Kitchen CUTvsPaddl
Kitchen CUT is UK kitchen management software, launched in 2007 by a chef: recipes linked live to supplier prices, menu engineering, stock, purchasing, invoice matching, central production units, waste and reporting, with allergen and nutrition labelling. It sells mainly to hotels and restaurant groups, with a single-site plan called KC Lite.
46 features compared · 37 Paddl only · prices verified 7 November 2026
Paddl is food safety, compliance and operations software for UK hospitality: digital SFBB, HACCP plans, allergens ready for Natasha's Law, temperature, cleaning and training records, and an EHO-ready audit pack. £69 per location per month with every feature included, a 30-day free trial and no contract. Kitchen CUT: Ask Kitchen CUT; multi-site on quote.
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Kitchen CUT pricing
Kitchen CUT does not publish its prices. What is known, checked 7 November 2026, comes from kitchencut.com.
Kitchen CUT lists a single-site plan, KC Lite, but its site refused our checks in November 2026, so we do not quote a figure.
Every feature. 5 users per location, £2.99 a month for each extra user. 30-day free trial, card required, no contract.
- One site, 12 staff: £89.93 a month
- One site, 40 staff: £173.65 a month
- Five sites, 100 staff: £569.25 a month
Kitchen CUT vs Paddl: what matters most
Last reviewed: 7 November 2026
What you are actually choosing between
Kitchen CUT is a kitchen finance and stock system with allergens and labels. Paddl is a compliance system with allergens and labels. The overlap is allergen data on recipes; the rest is different work.
Allergens across a group
In an organisation, head office keeps master dishes, prep items, the products in them and menus, and each business holds a linked copy. An allergen head office adds shows at every linked venue at once, on the allergen chart, menus, public allergen page, QR codes and website embed. An allergen it removes keeps showing at each venue until an owner or whole-business manager there confirms it, each business acknowledges the update, and head office sees in the master's history who has applied it, and can export the group allergen procedure for a Primary Authority or EHO. When a delivery at one venue brings a substitute for a group product, the venue gets a review there and chooses: same allergens, add the substitute's allergens locally, or a local variant. Kitchen CUT's site does not describe a confirmation step at each venue.
What Paddl does not do
Paddl does not do nutrition analysis, recipe costing, stock counts or purchasing, and it does not sell label printers. Its Central kitchen module records transfers, batches, use-by dates and the label route between sites, but it does not plan production or internal ordering.
Where Kitchen CUT and Paddl differ
From the 46-row grid below, checked against Kitchen CUT's published feature list on 7 November 2026.
Food Safety & Compliance
Paddl has, Kitchen CUT does not: Digital SFBB Packs, AI HACCP Generation, Risk Assessments, EHO Report Generation, One-Click Audit Packs, Fire Safety - Drills, Certificates & Expiry Alerts, COSHH Management.
Kitchen CUT covers in part: HACCP Plans.
Operations & Equipment
Paddl has, Kitchen CUT does not: Equipment Tracking, AI Equipment Anomaly Detection, Temperature Monitoring, Maintenance Swimlanes.
Kitchen CUT covers in part: Delivery Checks.
Team & Training
Paddl has, Kitchen CUT does not: Team Management, Rota Building & Publishing, Shift Swaps & Open Shifts, Holiday & Leave, Timesheets & Payroll Export, Training Tracking, Staff Inductions, GPS Check-in, Shift Handovers / EOD Reports, Staff Notifications, Team Chat & Direct Messages.
Documents & Knowledge
Paddl has, Kitchen CUT does not: Knowledge Hub, Digital Signatures, Licence Management, Insurance Gap Detection, Lease & Property Management.
Kitchen CUT covers in part: Document Management.
Reporting & Incidents
Paddl has, Kitchen CUT does not: Complaint Monitoring, Incident & Accident Reporting, EHO Visit Dashboard, AI Legal Guidance & Evidence Packs.
