Prep Station
About us
Built in the kitchen For teams that run on real numbers
Prep Station is operations software for caterers and foodservice teams, founded by Jon Toktas at prepstation.io. It exists because running a kitchen on spreadsheets stopped scaling.
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Why we exist
One stack for costing, production, and client orders
Most tools book the sale, then your team rebuilds the same event in spreadsheets for purchasing, prep, and delivery. Prep Station keeps plate cost, confirmed orders, inventory, and your branded storefront on one record.
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Live plate cost
Yield-aware recipe costing rolls vendor prices and prep recipes into a cost per portion you can trust when you quote.
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Ops from the order
Purchasing, production, packing, and delivery read the same confirmed sales order so teams stop re-keying the event.
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Your brand, not a marketplace
Clients reorder on your storefront with modifiers and scheduling while your kitchen runs the fulfillment stack behind it.
Our founder
Jon Toktas
Founder, Prep Station · Operator, Good Heart Catering
Jon Toktas founded Prep Station and runs Good Heart Catering. The product started where most kitchen software does not: on the production line, quoting events, chasing vendor costs, and rebuilding the same order in three different places.
prepstation.io is the home for Prep Station. Jon built the platform with his team to serve food industry professionals who need software that respects how kitchens actually work—not a generic template dressed up for restaurants.
From the founder"We've built this platform from the ground up to serve food industry professionals. Join us in helping create a tool that's easy to use and helps the bottom line."
Built by a food professional, for food professionals.
What we build
Software for the whole catering stack
Explore the workflows Prep Station ships today. Each page walks a real kitchen job with product depth you can try in the live demo.
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Recipe costing
Yield-aware plate cost, prep roll-up, and menu margin before you quote.
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Sales orders & quotes
CRM to confirmed order with live margin on every quote.
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Full-service caterers
BEOs, on-site staffing, run-of-show, and time clocks from one confirmed event order.
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Drop-off caterers
Branded online ordering, delivery fees and zones, packing per stop, and Delivery Hub.
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Chefs
Recipes that cost what you cook—baker’s %, conversions, yields, and Recipe Player.
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Commissary kitchens
Central production, transfer orders, and satellite allocation under one account.
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Multi-unit restaurants
Shared recipes across regions with local inventory and control.
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Corporate & institutional
Meal plans, allergens, nutrition labels, and quote-from-plan for institutional work.
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Senior centers
One-chef meal plans, cost per person, shopping lists, allergens, and nutrition labels.
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Churches & fellowship kitchens
Sunday menu templates, shopping lists, prep sheets, and Recipe Player for volunteers.
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Online storefront
Branded client ordering with modifiers, scheduling, and ops behind the scenes.
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Transparent plans for growing kitchens. See pricing or spin up the demo and cost a menu the way your team actually works.
FAQ
About Prep Station
Straight answers about who we are and how the product fits your kitchen.
Who founded Prep Station?
Jon Toktas founded Prep Station. He also runs Good Heart Catering and built the product from day-to-day kitchen and catering operations.
Is Prep Station the same company as Good Heart Catering?
No. Good Heart Catering is Jon's catering operation. Prep Station is the software company behind prepstation.io, built to solve the ops problems his team hit in production.
What is prepstation.io?
prepstation.io is the Prep Station marketing site and product home. The live app runs at app.prepstation.io for teams using recipe costing, catering orders, inventory, and storefront tools.
Who is Prep Station for?
Caterers, chefs, commissaries, multi-unit kitchens, senior centers, church fellowship kitchens, and foodservice teams that need live recipe costing, meal planning, purchasing, production, and client ordering in one stack—not another generic back-office template.
Do I need a credit card for the live demo?
No. The live demo does not require a credit card. Explore the product and cancel anytime.
Why was Prep Station built?
Spreadsheets and disconnected tools could not keep plate cost, prep, purchasing, and client orders in sync as the catering operation grew. Prep Station was built so one confirmed order drives costing, production, and delivery without re-entry.
Prep Station
See what we built for your kitchen
Try the live demo and walk recipe costing, catering orders, or your branded storefront with real kitchen workflows.
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