Chef's Office Academy
Build a career.
Build a career.
Not just a CV.
The Academy teaches the financial and leadership framework that turns a good chef into someone operators cannot afford to lose. Start free or go straight into the program.
Our Philosophy
Chef careers stall not because
Chef careers stall not because
of effort. Because of missing knowledge.
Business Mind for Chefs
Understanding food cost, labour, pricing, and structure is not management work. It is how senior chefs protect their value and negotiate from strength.
Skill Plus Commercial Awareness
At the top level, execution and numbers are inseparable. You do not get promoted on talent alone. You get promoted on trust, and trust comes from clarity.
Career, Not Just Employment
When you understand how venues actually run, you stop chasing jobs and start choosing roles. The Academy exists to get you to that position faster.
Flagship · Founding Members
The Business
The Business
Minded Chef
Program
25 weeks. 5 modules. One cohort of 10. Not self-paced. Delivered week by week with direct accountability and a live one-on-one session with Ricardo each week.
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01Financial Foundations — Entry Point6 weeks · $497 founding rate
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02Menu Engineering5 weeks
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03Operational Systems and Performance5 weeks
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04Leadership and Team Management4 weeks
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05The Modern Chef and Long-Term Growth5 weeks
Every week includes
- Structured lessons
- Worksheets and exercises
- Kitchen Lab applications
- Real hospitality scenarios
- One-on-one session with Ricardo
Founding Members Rate
1 of 10 spots filled · 9 remaining
Apply for a Founding Spot
$497
Module 1 entry. Per module as you progress.
Ebooks and Guides
Not ready for the program?
Not ready for the program?
Start with the guides.
Every guide is written for working chefs. No theory. No fluff. Start free and build from there.
From the Cohort
"If there are five parts to being a chef, cooking is only one. This program helps address the other four. It builds your understanding of the business side, including financial awareness, cost control, and menu strategy, making you a more well-rounded and complete chef. For a chef who wants to grow faster, without waiting 20 years to get there, be a part of it and you will not look back."10/10 · Module 2 Student Chef's Office Academy, Perth WA
Why It Works
Built different
Built different
from everything else
you have tried.
01
Week by week, not self-paced
Progressive delivery forces implementation. You cannot skip ahead. Each week builds on the last and gets applied to your real kitchen before you move on.
02
Direct access to Ricardo every week
Not a team. Not recorded content. Every weekly session is live with Ricardo, built around your kitchen, your numbers, and your specific situation.
03
10 seats, intentionally
The cohort is capped at 10 because mentoring only works at this size. Every student gets real attention. This is not a course designed to scale.
04
Real kitchens, not theory
Every framework, scenario, and case study comes from real hospitality operations. Nothing in this program was written in an office by someone who has not run a service.
Pick your
starting point.
Free guide to start. Program when you are ready. Either way, start now.