DishLab menu development: a complete dining collection
Independent food development & hospitality consultancy

Great food.
Better business.

Bespoke menus. Luxury ready-to-serve meals.
Created for your brand. Designed for real service.

In good company

Selected client & venue experience
HiltonHiltonHOTELS & RESORTS
Holiday InnHoliday Inn
Hotel IndigoHotel Indigo
MarriottMarriottHOTELS
THOR’STHOR’STIPI
Seven DistrictsSeven DistrictsCOFFEE
CarouselCarouselGROUP
Certas EnergyCertas Energy
Food people. Business thinkers.

Big on flavour.
Built around
your business.

Exceptional food is just the beginning. We help you turn it into a distinctive, consistent and commercially considered food offer.

From a single signature dish to a complete multi-site menu, we connect culinary creativity with the products, people and practical detail needed to deliver it.

Get to know DishLab
Chef-led thinkingPractical executionCommercial focus

Our work spans hospitality, healthcare, care homes and education — from everyday meals to the most memorable occasions.

Two ways to work with DishLab

How is the service
paid for?

Premium food. Simpler kitchens.
Choose supplier-funded support or a bespoke package built around your business.

01 / Supplier-funded

Free.

Your supplier funds the service.
You focus on the food.

Move your purchasing to an agreed foodservice partner and they fund your DishLab project. No consultancy fee to you for the services in your agreement.

You still pay for your food. Products, prices, deliveries and credit terms are compared before you switch.

How the free service works
02 / Individually quoted

Bespoke packages.

Your brief. Your priorities.
A package built around you.

Choose your menu-development frequency and the support your business needs. We agree a tailored scope and fee before work begins.

From a focused project to ongoing Executive Chef support, development and training.

Explore bespoke packages

The route, services and commercial terms are agreed before you commit.

A premium plated fish dish with colourful accompaniments
The DishLab difference

Made for you.
Not the masses.

Bespoke luxury ready-to-serve meals.
Developed for your brand.
Licensed to your business.

We create the concept and specification, source specialist manufacturing partners, and help bring your signature food into service.

Client-licensedPartner-producedService-ready
Discover bespoke luxury meals

Production is carried out by specialist partners. Finishing requirements, licence scope and any exclusivity are agreed for each project.

A taste of DishLab

Proof on
the plate.

Beautiful food. Different occasions.
A world of possibility for your brand.

Explore our food
Care-home training specialists

Expertise that
makes a difference.

Dysphagia awareness. Texture-modified meal preparation. Confident kitchen teams.

Specialist care-home training, menu development and practical support, with individual clinical care plans guiding the food requirements.

Explore care-home & dysphagia training
The DishLab GP calculator / free to use

Great food.
Know your margin.

Check your gross profit, calculate a selling price or find your maximum food cost. A practical tool for food businesses, with VAT built in.

Use the free GP calculator
A simple food-cost example70% GP
Food cost
£5.00
Selling price, including 20% VAT
£20.00
Gross profit, excluding VAT
£11.67

Illustration only. Gross profit is before labour and overheads.

A chef presenting a selection of Sunday lunch dishes
An extension of your team

Expertise in.
Complexity out.

Executive-chef thinking.
Without the full-time overhead.

Menu cycles, product specifications, costings and practical training. We stay focused on what it takes to make great food work in your kitchens.

How we support your team
The next great idea starts hereGreat food. Brighter teams.

Let’s talk food.

A new menu. A signature dish. A simpler service.
Tell us where you want to take your food.

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