Books you can trust
Reconciled monthly, so tax season starts clean.
For CPA firms
Clean books. Clear numbers. Restaurant bookkeeping and support that hands your firm clean, current books.
What it means for your firm
Your clients stay yours. The books get easier.
Built for restaurants
Sales and labor costs broken out, not buried.
Your firm stays the CPA
A clean handoff at year end. Tax work stays with you.
The problem
Why firms refer restaurant clients to us
Restaurant books are notoriously difficult to keep clean. Sales come from the POS, tips and payroll move separately, bank feeds pile up, and operators are often overworked or unorganized. We handle the hard stuff so your firm isn’t facing a March cleanup.
How it works
A smooth handoff, from the first introduction to year end.
1
You refer the client, or the owner reaches out.
We reply within one business day.
2
We get access.
QuickBooks Online accountant access, plus the POS, payroll and bank data we need.
3
Books are closed and reconciled monthly.
The owner gets an in-person Financial Review.
4
We reach out to you directly at year end.
For a smooth handoff and transition.
You choose how involved you want to be: copied on everything, or only the final reports.
What to expect
What your firm receives, and who to send us.
What your firm receives
- ✓A smooth, timely handoff. We contact your firm directly at year end, so you aren’t waiting on records.
- ✓Clean books. Reconciled and ready to work from, so your team isn’t cleaning up.
- ✓No issues. Questions answered within one business day, and nothing left for your team to fix.
Who we work with
- ✓Owner-operated restaurants: pizza, Italian, family, diner and breakfast concepts.
- ✓Coffee shops.
- ✓Food trucks.
- ✓Other food service businesses.
Services
What your clients can get.
One-time
Distribution Audit
We compare distributor invoices to competing pricing and provide a competitive alternative quote. If one month’s savings don’t cover our one-time fee, it’s free.
How the audit worksMonthly
Bookkeeping+
Monthly close, a monthly in-person Financial Review, and year-end coordination with your firm.
Monthly
CFO Foundations
Everything in Bookkeeping+, plus detailed monthly reporting from POS-level reports: menu mix, server sales, labor, and prime cost.
The deliverable
The monthly review.
Each month the owner gets the same 14 slides, built from the client’s own books, POS and payroll. Your firm can be copied on every one.
Who you would work with
Run by an industry veteran and professional.
Christian launched Yes Chef Advisory after nearly two decades of leading international restaurant and franchise operations. He is a restaurant and franchise owner and a bookkeeper.
Christian TouzetFounder
What people say
“I have been working with Christian for over a decade and he is truly exceptional.”Don Berryessa, The Point Pub and Grill, Courthouse Fitness
“Christian’s dedication to excellence is inspiring.”Ben Doll, local business owner
“I have known and worked with Christian for many years now and have always had a great experience.”Lahna Graham, local business owner
Common questions
What CPAs ask before they start.
How do I refer a client?
Email us the owner’s name, or have them book a call. We reply within one business day.
Do you prepare tax returns?
No. Yes Chef Advisory handles the books and the reporting. Your firm files the returns, and clean monthly books usually make that filing faster and less expensive.
Which software do you use?
QuickBooks Online.
Who owns the books?
The client, in their own QuickBooks Online account.
How fast do you reply?
Within one business day.
What if my client wants to leave?
Their books stay in their own QuickBooks Online account.
Consider it done.
Know a restaurant owner who needs clean books?
Send us a name. We take it from there, and we refer our clients’ tax work to our CPA partners.