Open your restaurant or cloud kitchen with a plan, a countdown and numbers you trust
The Restaurant and Cloud Kitchen Opening Kit gives owners, chefs and franchisees every file for the whole opening: model, concept, numbers, site, licences, kitchen, menu, delivery platforms, team, soft launch and the first 90 days.
- A 19-sheet Restaurant Opening Workbook: settings with a model switch, capital budget with variance, sales forecast by daypart, aggregator net-per-order model, prime cost, break-even, cash runway, licences, equipment, master plan and first 90 days
- A 7-sheet Cloud Kitchen Brand Portfolio Calculator for several brands from one kitchen, with ingredient overlap and a commission test
- 7 forms in 4 fillable PDFs (14 pages), 4 brand-ready Word templates, 48 messages and scripts and 27 AI prompts
- A 16-week countdown calendar, a 50-task import board, a 6-page wall print pack and a Numbers That Matter card with exact formulas
The Restaurant and Cloud Kitchen Opening Kit · Bodhih Pro Kits · 234 by Bodhih Training, trainers to 2,000+ companies since 2008.
How do you open a restaurant or cloud kitchen step by step?
Choose the model, write a one-page concept, then build the budget, forecast, break-even and cash runway. Check a site's services before rent, count licences back from opening day, design the kitchen from the menu, read platform contracts, train early, soft launch and review numbers weekly. Bodhih Training's Restaurant and Cloud Kitchen Opening Kit has a file for each step.
Want the full free guide first? Read How to Open a Restaurant or Cloud Kitchen: A Step-by-Step Plan.
You already feel the problem. Here is what it is costing you.
Forty small things, all late at once
Openings rarely fail from one big mistake. They slip when the sign consent, the extraction fan, the allergen matrix and the training are each a little late and land in the same fortnight. The workbook's master plan counts every task back from your opening date.
A budget that forgot half the costs
Deposits, extraction, pre-opening wages, opening stock and working capital are easy to leave out. The capital budget lists them by category with a contingency line, and the cash runway shows the month your cash is lowest.
Delivery orders that cost you money
Commission, funded discounts, fees and packaging can leave little from a busy delivery night. The Aggregator Model shows what each order really leaves before you set app prices.
A team meeting the menu on opening night
Without paid training and practice services, the first guests become the rehearsal. The ten-day training plan, station sign-offs and soft-launch forms put the rehearsal where it belongs.
Picture the next few weeks with the kit open beside you.
Imagine the Monday after you buy the kit. You open the workbook, type your business name, model and opening date on Settings, and as you fill in the capital budget the dashboard starts telling you something you did not know: your break-even covers per day, your prime cost and the month your cash is tightest.
When you walk the next site, you carry the evaluation form and check extraction, gas, drainage and waste before the agent finishes describing the light. When the platform contract arrives, you type its commission into the Aggregator Model and read what one order leaves you before you set a single app price.
Picture week three before opening. The countdown is on the kitchen wall, half the boxes are ticked, the licences sheet shows only two items waiting on the authority, and the team is on day four of a paid training fortnight. Whether you start with the workbook tonight or the concept worksheet tomorrow morning, every step after that has a file waiting for it.
And after opening, every Monday has a shape: actuals into the First 90 Days sheet, fixes onto the log with a name and a date, one change to the menu or the rota. At day ninety you hand over a settled business to daily operations.
20 files that do the work for you
The e-book shows you how. The tools make it happen. Here is exactly what you download.
The Restaurant and Cloud Kitchen Opening Kit (e-book, PDF)
The guide: methods, worked examples, scripts and exercises
Start here: your opening map
The whole opening on one page: ten steps and the file for each, your first hour, Brand it in five minutes, your first week, and the 30/60/90 day use plan.
Restaurant Opening Workbook
19-sheet workbook for the whole opening: settings with a model switch, model comparison, capital budget with variance, sales forecast by daypart, aggregator net-per-order model, prime cost and break-even, cash runway, site scoring, licences, equipment, technology, hiring and training, master opening plan, first 90 days, fixes log and three dashboards with charts.
