The Private Exchange for Premium Culinary Inventory
Crudos connects Michelin-starred restaurants with surplus premium ingredients to culinary schools and meal-prep startups — at 40–60% below market price.
How It Works
For Restaurants
Sellers
Every fine-dining kitchen faces the same challenge: seasonal overstock, cancelled reservations, and fluctuating demand leave premium ingredients unused. Crudos turns that cost into revenue.
Recover real value
Turn excess into revenue. Sell premium inventory at 40–60% of market rate instead of disposing at cost.
Daily listings, zero friction
Post excess inventory in under 60 seconds. Crudos handles matching, payment, and logistics coordination.
Trusted buyers only
Every buyer is verified. No time-wasters, no chargebacks — only professional culinary operations.
For Culinary Schools
& Meal-prep Startups
Buyers
Training kitchens and scaling meal-prep operations share one constraint: ingredient quality defines outcomes, but premium sourcing is prohibitively expensive. Crudos solves that.
Michelin-grade ingredients
Access the same suppliers and products used by the world's best kitchens — at institutional pricing.
Daily inventory alerts
Get notified the moment matching ingredients are listed. First-come, first-served for time-sensitive lots.
40–60% below market
Stretch your ingredient budget without compromising on quality. Premium surplus at supplier-direct pricing.
The Process
Restaurants list daily excess. Buyers browse real-time inventory filtered by ingredient type, quantity, and location.
Our algorithm matches listings to verified buyers automatically. Alerts go out within minutes of a new posting.
Payment is held in escrow. Released to the seller only after buyer confirmation. Zero payment risk for both sides.
Live Checkout
Real Stripe checkout is live for both sides of the marketplace. Choose the founding plan that fits your role, then complete payment on the hosted checkout page.
Buyers
Daily inventory alerts and preferred launch onboarding for culinary schools and meal-prep startups.
$49
One-time launch payment
Priority onboarding into the founding buyer network
Access to daily high-end inventory alerts
Introductions to verified restaurant sellers
Checkout lists both active Crudos plans on one secure Stripe page. Select only the membership you want before paying.
Sellers
Founding restaurant listing for kitchens that want to monetize premium overstock before the broader rollout.
$29
One-time launch payment
Restaurant profile activation and launch support
Priority review for premium inventory submissions
Early access to the first verified buyer cohort
Checkout lists both active Crudos plans on one secure Stripe page. Select only the membership you want before paying.
Not ready to pay yet?
Join the launch waitlist and we'll onboard you manually.
Early Access
Prefer a conversation before checkout? Join the curated waitlist and we'll guide you through launch access personally.