BOULDER, Colo, December 14, 1999 — Culinary Software Services Inc., the developer of the award winning ChefTec Software package announced today that Chartwells has completed their rollout of ChefTec to over 150 field operations nationwide.

Chartwells, a division of the Compass Group of contract foodservice operations, provides dining services to public and private educational institutions ranging from K-12 to colleges and universities. Culinary Software Services has provided customized versions of ChefTec to each operation, preloaded with over 650 standardized recipes from the Chartwells corporate office. Now, using ChefTec's ability to save recipes in HTML, the entire Chartwells group will be able to update information via email or their corporate website.

"Consistency is key for corporate menu development," commented Chartwells corporate executive chef, Dean Lowden. "And yet it is one of the most difficult goals to achieve in today's foodservice environment, as consolidation brings together ever more far flung units into one, hopefully unified entity. Now, with ChefTec in place, Chartwells is poised to begin the new century in a prime position to take advantage of all the technology available to foodservice today."

ChefTec and its sister product, ChefTec Plus, were the first 32-bit, Windows 98/95/2000/NT compatible recipe costing and inventory control products on the market. ChefTec PDA works with the Palm III from 3Com® and allows users to take their personal digital assistant throughout their operation, entering inventory counts, and then instantly upload the physical counts into ChefTec on their desktop.

About Culinary Software Services Inc.
Founded in 1990, Culinary Software Services are the providers of ChefTec and ChefTec Plus software for the foodservice industry. Winner of the Innovator's Award for foodservice technology in 1998 and 1999, ChefTec sets the standard for back office software, with integrated inventory control, recipe and menu costing, and nutritional analysis functionality. Recent installations include over 400 hotels worldwide operated by Marriott International, TGI Friday's International, the Southern California School of Culinary Arts, Playboy Enterprises, and the Kellogg Conference Center at Tuskeegee University.

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