Blueprint Culinary / Pricing
Restaurant consultant pricing · Published, not hidden
Most consultants make you get on a call to hear a price. Here are ours. Every engagement includes a discovery call and a scoped proposal, and final pricing depends on your kitchen, menu and number of locations.
Our pricing
Structured engagements with clear outcomes. Pricing is per location unless noted.
| Engagement | Starting at | Timeline | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation | $25,000 per location | ~4 weeks | A cleaner, more efficient kitchen with documented standards. Kitchen audit, recipe and prep review, food safety setup, open/close lists, line checks, food cost and purchasing audit, 30-day implementation support. |
| Systems (most popular) | $35,000 per location | ~6 weeks | A fully documented, scalable kitchen. Everything in Foundation plus full recipe testing, operational documentation, QC system, kitchen design and equipment, vendor RFIs, BOH training and founder coaching. |
| Enterprise | $50,000 | ~8 weeks, scoped to your build | Growth and new openings. Everything in Systems plus opening playbook, construction oversight, equipment selection and testing, multi-unit systems design, hiring and management structure, leadership coaching. |
| Performance Partnership | $18,000 per location, per year | Ongoing | Keeping standards from eroding: six scored onsite assessments a year, tracked Health Score, action plans, and phone support when you need it. |
| Kitchen design | $10,000 | Scoped to your build | New build-outs and remodels: menu-driven layout, equipment specification and construction oversight. |
How to think about it
Restaurant consultants bill in a few common ways: hourly or daily rates, monthly retainers, fixed-price projects, or a share of results. Hourly is the easiest to start and the hardest to budget, because nobody knows how many hours it will take to fix a kitchen.
We use fixed engagements because they force both sides to define the outcome up front. You know what you are getting, what it costs and when it is done. The deliverables are concrete: tested recipe specs, an operations manual, line check and open/close systems, a purchasing structure, a trained BOH team and, on the partnership, a scored Health Score every eight weeks.
A report that sits in a drawer costs less up front and more over the next two quarters, as the systems erode. That is why we work the line with your team, and why the Performance Partnership exists.
Not sure which engagement fits? Start with the free Restaurant Health Score self-assessment, or read about food cost, openings and multi-unit growth.
Getting started
We talk through your goals and what is actually holding you back. No pitch.
A short form plus your P&L, purchase reports, schedules and last inspection.
We walk the kitchen, watch a service and establish your baseline.
Which engagement, what it includes, what it costs and when we can start.
Who you work with
You get the founder, not a junior auditor. Blueprint takes two clients at a time.
Ryan brings 25+ years of chef-led operating experience: classical fine dining, events and banquets at Hound Ears Club; opening multiple P.F. Chang's China Bistro locations during the brand's peak; Regional Partner at Fleming's Prime Steakhouse; then Founding Partner & VP of Culinary at Fresh Kitchen, leading its culinary expansion from 1 unit to 17.
Blueprint Culinary is based in St. Petersburg and works with independent restaurants and growing restaurant groups across Tampa Bay and Florida's west coast.
Operators, not auditors. We work the line with your team until the systems hold.
Pricing questions
It depends on scope and how consultants bill. We price by engagement, not by the hour: Foundation starts at $25,000 per location (about 4 weeks), Systems at $35,000 per location (about 6 weeks), Enterprise at $50,000 (about 8 weeks, scoped to your build), and the ongoing Performance Partnership is $18,000 per location per year. Kitchen design starts at $10,000.
Hourly billing rewards time spent, not results. Fixed engagements with defined deliverables mean you know the cost up front and we are both focused on the outcome.
Yes. The 30-minute strategy call is free, and there is no pitch. If it is a fit, we do a one-day onsite discovery and send a scoped proposal within a week.
Your kitchen, your menu and your number of locations. Every engagement includes a discovery call and a scoped proposal before you commit.
It is worth it when it produces numbers you can see. That is why we score everything: the Restaurant Health Score, food cost and labor cost are tracked visit over visit, so you can judge the return yourself.
Keep reading
Book a free 30-minute call and we will tell you which engagement fits, or whether you need one at all.
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