Agency-qualitysocial media,without the bill
Great short-form video shouldn't be reserved for chains with a marketing budget. Upload the clips you already shoot in your kitchen, and Chef Social edits them into scroll-stopping TikToks, Reels and Facebook videos, writes the captions and picks the best times to post. $129 a month for 30 videos. Cancel any time.
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The agency gap, closed
Chains pay agencies thousands a month to stay visible. You get 30 videos a month for $129, against 4 videos for $2,400. Nothing to sign.
Local video agency
$2,400
per month, 4 videos
- 6, 12 month agency contract
- A week of back-and-forth per video
- Extra invoices for every reshoot
- You still have to be on site for the shoot
Chef Social
$129
per month, 30 videos
- Cancel any time, no contract
- Finished vertical videos in minutes
- Unlimited re-cuts until you approve
- Film it yourself in under five minutes
How it works
Three steps, done between lunch and dinner
01
Film 60 seconds on your phone
Every week you get a list of exactly what to film, built around your dishes and the footage you are missing. Tick the shots off, drop the clips in, no tripod and no lighting kit.
02
AI cuts it into a real video
Our AI trims your clips to the best frames, sequences them to the beat, writes on-screen text and captions around your dish, deal and neighborhood, then grades the whole thing. Ready in minutes.
03
Approve and it posts itself
AI suggests three post times based on when your audience is most active. Approve once and it drops into your calendar for TikTok, Instagram Reels and Facebook. One credit is only spent when you approve.
Brand and direction
It learns your restaurant, then tells you what to film
Chef Social reads your public pages and picks up your tone, colours, phrases and the words you never want used, so every video sounds like you. Then it hands you this week's filming plan.
- Over 20 shots a week, each with why it matters and how to film it
- Built around your dishes and the footage your library is missing
- Tick shots off as you get them, refresh the plan any time
- A Monday email so nothing gets forgotten in the rush
Footage library
Shoot once, post for weeks
Every clip you upload stays in a permanent library for your location. Pull from it any time instead of scrambling for something to film on a Tuesday afternoon.
- Up to 100 clips and 30 photos per video
- Pin your best shots so they're never pruned
- Separate libraries for each of your locations
AI powered edits
Your food. Your kitchen. Cut by AI.
We never generate fake food. Your actual footage is analyzed by AI, the best takes are picked, sequenced to music, captioned and graded to match your brand vibe.
- AI filters out shaky, dark or empty frames before editing
- 1080×1920, 30fps, built for the feed
- Five caption font kits matched to your brand vibe
- Local keywords woven into every caption
Posting made simple
Approve on your phone between rushes
Set the days and times you want to post once. After that every approved video slots into your calendar with a caption ready to copy, and we remind you when it is time to post. One tap autoposting is coming.
- TikTok, Instagram Reels and Facebook
- AI suggests the best three post times for each video
- Different social accounts per location
- One tap to approve, reject or re-cut
Everything included
Built around how a restaurant actually markets itself
Local reach, the call to action you want, and any part of your business you feel like showing off this week, all in every plan.
AI edits every video
From picking the best shots to writing captions, hashtags and on-screen text, AI does the heavy lifting while you just film and approve.
Targeted to your neighborhood
Captions, hashtags and on-screen text are written around your city, your street and the way locals search for food near them, so the views come from people who can actually drive over.
Your call to action, your words
Choose what the video asks for: book a table, order online, come in tonight, tag a friend, use the code. The end card and caption change to match, every time.
Five caption font kits
Upscale, fun and casual, family friendly or trendy, the type, pacing and color grade shift to match your brand vibe instead of the same template everyone else uses.
Made from footage just like yours
Every one of these started as a shaky 20-second clip filmed on a phone in a busy kitchen.
Owners who stopped paying an agency
“I filmed for about four minutes on a Sunday and got two weeks of posts out of it. The birria video did 180k views and we sold out by 7pm on Friday.”
Marco R.
Taqueria owner, Portland
“We were paying an agency $2,400 a month for four videos. This costs less than a case of ribeye and I approve everything from my phone.”
Priya N.
General manager, Austin
4 min
Filming per week
19x
Cheaper than an agency
93%
Videos approved first cut
0
Contracts to sign
Pricing that fits a restaurant P&L
One credit equals one approved video. Cancel any time, there's no contract.
Rather not hold the phone?
Don't want to film it yourself? A Chef Social videographer comes to your restaurant and shoots a full library of footage for you.
Starting from $249 per shoot
Availability depends on your city. We confirm the date and the exact quote before anything is charged, no card needed to ask.
- Up to 2 hours on site during your quiet hours
- 40+ usable clips: dishes, prep, pours, staff and room
- Shot list built from your menu and best sellers
- Your videographer emails you a download link within 3 business days
- Enough raw material for roughly 3 months of posts
- After the shoot, your videographer emails you a download link with every clip. Save the files to your phone or computer, then drag them into your footage library and they're ready to cut.
Questions owners ask us
Your next post is 60 seconds of filming away
Create an account, upload a few clips and see your first finished video today.
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