Halibut is out. New fish lands before prep tomorrow.
Chef Logan · 5:08 PM
Built for the line during service
Heard is the live 86 board and prep list for your kitchen,on every phone.
Every station, from every angle.
The menu, prep list, 86s, and pass-down notes update live for the whole crew.
- Live 86 board
- Signed pass-downs
- Source-linked Roux answers
Demo kitchen
Evening, Chef
Tonight’s service
863 items are 86’d tonightHalibut · Duck confit · Oysters
12
Prep open
4
New notes
2
Events
Prep
7 done · 1 in progress · 12 open
- Pickled shallotsPull · 2 qt / par 4
- Little gem, washedMake · 6 headsLogan
- Caesar dressingMake · 3 qt / par 4
Pass-down
Signed notes from service
Halibut is out. New fish lands before prep.
Logan · 9:42 PM
Recipe book updated
HEARD AT A GLANCE
- Live 86 board
- Nothing to install
- Signed pass-downs
- Roux cites its sources
- Prep by station
- Recipes that scale
- Events scaled to covers
- Nightly review
- Per kitchen, not per user
- Unlimited server logins
- Free during beta
- Runs in the browser
- 86 alerts in Slack
- Scan recipe cards
- Guest menu by QR
- Built on the line
THE WHOLE KITCHEN, CONNECTED
A place for everything.
And everyone.
Pick a feature to see how Heard works, from the first prep task to the last check of the night.
All plans
Every station. One live list.
See what needs making, who has it, and what is ready. Keep the whole line working from the same prep list.
- Live updates across the team
- Station filters and task assignments
- Pending, in-progress and done statuses
Plus team chat, costing, closing checklists, reminders, integrations and more. See the complete feature list ↗
86 BOARD
Change it once. The whole line sees it.
The menu and the 86 board are one live screen. Take a dish down at the pass and every cook sees it, without anyone sending a message.
Menu
Demo service
86
Two dishes are down for tonight’s service
Grilled oysters, nduja butter
86’dGarde manger · Shellfish · Dairy
Little gem caesar
Garde manger · Dairy · Eggs · Gluten
Pan-roasted halibut
86’dSauté · Dairy
PASS-DOWNS
Every shift leaves a clean handoff.
Signed, timestamped notes keep what happened attached to the shift, so tomorrow opens with context instead of archaeology.
Tonight’s pass-down
Demo service · signed notes
Veal stock is cooling in two shallow pans. Label before walk-in.
Maya · Sauté · 8:42 PM
Private dining moved to 7 PM. Build list is attached to the event.
Chef Logan · 11:36 PM
PREP, LIVE
Claim the work. Keep the line moving.
Prep stays grouped by station with visible ownership and progress. The history records who changed what and when.
Prep
7 done · 1 in progress · 12 open
Garde manger
Pickled shallotsPull · 2 qt / par 4Maya
Little gem, washed & pickedMake · 6 headsLogan
Sauté
Beurre blancMake · 4 qtOpen
Blanched haricots vertsCheck · par 2 lbOpen
ASK ROUX
Ask the kitchen. See the source.
Roux answers from your saved recipes and food bible, then shows the record it used. Entered allergen fields are reported; nothing is guessed.
Ask Roux
Answers from your kitchen records
How long can the beurre blanc hold at the pass?
45 minutes at the pass, held off direct heat. Past that it splits — re-mount with a splash of cream over low heat. Never let it boil.
Sources
Beurre blancRecipe · Sauces
Holding temps — sauce stationFood bible
Ask the kitchen…
EVENTS & BANQUETS
Scale the menu to the room.
Set the cover count, scale each recipe from its saved yield, and bring the event’s ingredients together in one build list.
Sample event
Saturday banquet
Saturday · 6:30 PM
250
covers
Braised short rib
250 portions62.5 kg
Potato pavé
250 portions31 trays
Charred brassicas
250 portions44 kg
THE SHIPPING APP
The four you’ll live in.
Screenshots of the dashboard, menu, recipe book, and Roux from the current app. Prep has its own section below.
PREP LIST
See the work. See who owns it.
This is the prep list as it renders on the line — live status, station groups, and who is holding what. Every pixel below ships today.
Prep history
Every change stays attached to the work.
Pickled shallots completedMaya · 9:12 PM
Little gem claimedLogan · 8:54 PM
Caesar dressing addedChef Logan · 8:31 PM
The list shows who owns each item now; history shows who changed it and when.
THE WORKSPACE
Every tool, one app.
86 BOARD
Strike once, seen everywhere.
86 a dish and every phone on the line receives the live update.
PREP
Claim the work. See who owns it.
Station groups, assignments, and progress stay on one shared prep list.
THE BOOK
Recipes with receipts.
Plate specs and entered allergen fields stay with the recipe; Roux points back to the source.
PASS-DOWNS
The log the next shift reads.
Signed, timestamped notes stay put until the next crew comes in.
