheduling
    Shopping list generation from production targets
    Pantry, supplier, and equipment management
    Menu Planning & Engineering
    HRIM · Culinary · Hospitality
    Menu Builder with per-item profitability
    Menu Package grouping and pricing
    Margin visibility before finalizing any menu
    Food Business Management
    All Programs · Entrepreneurship Track
    Profit Goal Planner — set a target, see what it takes
    Profit Forecast and Scale Readiness tools
    Real business modeling before spending a single peso
    Recipe Standardization
    Culinary · Food Technology
    Standardized recipe documentation with steps
    Cook Mode — guided execution view for production
    Pre-loaded ChefAiQ recipe library to study and adapt
    Institutional Licensing Tiers

    Three tiers. One right fit
    for your school's size.

    Start with a 6-month pilot. Scale to full licensing when you've seen the adoption. Exact pricing is discussed on your discovery call.

    Starter
    Pilot License
    Small culinary schools and boutique programs. 50–150 students. Best for testing adoption before committing to a full annual contract.
    • 6-month pilot period — hard expiry, no extensions
    • Up to 150 student seats (hard cap, no exceptions)
    • Pro-level platform access for all students
    • Basic admin dashboard
    • Onboarding support and email help desk
    • Curriculum alignment guide included
    • Upgrade to Professional — no re-onboarding
    Pricing discussed on your discovery call. Onboarding fee applies: 50% at signing, 50% at Day 30. No extensions beyond 6 months — upgrade or exit.
    Most Common Starting Point
    Professional
    Annual License
    Mid-size HRIM programs and culinary colleges. 200–500 students. Annual contract with dedicated support and advanced reporting.
    • Annual contract with included seat count
    • Per-seat pricing above included count
    • Teams-level platform access for students
    • Advanced admin dashboard with analytics
    • Dedicated Customer Success Manager
    • 24-hour support SLA
    • Custom recipe packs pre-loaded for your program
    • Quarterly feature reviews and roadmap input
    Pricing discussed on your discovery call. Scales to your enrollment. Upgrade to Enterprise when you need multi-campus or LMS integration.
    Enterprise
    Campus License
    Large universities and multi-campus institutions. 500+ students. Full integration, unlimited seats, and department-level reporting.
    • Annual contract — high seat cap scaled to your enrollment
    • Enterprise-level platform access for all students
    • Full department and campus reporting
    • LMS integration support
    • SSO support
    • API access for institutional data systems
    • White-glove onboarding — 12-hour support SLA
    • Custom recipe packs per campus or department
    • Dedicated account manager
    Pricing discussed on your discovery call. Fully custom pricing. Scoped to your institution's enrollment, campus count, and integration requirements.
    Pricing for all tiers is discussed during your discovery call and tailored to your school's enrollment size. We do not post pricing publicly.
    The Graduate Pipeline

    Your students don't stop using ChefAiQ when they graduate.

    Students build their recipe library, costing data, and production systems while enrolled. That work stays with them. When they open a food business, they already have a system — one that carries your school's name in its origin story.

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    Enrolled — using ChefAiQ as part of their program
    Students build real recipe portfolios, cost real dishes, and complete real production plans as coursework. Not theory exercises — actual operating documents.
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    Graduating — they take their data with them
    All student data is portable and exportable. Their recipes, costs, and production plans belong to them — not the school, not ChefAiQ. They graduate with a working system, not just a diploma.
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    Working or launching — continuing on a personal plan
    Graduates who enter the food industry or launch their own businesses convert to a personal ChefAiQ subscription. The tool they learned in school is the tool they rely on professionally.
    Why This Matters for Your School
    Your reputation follows graduates into the industry
    When an employer sees a graduate who can cost, price, and plan production from day one — that reflects on your program. ChefAiQ makes that outcome consistent, not dependent on individual student initiative.
    Industry-standard tools, not classroom simulations
    ChefAiQ is the same platform food operators use commercially. Your students graduate familiar with a professional tool — not a school exercise that has no equivalent in the real world.
    Student data always belongs to the student
    Even if your school ends its licensing agreement, students retain full access to and ownership of their recipes, cost data, and production files. No lock-in, no data loss.
    Who This Is For

    Built for schools where food
    is the core subject.

    ChefAiQ institutional licensing is designed for programs where recipe costing, production planning, and food business management are part of the curriculum — or should be.

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    Culinary & Baking Schools
    Dedicated culinary institutions where food is the entire curriculum. Highest adoption potential — Baker's Math, batch scaling, and recipe costing are core to every class.
    Tier 1 Fit
    🏨
    HRIM Programs
    Hotel and Restaurant Institution Management programs with 200+ schools nationwide. F&B costing, production planning, and menu engineering map directly to required subjects.
    Tier 1 Fit
    🌏
    Hospitality & Tourism Management
    HTM programs where F&B subjects make up 30–40% of the curriculum. ChefAiQ integrates into F&B Operations, Food Production Management, and Entrepreneurship tracks.
    Strong Fit
    🔬
    Food Technology & Nutrition
    Programs where recipe standardization, ingredient costing, and production planning are academic requirements. ChefAiQ makes those requirements practical, not theoretical.
    Strong Fit
    The First-Mover Advantage

    No school in the Philippines
    offers this yet.