Cloud Kitchen Brand Portfolio Calculator
7-sheet calculator for one kitchen with several delivery brands: net per order after commission and discounts, contribution and profit after each brand's share of the kitchen, ingredient overlap, break-even orders per day and a commission test grid.
Concept Worksheet and Site Evaluation Form
Two forms: a two-page concept worksheet (cuisine, price point, occasion, audience, competition, model, brands) and a two-page site evaluation for dine-in footfall or delivery order density, services and lease points.
Licence and Permit Checklist, Kitchen Layout and Equipment Checklist
Two checklists: licences, permits and registrations to research for your address, and a two-page kitchen layout and equipment check from delivery door to pass.
Aggregator Listing Checklist
Two-page checklist for each delivery platform: account set-up, contract points, menu structure, prices, photos, radius, packaging test and the first 30 days of ratings.
Soft Launch Feedback Form and Day-90 Review
A one-page guest feedback card for friends-and-family services, a one-page team debrief, and a two-page day-90 review of numbers, guests, team and the decisions for the next quarter.
Opening message and script library
48 ready-to-edit emails, messages, adverts, scripts and review replies for landlords, contractors, suppliers, authorities, delivery platforms, hiring, the team, the soft launch, opening and hard moments.
Opening plan document
A brand-ready opening plan to share with partners, your head chef, a lender or an investor: concept, model, site, numbers, licences, fit-out, technology, menu, aggregators, people, food safety, launch, risks and decisions.
Pre-opening training plan and launch-week service briefing
A ten-day training plan with station sign-offs, a one-page House Standards Charter the team adopts, the soft-launch run sheet and a daily launch-week briefing template.
Investor and lender update
A brand-ready one-to-two page monthly update for investors, partners or your lender, before and after opening, with the numbers, risks and asks.
Worked example pack: a 40-seat cafe and a three-brand cloud kitchen
The kit's main forms and sheets completed for two fictional composite openings side by side: Corner Table Cafe in Leeds (GBP) and Three Pans Kitchen in Bengaluru (INR), with the numbers.
AI prompt pack for restaurant and cloud kitchen openings
27 tool-agnostic prompts grouped by step of the opening, each with what to paste in and what to check before you use the output, plus the human review rule.
Decision card and mistakes to avoid
Which model fits (dine-in, cloud kitchen, hybrid and more), 'if this happens, do this' rules for the opening project, and twenty opening mistakes with what to do instead.
Numbers that matter
Fourteen numbers an opening runs on: plain-words definition, exact formula, where it lives in the workbook and what to do if it moves.
Opening rules by country (October 2026)
Dated orientation sheet: food business registration and licensing, hygiene schemes, food safety training, alcohol, music, tips and platform notes for India, the UK, the US, Australia, Singapore and Dubai, naming each authority.
Opening-week print pack
Six landscape pages for the wall: a three-page 16-week opening countdown planner, a soft-launch service briefing card, an opening-week 'who to call' card and a 'before the doors open' daily checklist to laminate.
16-week opening countdown calendar
70 events: a Monday planning slot for each of the 16 weeks, every Opening Plan task on its due date and four weekly reviews after opening. Set for a 1 March 2027 opening: move the events in your calendar app to match your own date.
Opening task board (CSV import)
50 opening tasks with workstream, weeks before opening, example due date, dependency and the kit file to use, ready to import into Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira.
Chapter by chapter
Each chapter opens with a real situation, gives you a method and ends with something to do today, using the tools in your kit.
- Format
- PDF e-book + XLSX + fillable PDF + DOCX + printable PDF + ICS + CSV
- Files
- 20 files plus a one-click ZIP
- E-book
- 59 pages
- Works with
- Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice, Word, Google Docs, Acrobat Reader, Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, Trello, Asana, Notion
- Best for
- Independent restaurants, cafes, quick-service outlets, cloud kitchens and franchise units in any country
- Currency and units
- Any currency; sales tax rate, units and opening pattern set on one Settings sheet
Opening With a Plan, Not a Prayer
Why openings fail from forty small slips, and the ten-step opening path on one page.
Choose the Model Before You Fall in Love With a Site
Dine-in, cafe, takeaway, cloud kitchen with one or several brands, hybrid, shared kitchen, franchise and food truck, compared with your own rough numbers and an honest fit score.
