Restaurants are rife with paperwork – think menus, recipe cards, invoices and lists. Opsi allows restaurant teams, both front and back of house, to benefit from a singular source of truth within its application. And, Plate IQ lets restaurants organize invoices by line item and pay vendors from one application, whether they have paper invoices, emails, or screenshots. This integration and partnership will allow restaurants to get back to the work they were made for.

While many people think that Generation Z is mostly kids, the truth is that the oldest among this generation are in their early to mid-twenties. Gen Z has already entered the workforce. You likely already have people from this generation working for you, and if you don’t, you will soon. So: Are you ready for Gen Z in your kitchen? 

James Beard Award-Winning Chef Stands Behind New Culinary App to Empower Kitchen TeamsGavin Kaysen announces his partnership with opsi, a workflow app for chefs. Known across the country for his award-winning restaurants and advocacy for the culinary profession, Kaysen was opsi’s first investor and advisor.

The pace of innovation in restaurant tech has increased dramatically over the past decade, and it’s only getting faster. While some restaurants are testing fully automated kitchens, others opt to keep technology in a supporting role. But what’s the right choice for your restaurant? Should you download this app or that one? Should you get rid of your paper training manual? Should you replace all your cooks with robots?

It’s no secret that technology for chefs can have a massive potential to increase productivity and simplify workflows. If you work in a restaurant front of house, you’ve seen these benefits in action. The past few decades have seen a major boom in the number of POS Systems available and a similar increase in reservation management applications. Despite these substantial increases in available technology, enter any restaurant kitchen, and you’re likely to see a notable lack of tech. 

Minneapolis, MN - Anthros Inc., a national provider of human relations solutions, announced today their investment in opsi, a workflow app for chefs. Anurag Dandiya, CEO and founder of Anthros Inc., led the investment and is acting as an advisor to opsi.Opsi was founded by chef James Passafaro and Matt Luckey in 2019 to address the lack of workflow tools for chefs within the hospitality industry. The idea for opsi was born while Passafaro was working at RN74 in San Francisco. Passafaro connected with Luckey, a product manager in technology startups and a friend since high school, to develop an application that would provide support to chefs and their kitchen teams.