Hygge Genie is built from the ground up - we are a small team with individual experience spanning 30+yrs including: Health & safety and risk assessing, running a small business, staff management, training & leadership, course development & accreditation, business coaching, solution-focused customer service, as well practical experience of being a chef and sommelier for over a decade and IT specialist specialising in app development and web design.
Menus, Allergens, Stock Control, Ordering - sorted.
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Organise your menus
Create menus and track ingredients
2
Monitor all allergens
Insights expressed through imagery, shaping the project’s visual identity. We follow a flexible, thoughtful approach that adapts to the project.
3
Control your stock & waste
Insights expressed through imagery, shaping the project’s visual identity. We follow a flexible, thoughtful approach that adapts to the project.
4
One click ordering
Insights expressed through imagery, shaping the project’s visual identity. We follow a flexible, thoughtful approach that adapts to the project.
HACCP/FSMA/FSMS Always Audit Ready
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Temperature monitoring
Set up zones, fridges, ovens and even ambient areas, simple monitoring, alerts and corrective action reminders - a powerhouse!
2
Assignable task manager
Assign tasks and alerts and reminders to individuals or teams, assign zones and even assign individual duties.
3
Full customisation
Customise various parts of the app to suit your business and/or teams. Create your own forms and configure alerts to suit your needs.
4
Import/Export features
CSV, Excel, PDF scanners and readers. Import full menus for stock ordering and control, export all logs - full control over your data.
A truly powerful, yet simple to use app
  • Manage staff & assign roles and tasks
  • Organise leave and working hours
  • Keep compliant with EU employment law
  • Clocking in and out
  • Rewards system options
  • Motivational areas for staff
  • Knowledge testing and training for staff
Everything in the genie

Nine modules.
One calm pocket.

Hygge Genie replaces the paper folder, the spreadsheet, the supplier inbox, the team WhatsApp and the fridge-temp clipboard — with something your team will actually use.

Compliance

HACCP Made Simple

Guided daily checks, auto-logged. No more paper folders or last-minute panic before an EHO visit.

  • ✓ Pre-built HACCP plans
  • ✓ Digital audit trail
  • ✓ EHO-ready PDF exports
Safety

Menu & Allergens

Tag every dish. Fourteen allergens, cross-contact notes and chef instructions, in one living document.

  • ✓ Per-dish allergen matrix
  • ✓ Supplier-linked ingredients
  • ✓ Staff-facing dish cards
Operations

Tasks & Rituals

Opening, closing, weekly, monthly — rituals your team actually follows, because they live in the pocket.

  • ✓ Shift-based task lists
  • ✓ Photo sign-off
  • ✓ Overdue alerts
People

Team

Onboard, train and track. Certificates on file, allergen refreshers, who did what and when.

  • ✓ Training records
  • ✓ Role permissions
  • ✓ Shift handover notes
Spaces

Zones

Kitchen, bar, cellar, front of house. Every area with its own checks, temps and cleaning schedule.

  • ✓ Unlimited zones
  • ✓ Zone-specific tasks
  • ✓ Heatmap of hotspots
Sourcing

Suppliers

Every invoice, cert and delivery note — searchable. Traceability without the filing cabinet.

  • ✓ Approved supplier list
  • ✓ Delivery checks
  • ✓ Document vault
Hygiene

Cleaning

A living cleaning schedule that adapts to your space, not the other way around.

  • ✓ Daily / deep cleans
  • ✓ Chemical COSHH sheets
  • ✓ Sign-off photos
Monitoring

Temps

Fridge, freezer, cook, cool, hot-hold. Log manually or let bluetooth probes do the heavy lifting.

  • ✓ Probe integrations
  • ✓ Auto-flag breaches
  • ✓ Graph every unit
Peace of mind

Alerts

The genie whispers before things go wrong. Overdue tasks, temp breaches, expiring certs.

  • ✓ Push + email
  • ✓ Escalation paths
  • ✓ Quiet hours
The Essential Food App
The essential food app is now available.
  • Built in wine pricing and label scanning
  • Food and wine knowledge section
  • Environmental scoring assessment built in
  • Ingredient safety and awareness
  • Motivational training for staff
  • Knowledge testing and training for staff
How it works

Three steps,
then it just runs.

01 — Step

Set up your venue

Answer a handful of questions. We pre-load your HACCP plan, zones and daily rituals.

02 — Step

Invite your team

Big buttons, no jargon. Staff pick it up in a shift — from KP to head chef to front of house/somm.

03 — Step

Sleep easy

Checks get done, breaches get flagged, records are always audit-ready. The genie has it.