A Concept a Guest Understands in One Glance
The one-page concept: food, guest situation, occasion, price, competitors, what you will not do and kill criteria, plus brand portfolios built on shared ingredients.
The Opening Numbers, With the Assumptions Written Down
Capital budget with contingency, a sales forecast by daypart and channel, prime cost, break-even covers or orders per day and a twelve-month cash runway.
A Site That Can Actually Be a Kitchen
Footfall for dine-in, order density for delivery, the services check that rules sites out, fair scoring and lease points for your lawyer.
Licences, Permits and the Food Safety System
Building the licence list for your address with apply-by dates, and a food safety system based on HACCP principles with an allergen matrix.
Kitchen Design, Equipment and the Technology Stack
One-way kitchen flow, equipment from the menu and the peak hour with order-by dates, and a small technology stack tested with real orders.
Menu, Suppliers and the First Orders
A short, costed, tested opening menu, standard recipes, suppliers and first orders, FIFO and FEFO, and measuring food waste from week one.
Delivery Platforms Without Losing Your Shirt
What one delivery order really leaves you after tax, discounts, commission, food and packaging, pricing for delivery, listing well and own versus platform delivery.
Hiring and Training Before the First Guest
Hiring early, paid trial shifts, a ten-day training plan, station sign-offs and a House Standards Charter the team adopts.
Soft Launch, Opening Week and the First 90 Days
Friends-and-family services, opening week on briefings and checklists, the weekly numbers-and-fixes loop and the day-90 review.
The Calm Opening
What a calm opening looks like, and the whole kit in one paragraph.
Using AI in the Opening, With a Human Deciding
Where AI helps in an opening, where it must not decide alone, and the human review rule.
The 16-Week Countdown at a Glance
The sixteen-week countdown by workstream, from site secured to opening day and the first thirteen weeks.
Not just reading. Tools you will actually open again.
Start here
- 00-Start-Here-Restaurant-Opening-Map.pdf: the ten-step opening path with the file for each step, your first hour, Brand it in five minutes, your first week and a 30/60/90 day use plan
E-book
- The Restaurant and Cloud Kitchen Opening Kit e-book: 9,200 words, 10 chapters, 2 appendices, 6 illustrations
Workbooks
- Restaurant-Opening-Workbook.xlsx (19 sheets): Settings with business name, model switch, currency, tax placeholder, units, opening hours, seats, delivery radius and target date; Model Compare; Capital Budget with planned, actual and variance; Sales Forecast by daypart and channel; Aggregator Model; Prime Cost and break-even; Cash Runway; Site Scoring; Licences; Equipment; Tech Setup; Hiring and Training; Opening Plan with days to opening; First 90 Days; Fixes Log; three dashboards with charts
- Cloud-Kitchen-Brand-Portfolio-Calculator.xlsx (7 sheets): brand economics after commission and discounts, each brand's share of the kitchen, ingredient overlap, break-even orders per day and a commission test grid
Forms (fillable PDF)
- Concept-and-Site-Evaluation-Forms.pdf: concept worksheet (2 pages) and site evaluation form (2 pages)
- Licence-and-Kitchen-Set-Up-Checklists.pdf: licence and permit checklist (2 pages) and kitchen layout and equipment checklist (2 pages)
- Aggregator-Listing-Checklist.pdf: contract points, menu, photos, radius, packaging test and first 30 days (2 pages)
- Soft-Launch-Feedback-and-Day-90-Review.pdf: guest feedback card, team debrief and a two-page day-90 review
Word templates (brand-ready)
- Opening-Message-and-Script-Library.docx: 48 emails, messages, adverts, scripts and review replies
- Opening-Plan-Document-Template.docx: the opening plan for partners, lenders and investors
- Pre-Opening-Training-Plan-and-Launch-Week-Briefing.docx: ten-day training plan, station sign-off, House Standards Charter, soft-launch run sheet and daily briefing
- Investor-and-Lender-Update-Template.docx: a monthly update before and after opening
- Worked-Example-Pack-Cafe-and-Cloud-Kitchen.docx: the main forms and sheets completed for a 40-seat cafe and a three-brand cloud kitchen
- AI-Prompt-Pack-for-Restaurant-Openings.docx: 27 prompts with what to paste in and what to check
Cheat sheets
- Opening-Decision-Card-and-Mistakes-to-Avoid.pdf: which model fits, 'if this happens, do this' rules and twenty opening mistakes
- Numbers-That-Matter-KPI-Card.pdf: 14 numbers with plain-words definitions, exact formulas, where they live and what to do if they move
- Restaurant-Opening-Rules-by-Country-Oct-2026.pdf: dated notes on licensing, food safety training, alcohol, music, tips and platforms for India, the UK, the US, Australia, Singapore and Dubai
Print pack
- Opening-Week-Print-Pack.pdf (6 pages): a three-page 16-week countdown wall planner, a service briefing card, a 'who to call' card and a 'before the doors open' daily checklist
Calendar and import
- 16-Week-Opening-Countdown.ics: 70 events for Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar
- Opening-Task-Board.csv: 50 tasks for Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira
When you have worked through it, you will be able to…
Every outcome is practised with a worked example and a tool, not just described.
