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In-house or outsource?

Eight questions, no email required to see your answer. At the end you get a written recommendation, not a pitch — including when the honest answer is that you should change nothing.

Disclosure: this site is published by the owners of both Camp Kitchen Pro (software) and Summer Camp Cooks (managed service). The scoring below leans on the same logic we use on the phone, and it recommends against both of them when neither fits.

How many campers and staff do you feed at peak?
01 How many campers and staff do you feed at peak?
Who runs the kitchen today?
02 Who runs the kitchen today?
How did kitchen staffing go last season?
03 How did kitchen staffing go last season?
Where do menus, recipes and orders live?
04 Where do menus, recipes and orders live?
Special-diet plates per meal?
05 Special-diet plates per meal?
An inspector shows up unannounced tomorrow. How does that feel?
06 An inspector shows up unannounced tomorrow. How does that feel?
Who owns the food service budget?
07 Who owns the food service budget?
Honestly, what do you want for next summer?
08 Honestly, what do you want for next summer?