The Pass 
Leadership Readiness Check
Free
See where you stand — and what to learn next.
- 10 questions, ~10 minutes
- Score by area
- What to strengthen first
- Your recommended next step
Learn how a kitchen really runs.
Tools, systems and a six-month leadership program for cooks, sous chefs and chefs. Start where you are.
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Leadership Readiness Check
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Plate Cost & Menu Engineering Kit
$49
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The Food Cost Formula System
$297
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Kitchen Leadership Programs
from $549
Self-Study · Sponsored · Guided
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Teams
from $1,495
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Self-guided · Download and install
Tools you run yourself
Plate Cost & Menu Engineering Kit
$49
Cost it, spec it, rank it — in 7 days.
- 4 Excel forms + 7-day playbook
- Counts toward the System
The Food Cost Formula System
$297
The install sequence for food cost.
- 7 modules · 3 annexes · 26 Excel tools
- Your Operating Plan
Kitchen Leadership Program — Self-Study
$549, or $97 a month × 6
The numbers side of the chef's job.
- 12 units, six months
- Stonebridge teaching set
- Self-scored capstone with model answers
Sponsored & Guided tiers
Kitchen Leadership Programs — with a sponsor or with Chef Lockard
Sponsored
$1,495
With your chef or GM in the room.
- Your own property's numbers
- 30-min sessions with your chef or GM every other week
- Capstone your chef signs
Ask your chef or GM to sponsor you
A ready-to-send note asking for support to learn how your kitchen runs, so you can better support your chef and grow into your next role.
Download the note (.txt) →
Guided
$4,995
Plus three sessions with Chef Lockard.
- Everything in Sponsored
- Kickoff, midpoint, and capstone review with written notes
- Limited seats
On the waitlist? Start now — what you pay counts toward Guided.
Teams
Same property only
Develop your bench together.
- Sponsored Team: first seat $1,495 · each additional $997 · max 6
- Guided Team: first seat $4,995 · each additional $2,495 · max 4
- Same property only
In development
Coming soon
Kitchen Scheduling Studio
$97
Use AI to plan staff schedules around availability, labor rules, and budget.
Coming SoonAdvisory for clubs and multi-unit operations is by inquiry. Reach out to start a conversation.
Regional pricing available. Regional pricing: in some countries, the Kit, the System and Self-Study are discounted automatically at checkout to match local buying power. Sponsored and Guided are one price everywhere.
Founder
Why I built The Pass HQ
I spent twenty-five years running kitchens where the pass and the P&L had to live in the same head — The Plaza, the US Open, Aureole, Le Cirque, Peacock Alley, and Fenway Golf Club.
Most kitchens still run food cost on instinct and month-end autopsies. I built The Pass HQ so kitchen leaders can install a working system: plate cost, cadence, ownership, and a path to lead it.
More about Mike →
The book
The Food Cost Formula
An Executive Chef's System for Food Cost Control, Menu Engineering & Restaurant Profitability
The concepts, chapter by chapter. The System is how you install them.