- You will be able to compare opening models with your own numbers before you commit to a site
- You will be able to build a capital budget, sales forecast, prime cost, break-even and twelve-month cash runway with stated assumptions
- You will be able to score sites on services, demand and rent-to-sales, and take lease points to your lawyer
- You will be able to list every licence for your address with an apply-by date
- You will be able to work out what each delivery order leaves you and price delivery from that
- You will be able to plan a ten-day paid training fortnight and two soft-launch services
- You will be able to run the first 90 days on weekly numbers and a fixes log
- You will be able to report to a lender or investor monthly with the same numbers
Know your starting point. Prove your progress.
People who measure before and after improve faster and can show it. AssessAll, our sister assessment platform, has AI-graded assessments that pair with this kit. Take one now, work through the kit, then re-take it.
Small Business Operating Decision Assessment for Shop, Service and Studio Owners
Take the assessment →AssessAll assessmentFour Quarters: Financial Judgement for Managers Who Are Not in Finance
Take the assessment →AssessAll assessmentFood Safety & Hygiene Judgment Certification
Take the assessment →JobularyHow a Jobulary development plan works
Make it a growth plan →A taste of Chapter 3
Profit is an opinion until it becomes cash. Open Cash Runway. Type your funding in the pre-opening row and a sales ramp for months one to twelve. The sheet subtracts capital spend, variable costs, labour and fixed costs, and shows closing cash each month and how many months of costs that cash would cover. Sarah funded the cafe with 70,000 pounds of her own money and a 75,000-pound bank loan. With the ramp at 65% of the settled month in month one rising to 100% in month six, her lowest closing cash is about 17,200 pounds in month three: less than one month of fixed costs and wages, against her own target of three months. That is not a reason to give up. It is a reason to ask early whether the loan should be larger, the fit-out smaller or the ramp quicker, while there is still time to change.
The honest comparison
| Free templates and typical advice | This kit | |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | A generic restaurant business plan template | The whole opening, from model choice to the day-90 review, for dine-in and cloud kitchens |
| Numbers | One profit and loss line | Capital budget, daypart forecast, aggregator model, prime cost, break-even per day and cash runway, linked |
| Delivery platforms | Sign up and hope | Contract checklist and a net-per-order model before you set prices |
| Licences | A list for one country | A question list for any address plus a dated sheet naming authorities in six places |
| Team | A job advert template | Adverts, trial shifts, a ten-day training plan, sign-offs and a charter |
| After opening | Nothing | First 90 Days tracker, fixes log, sales against forecast and a day-90 review |
| On the wall | Nothing to print | A 6-page print pack for the kitchen and the pass |
Made for you if…
- Owners opening an independent restaurant, cafe, bakery or quick-service outlet
- Founders of delivery-only cloud or dark kitchens with one brand or several
- Head chefs and kitchen managers leading an opening for an owner
- Food franchisees opening their first unit
- Food truck, tiffin, meal-service and small catering businesses moving into a site
- Restaurant groups opening a new site without a dedicated projects team
Probably not for you if…
- Someone planning a party or a one-off event (see The Party and Celebration Planner)
- An open, settled restaurant that needs daily operations systems rather than an opening plan
- Anyone looking for a legal, tax or food safety compliance service
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Open on a plan you can see on one wall
As you type your opening date into the workbook tonight, the countdown, the budget and the break-even start working for you. Whether you begin with the concept worksheet or the capital budget, by Monday you will know your next three tasks.
