AI rostering, with you in control
Generate a draft around availability, role skills, and coverage. Make your changes and publish when the week looks right.
Restaurant scheduling
Restaurant Schedule Maker
Start with a restaurant roster you can make your own. Add your people, adjust servers, cooks, and weekend coverage, and save reusable shift templates. Create an account when you’re ready to share with your team.
For every team that works shifts
Make the week easier.
Cafés, restaurants, bars, retail teams, and service crews: give your team a clear plan and give yourself less chasing to do.
Save your roster in CrewCentral, then bring availability, shift changes, and check-ins into the same place.
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Your free CrewCentral account
Plan, share, run your shifts
Keep the people and the details behind every shift together, from the first draft to the last check-out.
Availability without the chasing
Staff keep their availability and time off up to date. You plan with the full picture, without piecing together messages.
A mobile app for your team
Shifts, availability, and change requests in one place on your team’s phones. Everyone knows where to find their week.
Shift check-ins and time tracking
Staff clock in, clock out, and record breaks. See attendance and worked hours alongside the shifts you planned.
One place to publish the week
Save and publish your roster for the whole team. Employees see their shifts, with email updates when notifications are enabled.
Open shifts and cover requests
Eligible employees can request open shifts and arrange swaps. You review the requests and keep the final say on coverage.
How it works
From draft to team.
Start right here in the free editor. When you’re ready to save and share with your team, your roster comes with you.
Back to your rosterMake this roster yours
Replace the example people, adjust positions and shift times, and get your week into shape.
Save it with your account
Choose Share roster in the editor. Your people, positions, templates, and shifts move into CrewCentral.
Bring your team into the week
Invite your employees, collect availability, and publish the finished roster for everyone to see.
Restaurant scheduling
Built around your team
Cover prep, service, and close
Replace the sample people with your team and adjust server, host, cook, bartender, and manager shifts. Check prep, lunch, dinner, and closing coverage in the positions view, then switch to people to review each employee’s week.
- Edit start and end times for each shift template
- Move, assign, or remove shifts from the weekly grid
- Check planned hours and print the full seven-day roster
Keep your draft when you sign up
Your edits are saved in your browser as you work. When the roster is ready for your team, choose Share roster and create a CrewCentral account. Your people, positions, shift templates, and shifts come with you.
- Print or export CSV without an account
- Copy the week and adjust the next roster
- Use an account for availability, AI rostering, and publishing
A few things to know
Got questions?
The editor is free to use without an account. Sign up when you want to save and publish with your team.
How do I make a restaurant staff schedule?
Choose your week, replace the example employee names, and adjust the starter positions and shift times. Assign coverage for prep, service, and closing, then review planned hours. Use CrewCentral with an account to collect availability before publishing.
Can I print or export the schedule?
The schedule maker supports print and CSV download from your browser. Publishing to employees happens after you create a CrewCentral workspace.
Is the restaurant schedule maker free without an account?
Yes. Editing, browser autosave, copying to next week, printing, and CSV export are free without signing up. Choose Share roster when you want to create an account, save your draft in CrewCentral, and publish it for your team.
Can I use AI rostering or staff availability here?
This free editor is for building your roster manually. Sign up for CrewCentral to collect employee availability, create AI roster drafts, use the mobile app, and manage shift check-ins and cover requests.
Is this the same as a roster?
In the US this is usually called a schedule. In Australia and New Zealand many teams call it a roster, and in the UK it is often called a rota.
Ready for the week ahead
Keep your roster. Bring your team.
Create your free CrewCentral account and give your people one place to see shifts, update availability, and stay ready for work.