Integration of reservations with kitchen planning

Purpose

1. Optimize seafood inventory and reduce kitchen waste by syncing real-time reservations with kitchen preparation and procurement workflows.

2. Ensure guest preferences and allergy alerts are shared with chefs for tailored seafood dishes.

3. Enable proactive ingredient ordering, kitchen station scheduling, and staff readiness based on expected covers.

4. Support compliance with seafood sourcing standards through traceability on each order.

Trigger Conditions

1. New guest reservation is confirmed, modified, or canceled.

2. Reservation is updated with special dietary requirements or menu selections.

3. Kitchen low-stock alert for specialty seafood items.

4. Guest check-in on arrival or special event notice.

Platform Variants

1. OpenTable

• Feature/Setting: Webhooks for reservation creation/updates — configure outgoing webhook to kitchen planning API.
  

2. Resy

• Feature/Setting: Reservation Notification API — set endpoint to relay each booking directly into kitchen ops management.
  

3. Toast POS

• Feature/Setting: Reservations API; enable event delivery to kitchen inventory module for forecasting.
  

4. SevenRooms

• Feature/Setting: Data Streams; configure kitchen app as data receiver for each reservation data push.
  

5. Tock

• Feature/Setting: API Hooks for booking change — set URL to real-time kitchen dashboard.
  

6. Square for Restaurants

• Feature/Setting: Booking webhook; add endpoint for kitchen supply workflow triggers.
  

7. Google Reservations (Reserve with Google)

• Feature/Setting: Reservation Notification callback — forward to ingredient management system.
  

8. Salesforce

• Feature/Setting: Service Cloud — automate case updates for chef team with new guest booking tasks.
  

9. Zapier

• Feature/Setting: Webhook module — connect reservation booking service to inventory spreadsheet or database.
  

10. Microsoft Power Automate

• Feature/Setting: HTTP trigger on reservation; configure logic flow into Kitchen Planner app.
  

11. Slack

• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks; instant reservations alerts to kitchen channel.
  

12. Microsoft Teams

• Feature/Setting: Connector for reservations; kitchen team notified of new or modified bookings.
  

13. Oracle MICROS

• Feature/Setting: Event API — push booking events to kitchen procurement system.
  

14. Upserve

• Feature/Setting: API Data Export — relay reservation data feeds to kitchen forecast tool.
  

15. SAP Business One

• Feature/Setting: Service Layer API — sync confirmed covers with ingredient order planning.
  

16. Google Sheets

• Feature/Setting: Google Apps Script trigger on reservation row update, automate stock order workflow.
  

17. Airtable

• Feature/Setting: Automation script runs on new reservation entry, send kitchen brief.
  

18. Freshdesk

• Feature/Setting: Ticket API; special food requests from reservations create chef prep tasks.
  

19. Twilio SMS

• Feature/Setting: Programmable Messaging — notify kitchen of high-priority allergy bookings via SMS API.
  

20. SendGrid

• Feature/Setting: Automated emails of daily reservation summary to kitchen; API config for batch report.
  

21. HubSpot

• Feature/Setting: Workflow triggered by new reservation to send kitchen team task notification.
  

22. Trello

• Feature/Setting: Power-Up automates card creation for each reservation; kitchen checklist attached.
  

Benefits

1. Eliminates manual entry delays—reservation data flows directly into kitchen planning systems.

2. Reduces food spoilage with precision inventory ordering matched to guest bookings.

3. Boosts kitchen efficiency—staff schedules adapt in real time to actual guest volume.

4. Enhances guest experience—chef preparation is informed by individual preferences and special requests.

5. Delivers traceability and compliance through digital reservation-to-kitchen records.

6. Supports specialty seafood sustainability by tying guest demand to responsible sourcing automation.