CHAT + ROUX
Talk to the crew. Ask Roux.
Team chat for the crew, and Roux for answers drawn from your kitchen records.
CLOSE + EVENTS
The close and the banquet.
Nightly review tracks the close, and events scale recipes to the cover count.
LICENSING
Free while we’re in beta.
Heard is free while it is in beta, with every Pro feature and no card. Kitchens that send us useful feedback keep Pro free for life.
FREE DURING BETA
Every Pro feature. CA$0.
Roux AI, nightly review, events, SMS alerts and up to 50 staff, free while Heard is in beta. Send us useful feedback and your kitchen keeps Pro free for life.
No credit card. Nothing to subscribe to during the beta.
Starter and Pro both cost less than one prep cook’s shift a month. The price of every tier is listed on this page.
Starter
SINGLE KITCHEN, CORE OPS
CA$49/MO PER KITCHEN
- Menu & 86 board — realtime
- Prep list — realtime
- Recipes & scaling
- Pass-down notes + team chat
- Up to 15 kitchen staff · unlimited server logins
- Email support
PRICING AFTER BETA
MOST KITCHENS PICK THIS
Pro
ROUX, EVENTS & NIGHTLY REVIEW
CA$99/MO PER KITCHEN
- Everything in Starter
- Roux AI assistant — recipe-grounded answers
- Nightly review checklist
- Events & banquet mode
- File Storage
- SMS notifications
- Up to 50 kitchen staff · unlimited server logins
- Priority support
PRICING AFTER BETA
Enterprise
MULTI-LOCATION GROUPS & CLUBS
CA$199/MO PER KITCHEN
- Everything in Pro
- Roux AI — unlimited
- Multi-location, one account
- Unlimited staff accounts
- Custom integrations
- Dedicated onboarding + SLA
PRICING AFTER BETA
COMPARE PLANS
| FEATURE | Starter | Pro | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| 86 board | Included | Included | Included |
| Prep list | Included | Included | Included |
| Recipes | Included | Included | Included |
| Pass-downs | Included | Included | Included |
| Roux AI | Not included | 500 questions/ | Unlimited |
| Nightly review | Not included | Included | Included |
| Events | Not included | Included | Included |
| SMS notifications | Not included | Included | Included |
| Staff cap* | 15 kitchen staff | 50 kitchen staff | Unlimited |
| Support | Priority | Dedicated onboarding + SLA |
Staff cap: Kitchen staff only. Server (front-of-house) logins are unlimited on every plan.
- 86 BOARD — EVERY PHONE
- LIVE
- DELIVERY — NOTHING TO INSTALL
- WEB
- PASS-DOWNS — TIMESTAMPED
- SIGNED
- ROUX — YOUR KITCHEN RECORDS
- SOURCED
THE SHORT VERSION
Questions from the line.
What Heard does, what it replaces, and what it leaves to other tools.
What is a digital 86 board?
A digital 86 board gives the whole kitchen one live list of dishes and ingredients that are unavailable. In Heard, when someone 86s an item, every phone on the line updates so the call does not disappear into a group chat or stay trapped on one whiteboard.
What does kitchen management software replace?
Heard brings the 86 board, prep list, recipes, and signed pass-down notes into one shared workspace. It replaces the whiteboards, paper lists, binders, and group-chat messages kitchens use for that work, and each part still looks familiar to the crew.
Does Heard replace our kitchen group chat?
For kitchen operations, yes. A group chat is still useful for conversation, but an 86 call, prep assignment, recipe, or pass-down should be easy to find after the conversation moves on. Heard keeps that work in a live board instead of a message thread.
Does Heard integrate with our POS?
No. Heard is built for back-of-house operations rather than point-of-sale. It gives the kitchen a shared 86 board, prep list, recipe book, and pass-down record without requiring a POS integration.
Who built Heard?
Logan Manuel is the creator of Heard. He built it while working in a kitchen, as a fix for the calls that went missing between whiteboards and group chats, and shaped it between prep and service. He still works on it and reads every message sent to him.
Read the storyWill my crew actually use this?
Heard runs in the browser on the phones the crew already carries, so there is nothing to install. Every screen is built for use during service: large tap targets, high contrast, fast loads. In August 2026, release v0.75.7 raised the controls a cook taps mid-service to a 44px target, so they work with gloved and wet hands.
Read the changelogWHO’S BEHIND IT
Built on the line by Logan Manuel.
I started Heard to stop losing calls. When something gets 86’d at the pass, every cook should know before the next ticket prints, without having to check the group chat.
Logan Manuel · Creator of Heard
READY FOR TOMORROW
Cut the paperwork.
Keep the fire.
Get the line on one shared workspace before family meal. There is no app to install and no IT ticket.
Free during beta. No credit card required.
Nightly review
Demo service · ready to close
Everything the next shift needs is filed.
- 86 board reviewed
- Open prep assigned
- Pass-down signed
- Tomorrow’s events checked