Tasting Menu
How to make a tasting menu
A tasting menu is a chef-designed sequence of small courses served in a set order at a single price, often with an optional wine pairing. It showcases range and lets the kitchen control pacing and cost. The menu's job is to present the progression clearly and set expectations on price, length, and dietary options. MenuCrafters structures it and publishes a hosted page.
A tasting menu trades choice for craft. Because the guest commits to the whole journey, the printed menu is about anticipation and clarity — the arc of courses, the price, the optional pairing, and how dietary needs are handled. Keep each course to a single evocative line and let the sequence tell the story.
How to build a tasting menu
Design a progression that builds — lighter and brighter early, richer through the middle, a clean finish into dessert. State the number of courses and the price per person up front, offer a wine or beverage pairing as an add-on, and note how you accommodate dietary restrictions before service.
- A course arc from light to rich to sweet
- Course count and per-person price stated clearly
- An optional wine or beverage pairing tier
- Dietary accommodations noted ahead of service
Pricing a prix fixe
A tasting menu is a prix fixe: one price for the full sequence. Cost the whole progression as a unit, accounting for premium ingredients in feature courses, and price for the labor and pacing a multi-course service demands. The pairing should stand as its own profitable add-on.
Step by step
- 1
Design the progression
Sequence courses light to rich, finishing into dessert.
- 2
Set count and price
Fix the number of courses and a single per-person price.
- 3
Add a pairing
Offer a wine or beverage pairing as a separately priced tier.
- 4
Publish with notes
Publish a hosted page stating dietary accommodations and reservation terms.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a tasting menu?
- A tasting menu is a fixed sequence of small courses served in a set order at one price, often with an optional wine pairing. It is a prix fixe built to showcase the kitchen's range.
- How should a tasting menu be priced?
- Cost the full progression as a unit, accounting for premium ingredients in feature courses, and price for the labor a multi-course service demands. Offer the pairing as a separate, profitable add-on.
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