Restaurants post jobs and hire Gurus at zero platform cost. Gurus apply using Connects — a simple, one-price credit system — and pay a simple 10% fee only when they get paid.
Hire chefs, food photographers, social media Gurus, kitchen consultants and menu designers — without any service fees eating into your budget.
Restaurants pay only the Guru’s agreed rate. No contract initiation fee, no service percentage, no surprise line items.
Every job application costs 1 Connect, and every Connect costs $1. When a job wraps up and you get paid, F&B Guru takes a flat 10% from that payment — nothing hidden.
Funds are held safely from the moment a bid is accepted, and only released once the work is approved.
Restaurant accepts a Guru’s bid — the agreed amount is deducted and held in escrow.
The Guru completes the job and submits it for review.
The restaurant reviews the submission and approves the completed job.
Funds are released to the Guru’s payout account, minus F&B Guru’s flat 10% commission.
F&B Guru isn’t open to every freelancer yet — every approved Guru gets a referral option in Account Settings and can invite up to 5 Gurus they’d personally vouch for. When someone you refer joins and completes sign-up, you earn Connects automatically.
Restaurants and Gurus each get a model built around how hospitality actually works.
Hospitality margins are thin on the buying side, so restaurants never pay a listing or commission fee. Gurus compensate the platform in two small ways: 1 Connect ($1) to apply, and a flat 10% fee charged only when a payment is actually received.
When a restaurant accepts your bid, the payment amount is deducted from their account right away and held in escrow. Once you submit the completed job and the restaurant approves it, the funds release to your Stripe payout account, minus F&B Guru’s flat 10% commission.
Every approved Guru can find a referral option under Account Settings. You can invite up to 5 Gurus you’d personally vouch for.
You earn 5 Connects for every Guru you refer who joins F&B Guru and completes sign-up — worth $5, or enough for 5 job applications at 1 Connect each.
Every Connect costs $1, no matter how many you buy. There’s no bulk discount and no bundle pricing — the price per Connect is always the same.
No. Connects you buy stay in your account and roll over indefinitely — there’s no monthly reset and no “use it or lose it” pressure.