Mise

Independent kitchens keep safety records on clipboards that get lost, smudged or filled in at the end of the week. Mise turns the daily checks into a two-minute routine on a kitchen tablet and produces a clean record when an inspector walks in.

Key decisions

• Built for the kitchen, not the office.

  One check per screen, huge targets and no typing, because the person logging is holding a tray or wearing gloves.

• No temperature probes yet.

  Bluetooth probes add hardware and setup. Two-tap manual readings prove staff will log before anyone buys equipment.

• Reports come from the checks.

  Nobody fills anything in twice: the owner’s inspection-ready reports are built from the checks staff already do.

Kitchen staff will complete digital checks if each one takes seconds on a shared tablet with wet or gloved hands.

Design for the kitchen, not the office: huge targets, one check per screen, no typing. The owner dashboard and reports come from that data automatically.

1. Step 01

   Clock in to checks

   Staff pick their name on the kitchen tablet

2. Step 02

   Opening checks

   Fridges and freezers logged with a number pad

3. Step 03

   Flag an issue

   Out-of-range reading prompts a corrective action

4. Step 04

   Service

   Cooking and cooling checks, allergen lookups

5. Step 05

   Closing

   Cleaning tasks signed off

6. Step 06

   Report

   Owner exports an inspection-ready record

We tested layouts against a harsh brief: a cook with wet hands, a noisy kitchen and ten seconds of attention. Anything that needed reading was redesigned to be recognised instead.

• Question

  Phone app or shared tablet?

  Decision

  Shared kitchen tablet

  Staff shouldn't need personal phones at the pass. One wall-mounted tablet makes checks part of the routine.

• Question

  Type values or tap?

  Decision

  Oversized number pad

  Keyboards fail with gloves. A big pad with sensible defaults gets a reading in two taps.

• Question

  How to handle a bad reading?

  Decision

  Guided corrective action

  An alarm alone creates panic. Mise asks what was done — moved stock, called engineer — which is what inspectors want to see.

Warm, legible and forgiving. Burgundy for action, saffron for attention, and touch targets twice the usual size.

• Burgundy

  #9F1D35

  Primary actions

• Saffron

  #E2A400

  Due soon / attention

• Herb

  #5F8A5A

  Completed checks

• Cream

  #FBF7F0

  Background

• Espresso

  #2A1A14

  Text

A multi-tenant SaaS with offline-tolerant tablets: checks are saved locally first and synced when the kitchen Wi-Fi drops back in.

Likely stack

• Next.js PWA
• Offline queue (IndexedDB)
• Postgres with row-level tenancy
• Server-side PDF
• Stripe Billing