    The first three schools to license ChefAiQ become the reference point for every school that follows. That positioning is not available to the fourth applicant.

    🏆
    Differentiate your program instantly
    Every culinary and HRIM school in the Philippines teaches the same technical curriculum. The first schools to add operational tools to that curriculum have a differentiator that competitors cannot copy overnight.
    🎯
    Produce business-ready graduates
    Employers and industry partners notice when graduates arrive knowing how to cost, price, and plan. That outcome becomes part of how your school is known — not just what it says it does.
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    Your brand stays in graduates' kitchens
    Students who continue using ChefAiQ after graduation are a permanent reminder of what your school gave them. That ongoing connection is a retention and referral asset no alumni newsletter can replicate.
    3
    Schools in the first cohort. That's the limit.
    We are opening institutional licensing to a maximum of 3 schools in the first cohort to ensure every partner receives proper onboarding, dedicated support, and our full attention during setup and pilot. Applications are reviewed in the order they are received.
    From Application to Live

    How we get your school
    live in 6 weeks.

    We handle the setup. From the day you apply to the day your first student logs in, the technical work is ours.

    01
    You apply — we schedule a discovery call within 2 days
    Fill out the inquiry form below. We review your application and schedule a 30-minute call to walk you through the licensing tiers, pricing for your enrollment size, and what your school's setup would look like. No commitment required at this stage.
    Week 1
    02
    We align on terms and sign the licensing agreement
    We send the institutional licensing agreement with your tier, seat count, pricing, contract duration, and support terms clearly stated. You review, ask questions, and sign. Onboarding fee: 50% at signing, 50% at Day 30.
    Week 2
    03
    We configure your school's platform and admin dashboard
    Our team sets up your admin panel, configures your seat allocation, loads any custom recipe packs (Professional and Enterprise tiers), and prepares your student access system. We share the curriculum alignment guide so faculty know exactly how to integrate ChefAiQ into existing class sessions.
    Week 3–4
    04
    We onboard your faculty and orient your first cohort
    Our CSM runs a live faculty orientation (remote or on-site depending on tier). We then run a student orientation session for your first cohort. Faculty spend zero time managing technical setup. We handle all student questions during the onboarding window.
    Week 5
    05
    First students go live — we review at Day 30
    Your students start using ChefAiQ in class. At Day 30, we review adoption data with your team — usage by subject, seat utilization, and student activity. If you're on the Starter tier, we use this review to plan the transition to a Professional annual license.
    Week 6+
    Common Questions

    What school administrators
    ask before signing.

    Who pays for the platform — the school or the students?
    The school pays the institutional licensing fee. Students receive access as part of their program — bundled into tuition or program fees at your school's discretion. Students do not receive a separate ChefAiQ invoice.
    Does ChefAiQ get rebranded as our school's tool?
    No. ChefAiQ remains ChefAiQ. Students learn the professional industry platform — not a renamed version of it. That's intentional: graduates who recognize ChefAiQ in the workplace are more immediately useful to employers. We offer co-branding on program materials, but the platform itself carries the ChefAiQ name.
    What happens to student data if we end the license?
    All student data — recipes, costing data, production plans — belongs to the student. It is fully exportable at any time. If your school ends its licensing agreement, students retain their accounts and all their data. No lock-in, no data loss.
    How much additional work does this create for our faculty?
    Minimal. We provide a curriculum alignment guide so faculty know where ChefAiQ fits in their existing class sessions — it's integrating a tool, not redesigning a course. Technical setup, student support, and platform management are handled entirely by our team.
    Can we customize which features students see?
    Professional and Enterprise tiers can configure the platform to surface specific features relevant to your curriculum. Enterprise schools can also request custom recipe packs pre-loaded for their program or campus.
    What does the Starter 6-month pilot lead to?
    The pilot has a hard 6-month expiry — no extensions. At the end, you either upgrade to a Professional annual license (if adoption is strong, it always is) or exit. The pilot is structured to let you prove value before committing to an annual contract.
    How many schools are you accepting right now?
    The first cohort is capped at 3 schools. We set this limit to ensure every partner gets dedicated onboarding, proper support, and our team's full attention during setup. Once the first cohort is full, the next intake opens at a date to be announced.
    Where can we see the pricing?
    Pricing is not posted publicly — it's discussed during your discovery call and scoped to your school's enrollment size, tier, and contract length. Apply below and we'll walk you through the numbers within 2 business days.
    Apply for Institutional Licensing

    Let's talk about what
    this looks like for
    your school.

    Fill out the inquiry form and we'll reach out within 2 business days to schedule your discovery call. No commitment required at this stage.

    • 30-minute discovery call — we walk through your enrollment, the right tier, and pricing
    • No pressure, no hard sell — we confirm fit before you commit to anything
    • Licensing details and pricing discussed on the call, tailored to your school's size
    • First cohort is 3 schools only — applications reviewed in order received
    Institutional License Inquiry
    Tell us about your school and program. We'll take it from there.
    Your information is used only to follow up on your licensing inquiry and will not be shared with third parties.

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