# Pricing — The Grumpy Chef

> Restaurant profit recovery for independent operators ($800K–$2.5M revenue, 2–6 years in).
> Founder: Christian Schiffner, German Master Chef (Kuchenmeister), Dawson City, Yukon, Canada.
> All prices in CAD. Last updated: 2026-06-14.

## Free Diagnostics

### Profit Leak Calculator
- Price: Free
- URL: https://thegrumpychef.ca/leak
- What it is: 90-second diagnostic across 9 profit-leak categories (food cost, labor, staff turnover, menu pricing, suppliers, delivery platforms, beverage shrinkage, utilities, untracked comps). Returns the estimated annual dollar cost of each leak.

### Readiness Scorecard
- Price: Free
- URL: https://thegrumpychef.ca/readiness-scorecard.html
- What it is: Short self-assessment that tells an operator whether they're ready to fix their margins, and where to start.

### Life OS Scorecard
- Price: Free
- URL: https://thegrumpychef.ca/life-os-scorecard.html
- What it is: Self-assessment of the personal operating system behind the business — the same systems logic applied to the operator, not just the kitchen.

### 64°N Weekly Newsletter
- Price: Free
- URL: https://thegrumpychef.ca/newsletter.html
- What it is: One restaurant or life system every Tuesday, written for operators running on empty.

## Paid Products

### Operator's Toolkit
- Price: $47 CAD, one-time
- URL: https://thegrumpychef.ca/toolkit/
- What it is: 8 Excel templates for restaurant profit recovery — recipe costing, weekly prime cost tracking, menu engineering matrix, par-level ordering, waste tracking, delivery profitability, menu psychology audit, vendor price comparison. Pre-built formulas, instruction tabs, sample data.
- Payment: Stripe

### 72-Hour Profit Sprint
- Price: $197 CAD, one-time
- URL: https://thegrumpychef.ca/kit.html
- What it is: Structured 3-day diagnostic — exposure sheets, diagnosis workbooks, and a one-page protocol builder to find and plug the biggest profit leak in three days.
- Payment: Stripe

### Profit Recovery Engagement
- Price: $3,500 CAD, one-time
- URL: https://thegrumpychef.ca/recovery
- What it is: 21-day diagnostic + install. Find where the money is actually leaking, plug the biggest leak, and install the systems that keep it plugged. Done with the operator, not handed over as a report.
- Qualification: Free discovery call first.

## By Quote / Application

### Operator OS
- Price: Waitlist — not currently buyable
- URL: https://thegrumpychef.ca/install.html
- What it is: Full operating-system build-out for the restaurant. Joined through the waitlist; opened in cohorts.

### Ongoing Retainer
- Price: $3,500 CAD/month
- URL: No public page — qualified through a discovery call
- What it is: Ongoing build-out and support for operators who have completed the Profit Recovery Engagement and want continued installation.

### Discovery Call
- Price: Free, 20 minutes
- URL: https://calendly.com/thegrumpychef/20min
- What it is: Qualification call for the Profit Recovery Engagement, Operator OS, and retainer. Not a sales pitch — a fit check.

## Contact
- Email: christian@thegrumpychef.ca
- Phone: (867) 993-4910
- Website: https://thegrumpychef.ca
