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Our brands.
Leading in hospitality.
Our Story
After decades spent inside hospitality businesses - from the pressure of service to the complexity of managing food cost, teams and operations - one thing became clear: incredible chefs and operators were working hard, but too often without the systems, structure or support needed to run consistently profitable kitchens.
What began as practical problem-solving inside real venues evolved into something much bigger. Following the success of Cooking the Books, founded by Andrew Briese and grown into one of Australasia’s leading kitchen management platforms.
“If you've ever worked in hospitality you know that behind every number is a person. My role is to support the people who make the numbers come alive. ”
- Andrew Briese
The Culinary Group was created as a broader hospitality ecosystem built around smarter operations, practical innovation and industry support. Today, the group brings together products, education, tools and hospitality brands designed to help modern kitchens work more efficiently, profitably and sustainably.
Our Brands
The Culinary Group brings together a growing collection of hospitality brands, products, industry expertise and operational tools designed to support modern kitchens from every angle. From education, training and advisory through The Culinary Director, to industry leadership and innovation through Andrew Briese, each part of the group is built to help hospitality businesses run smarter, smoother and more profitably.
Alongside hospitality tools like Sticky Dates and Portion Pockets, the group continues to build new products, services and operational solutions inspired by decades of real-world kitchen experience - including insights gained through Andrew Briese’s founding of leading kitchen management software platform, Cooking the Books. With new ideas, innovations and hospitality solutions already in development, The Culinary Group continues to evolve alongside the industry it serves.
“Our focus is to help hospitality teams build kitchens that run with clarity, consistency and control. Not just during service, but across the entire operation. ”
The engine behind smarter kitchens
The Culinary Group brings together practical products, innovations, systems and expertise, all designed to help kitchens become more successful, without losing their creativity and passion.
It’s the commercial hub behind a growing ecosystem of hospitality brands and solutions for modern operators. From scalable kitchen tools like Sticky Dates and Portion Pockets to future technologies, resources and operational systems, everything within The Culinary Group is designed to solve real back-of-house challenges. No fluff. No theory. Just resources, tools, products and ideas that help kitchens perform better every day.
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Creating modern hospitality teams
The Culinary Director delivers practical training, workshops, mentoring and advisory services built specifically for chefs, operators and hospitality businesses.
Led by real-world kitchen experience, the focus is simple: helping teams strengthen food cost knowledge, kitchen systems, leadership and profitability without losing their passion for hospitality.
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Chef. Founder. Industry voice
Andrew Briese is a chef, hospitality tech founder and industry educator known for helping kitchens turn operational chaos into clarity and profit.
Before writing a single line of code or designing a hospitality workflow, Andrew spent over 30 years working in kitchens of all kinds. He gets the challenges and he’s felt the pressure. He’s not afraid to tell it how it is and is driven to change the industry for the better.
Andrew now works across Australia and internationally as a trainer, host, MC and leading advisor. His industry leadership and first-hand know how helps him to share on the mot practical of insights.
Our brands in action