Platform & AI
Paddl has, Kitchen CUT does not: Mobile App, Mobile Manager View, Offline Mode, AI Assistant, AI Agent That Carries Out Tasks Once You Confirm, Compliance Dashboard.
Kitchen CUT covers in part: AI Document Extraction.
Groups & Head Office
Not stated on Kitchen CUT's site, so ask them: Head Office Library Sent to Separate Businesses as Versioned Updates, Group Allergen Changes Reach Every Venue, Removals Confirmed per Venue.
Where Kitchen CUT is stronger
- Recipes costed live against supplier prices
- Stock across sites, purchasing and invoice matching with an accounting module
- Central production units and warehouses
- Buffet allergen labels with AI translation into five languages
- Menu engineering, waste and business intelligence reporting
- Built by a chef, with hotel and restaurant group customers
Side-by-side feature comparison
Food Safety & Compliance
| Feature | Paddl | Kitchen CUT |
|---|---|---|
| Digital SFBB PacksPaddl only | ||
| HACCP Plans | ||
| AI HACCP GenerationPaddl only | ||
| Allergen Management | ||
| Risk AssessmentsPaddl only | ||
| EHO Report GenerationPaddl only | ||
| One-Click Audit PacksPaddl only | ||
| Fire Safety - Drills, Certificates & Expiry AlertsPaddl only | ||
| COSHH ManagementPaddl only |
Operations & Equipment
| Feature | Paddl | Kitchen CUT |
|---|---|---|
| Equipment TrackingPaddl only | ||
| AI Equipment Anomaly DetectionPaddl only | ||
| Temperature MonitoringPaddl only | ||
| Maintenance SwimlanesPaddl only | ||
| Supplier Management | ||
| Delivery Checks |
Team & Training
| Feature | Paddl | Kitchen CUT |
|---|---|---|
| Team ManagementPaddl only | ||
| Rota Building & PublishingPaddl only | ||
| Shift Swaps & Open ShiftsPaddl only | ||
| Holiday & LeavePaddl only | ||
| Timesheets & Payroll ExportPaddl only | ||
| Training TrackingPaddl only | ||
| Staff InductionsPaddl only | ||
| GPS Check-inPaddl only | ||
| Shift Handovers / EOD ReportsPaddl only | ||
| Staff NotificationsPaddl only | ||
| Team Chat & Direct MessagesPaddl only |
Documents & Knowledge
| Feature | Paddl | Kitchen CUT |
|---|---|---|
| Document Management | ||
| Knowledge HubPaddl only | ||
| Digital SignaturesPaddl only | ||
| Licence ManagementPaddl only | ||
| Insurance Gap DetectionPaddl only | ||
| Lease & Property ManagementPaddl only |
Reporting & Incidents
| Feature | Paddl | Kitchen CUT |
|---|---|---|
| Complaint MonitoringPaddl only | ||
| Incident & Accident ReportingPaddl only | ||
| EHO Visit DashboardPaddl only | ||
| AI Legal Guidance & Evidence PacksPaddl only |
Platform & AI
| Feature | Paddl | Kitchen CUT |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile AppPaddl only | ||
| Mobile Manager ViewPaddl only | ||
| Offline ModePaddl only | ||
| AI AssistantPaddl only | ||
| AI Agent That Carries Out Tasks Once You ConfirmPaddl only | ||
| AI Document Extraction | ||
| Compliance DashboardPaddl only |
Groups & Head Office
| Feature | Paddl | Kitchen CUT |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Location | ||
| Head Office Library Sent to Separate Businesses as Versioned Updates | ? | |
| Group Allergen Changes Reach Every Venue, Removals Confirmed per Venue | ? |
What Kitchen CUT does not do, shown in Paddl
Screenshots of the Paddl features the grid marks as missing or partial in Kitchen CUT.
Shift handovers and end-of-day reports
Paddl AdvantageStaff submit an end-of-day report with urgent actions, stock shortages and equipment problems. The incoming shift acknowledges the handover before starting.