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The Restaurant and Cloud Kitchen Opening Kit: FAQs
Read the free guideAlready bought? Resend my linkDoes it cover both dine-in restaurants and cloud kitchens?
Yes. The workbook has a model switch (Dine-in, Cloud kitchen or Hybrid) that changes how sites are scored, the Aggregator Model works out what each delivery order leaves, and a separate calculator handles several delivery brands from one kitchen. The worked example pack follows a cafe and a three-brand cloud kitchen side by side.
How much does it cost to open a restaurant or cafe?
It depends on country, city, size, site condition and model, so no honest single figure exists. The kit's Capital Budget lists every category you will pay before opening, adds a contingency, and the Cash Runway shows how much working capital you need on top. Get real quotes and type them in.
How do I work out break-even for a restaurant?
Add your fixed costs and wages for a month, divide by one minus your variable cost percentage (food, packaging, platform fees and card fees as a share of sales) to get break-even sales, then divide by average spend and trading days to get covers or orders per day. The Prime Cost sheet does this for you from your own numbers.
Can I use this with my staff or team?
Yes, within your own business under the personal licence: share the training plan, briefings, print pack and task board with your team. Company and multi-site licences for groups and franchisors are available from solutions@bodhih.com.
Does it work in my country?
The method is universal and every workbook takes any currency, tax rate and unit. The dated rules sheet names the authorities and current rules for India, the UK, the US, Australia, Singapore and Dubai at October 2026; elsewhere it gives you the questions to ask. Licensing, food safety and employment law always need checking locally.
Will this make my restaurant compliant or profitable?
No kit can promise either. This one helps you organise the opening, see your numbers clearly and ask the right questions. Food safety, licences, leases and tax remain matters for your local authority, a qualified food safety professional, your lawyer and your accountant.
Which delivery platforms does it cover?
Any of them: Swiggy, Zomato, Uber Eats, Deliveroo, DoorDash, Talabat, Grab and others. Commission plans and terms change and differ by country, so the kit gives you a contract checklist and a model where you type the rates from your own contract. Always check the platform's current terms.
How do I measure my starting point as an owner?
Take AssessAll's Small Business Operating Decision Assessment for Shop, Service and Studio Owners, Four Quarters: Financial Judgement for Managers Who Are Not in Finance, or the Food Safety & Hygiene Judgment Certification for your kitchen leads. They are separate products, linked on the Start-here map.
How do I turn this into a development plan for me or my head chef?
Use what you learn in the opening, and from AssessAll if you take it, to build a development plan with Jobulary; the Start-here map links to how a Jobulary plan works. The kit's training plan covers the team's opening fortnight.
I already have a menu and a site. Is it still useful?
Yes. Start from Chapter 3 and the workbook's numbers, then use the licences, equipment, training, platform and launch files. The 16-week countdown and task board can start from wherever you are.
How much does The Restaurant and Cloud Kitchen Opening Kit cost?
₹1,299 including 18% GST for buyers in India, or $34 for buyers outside India. One-time payment, no subscription, with an automatic invoice.
How do I get the files after paying?
Instantly. Your download page opens the moment payment succeeds, and a permanent download link is emailed to you. Download each file separately or everything in one ZIP.
What software do I need?
Any of the usual tools: Excel or Google Sheets for spreadsheets, Word or Google Docs for templates, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Preview, Xodo or GoodNotes for the fillable PDFs, and Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar for the calendar plan.
Can I get a refund?
Because it is a digital download, kits are not refundable once downloaded. We always refund a duplicate charge or a failed delivery, and if a file is corrupted and we cannot fix it within 3 working days. Full terms: bodhih.org/refunds.
Can my company buy this for a team?
Yes. Team and company licences, and workshops on this topic run by Bodhih Training, are available. Write to solutions@bodhih.com or call +91 99000 11601.
