Built in South Africa · LRA · BCEA · POPIA

HR & IR,
handled.

Sous-Chef quietly preps every employee record, leave balance, contract, and case file — so you can run your business, not your spreadsheets.

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Built forRestaurantsHotelsCatering teams& more

Leave approved

Thandi M.14–18 Apr · Annual

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Work permit

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A. Koné · Expires soon14 Jun 2027 · 60d alert

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Contract signedS. Dlamini · Probation

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Outcome recordedFinal written warning

LRABCEAPOPIACALRA

EmployeesOne record per person, forever

LeaveBCEA-compliant, to the day

DisciplinariesEvery step, every outcome

ContractsWork permits & signed docs

3+SA employers

6employees managed

3+disciplinary cases logged

SOUS-CHEF

✦ a quieter kind of HR softwareScroll to see it work ↓

— The platform —

Every file, every date, every case —
in one quiet kitchen.

Stop chasing spreadsheets, WhatsApp threads and a folder called HR_FINAL_v3. Sous-Chef is the single source of truth your managers and labour lawyer can all trust.

Employee records that don't rot

Every person, every document, every change — indexed, searchable, auditable. Manager self-service without the chaos.

Employees · 247

⌕Search employees…⌘K

Name	Team	Status
TMThandi Mokoena	Operations	Active
PvWPieter van Wyk	Logistics	On leave
APAisha Patel	Finance	Active
SDSipho Dlamini	Plant	Probation

Leave & schedules, BCEA-correct

Annual, sick, family responsibility, study. Accruals calculated per the Basic Conditions of Employment Act — not a spreadsheet someone broke in 2021.

Leave · April 2026

April 2026

12 leave requests · 3 pending

Annual Sick Family

The law is long.
The software knows it.

Sous-Chef is built on the actual statutes — not a US template wearing a Springbok jersey. Every rule below is wired into the workflows above.

LRA

Labour Relations Act

Unfair dismissal, strikes, collective bargaining — every workflow defensible at the CCMA.

BCEA

Basic Conditions of Employment

Hours, leave, overtime, termination notice — calculated to the letter.

Collective Agreements

CATRA hospitality sector rules applied automatically — wages, leave, and conditions enforced.

POPIA

Protection of Personal Information

POPIA-aligned tooling: role-based access, audit logging, and a published sub-processor list. See our privacy policy for the full picture.

— Simple pricing —

Flexible pricing for
every employer.

R1,500 platform fee + tiered per-employee rate. The more staff you have, the less each one costs. All prices in ZAR, ex VAT. 14-day free trial, no card required.

Estimate your cost

Employees

up to 500

Platform feeR1 500

25 × R250 (First 25 staff)R6 250

15 × R200 (Next 125 staff)R3 000

15% annual discount− R1 613

Per month, billed yearlyR9 138

Billed yearlyR109 650/year

Save R19 350/year vs monthly

Prices exclude VAT.

Includes:

Unlimited employee records & documents✓
BCEA-compliant leave & schedule engine✓
Foreign national permit tracking✓
Disciplinary case management, end to end✓
CATRA Collective Agreement compliance✓
POPIA-aligned tooling, transparent sub-processor list✓

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05 · Start

Stop prepping HR.
Start running the restaurant.

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SOUS-CHEF

HR & IR,
handled.

Every file, every date, every case —
in one quiet kitchen.

Employee records that don't rot

Leave & schedules, BCEA-correct

The law is long.
The software knows it.

Flexible pricing for
every employer.

Before you ask.

Stop prepping HR.
Start running the restaurant.

Contracts & foreign national docs

Disciplinary cases, start to outcome

HR & IR,handled.

Every file, every date, every case —in one quiet kitchen.

Employee records that don't rot

Leave & schedules, BCEA-correct

The law is long.The software knows it.

Flexible pricing forevery employer.

Before you ask.

Stop prepping HR.Start running the restaurant.

Contracts & foreign national docs

Disciplinary cases, start to outcome

HR & IR,
handled.

Every file, every date, every case —
in one quiet kitchen.

The law is long.
The software knows it.

Flexible pricing for
every employer.

Stop prepping HR.
Start running the restaurant.