Push notifications to staff on shift
Paddl AdvantageTemperature alerts, handover submissions and maintenance updates go to the people checked in that day, not the whole team.
EHO visit view
Paddl AdvantageOne screen with everything an inspector asks for, grouped by what they score: hygiene, structure and confidence in management, from the SFBB pack to delivery checks, temperature logs and training.
Equipment records with AI health checks
Paddl AdvantageEvery fridge, oven and extractor with its service history and temperature logs. The AI flags a unit whose readings are drifting before it fails.
Report a fault from the app
Paddl AdvantageStaff log a breakdown or a safety concern with a photo and a priority, and the manager sees it the moment it is raised.
AI HACCP plan generation
Paddl AdvantageThe AI reads your business, routines, equipment and menu, then drafts a complete HACCP plan with process steps and critical control points for you to review.
Ask Paddy: AI that does the admin
Paddl AdvantageAsk Paddy books the contractor visit, builds the routine, drafts the risk assessment and gathers the inspection pack. You confirm every action, and it never fills in or signs a compliance record.
Manager view in the mobile app
Paddl AdvantageManagers switch to an admin view on their phone: team progress, compliance status, recent activity and SFBB state across every site.
AI insurance gap detection
Paddl AdvantageUpload the policy documents and the AI reads the cover, lists the gaps and says what to ask the broker.
Who should choose Kitchen CUT, and who should choose Paddl
Choose Kitchen CUT if
- Food cost, stock and purchasing across a hotel or group are the priority
- You run a central production unit
- Buffet and banqueting allergen labels are a big part of service
Choose Paddl if
- You need the food safety system itself: HACCP plan, SFBB, checks, training and the audit pack
- A head office allergen change must reach every venue, with removals confirmed at each one
- One published price per location (£69) with every feature
- You want an AI agent that sets things up and chases sites, each change confirmed
Switching from Kitchen CUT to Paddl
- The HACCP plan, daily checks and EHO audit pack that Kitchen CUT does not keep
- Group allergen changes with per-venue confirmation of removals
- Live public allergen pages and QR codes
- £69 per location, published
Move the allergen side across; keep Kitchen CUT for costing and stock if you rely on it.
How the switch works
- Export recipes and allergens
- Upload them to Paddl and review what it reads
- Let the AI draft the HACCP plan and SFBB pack
- Publish each site's allergen page
What you keep
- Recipe allergens
- Allergen labels
What you give up
- Live recipe costing
- Stock, purchasing and invoice matching
- Central production units
Alternatives to Kitchen CUT for UK hospitality
| Product | Category | Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Paddl | Food safety, compliance and operations | £69 per location per month, every feature included, 30-day free trial. No tiers and no volume discount. |
| Apicbase | Recipe, allergen and kitchen data | Annual plans from 5 outlets, on quote |
| Nutritics | Recipe, allergen and kitchen data | On quote, licences from 10 users |
| Kafoodle | Recipe, allergen and kitchen data | Not published; free trial, then quote |
Kitchen CUT comparison questions
How much does Kitchen CUT cost?
Ask Kitchen CUT. It has a single-site plan called KC Lite and quotes multi-site and enterprise, but we could not read a price on its site when we checked in November 2026, so we do not repeat third-party figures. Paddl is £69 a location a month with every feature and five users included.
Is Paddl a Kitchen CUT alternative?
For allergens and compliance, yes; for costing, stock and purchasing, no. Paddl does not cost recipes or count stock.
Does Kitchen CUT do HACCP?
It records critical control points inside each recipe, such as a cooking temperature or time limit on the recipe card. It does not hold a HACCP plan, daily monitoring records or an audit pack, which is what Paddl does.
Try Paddl alongside Kitchen CUT for 30 days
£69 per location per month, every feature included, 30-day free trial. No tiers and no volume discount. Card required to start, nothing charged until the trial ends.
Every feature during the trial · Setup from your own paperwork · Cancel any time