UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended: July 31, 2010
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ________________ to __________________
Commission File Number: 333-161240
Singular Chef, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
26-4711535
(State of or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
112 North Curry Street, Carson City
89703-4934
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(775) 321.8247
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes |X| No |_|
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
Large accelerated filer [ ]
Accelerated filer [ ]
Non-accelerated filer [ ] (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company [X]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes |X] No |_|
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common equity, as of the latest practicable date: As of September 14, 2010, the registrant had 9,766,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, issued and outstanding.
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Item 2. Management`s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
This section of this report includes a number of forward-looking statements that reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance. Forward looking statements are often identified by words like: believe, expect, estimate, anticipate, intend, project and similar expressions or words which, by their nature, refer to future events. You should not place undue certainty on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this report. These forward looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or our predictions.
Overview
Singular Chef, Inc. ("Singular Chef", "the Company", “our” or "we") was incorporated in the State of Nevada as a for-profit company on April 09, 2009. The Company is a development stage company that intends to provide specialized step-by-step cooking tutorials through our website for monthly subscribers and on pay-per-view basis.
We plan on targeting our marketing efforts on subscribers that are interested in quick, tasty and easy-to-prepare recipes.
Plan of Operation
The Company has not yet generated any revenue from its operations. As of the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2010 we had $261 of cash on hand. We incurred operating expenses in the amount of $3,553 in the quarter ended July 31, 2010. In the quarter ended July 31, 2009 the total expenses were in the amount of $8,288. These operating expenses were comprised of professional auditor fees, office and general expenses. In the quarter ended July 31, 2009 was also included professional legal fees.
Our current cash holdings will not satisfy our liquidity requirements and we will require additional financing to pursue our planned business activities. We have registered 3,200,000 of shares from our common stock for sale to the public. Our registration statement became effective on May 03, 2010 and we are in the process of seeking equity financing to fund our operations over the next 12 months.
Management believes that if subsequent private placements are successful, we will generate sales revenue within the following twelve months thereof. However, additional equity financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms or at all, and thus we could fail to satisfy our future cash requirements.
If Singular Chef is unsuccessful in raising the additional proceeds through a private placement offering it will then have to seek additional funds through debt financing, which would be very difficult for a new development stage company to secure. Therefore, the company is highly dependent upon the success of the anticipated private placement offering described herein and failure thereof would result in Singular Chef having to seek capital from other resources such as debt financing, which may not even be available to the company. However, if such financing were available, because Singular Chef is a development stage company with no operations to date, it would likely have to pay additional costs associated with high risk loans and be subject to an
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above market interest rate. At such time these funds are required, management would evaluate the terms of such debt financing and determine whether the business could sustain operations and growth and manage the debt load. If Singular Chef cannot raise additional proceeds via a private placement of its common stock or secure debt financing it would be required to cease business operations. As a result, investors in Singular Chef common stock would lose all of their investment.
Our specific goal will be marketing Singular Chef’s subscription-based website to individuals that are interested in prepare various quick, tasty and easy dishes. We intend to accomplish the foregoing through the following milestones:
1.
We plan to initiate our business operations, after raising enough funds, establishing our office and acquiring a computer and office items. We estimate that establishing our offices will take up to 60 days. We intend to retain a web designer to fully develop our website. We believe that it will cost about $20,000 to establish our office with the necessary computer equipment/software and website. We do not intend to hire employees. Our sole officer and director will handle our administrative duties.
2.
As soon as our office is operational, we intend to contact cooking consultants to teach different kinds of easily prepared recipes for our website. We plan to tape the chefs preparing their recipes thereby creating pictorial albums available for online viewing. The website will also include tutorials and still pictures, taken by a consultant photographer and filmmaker. We believe that this stage will take about 90 days and it will cost around $23,500.
3.
As soon as our website is operational, we will begin our marketing campaign in order to find sponsors to whom we will offer spaces in the website, use their ingredients and equipments for the tutorials. We will advertise in culinary art magazines, newspaper and print informative flyers and send direct mailers. We believe that it will cost a minimum of $25,000 to implement our marketing and sales campaign. Marketing is an ongoing matter that will begin on the sixth month after the beginning of our business operations and will continue during the life of our operations.
Management does not plan to hire additional employees at this time. Our President will be responsible for the initial product sourcing. We intend to hire sales representatives initially on a commission only basis to keep administrative overhead to a minimum. We will use third party web designers to build and maintain our website.
We do not expect to be purchasing or selling plant or significant equipment during the next twelve months.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangement
The company is dependent upon the sale of its common shares to obtain the funding necessary to carry out its business plan. Our President, Sylvain Petrari has undertaken to provide the Company with operating capital to sustain its business over the next twelve month period, as the expenses are incurred, in the form of a non-secured loan. However, there is no contract in place or written agreement securing these agreements. Investors should be aware that Mr. Petrari’s intentions are not under contract or agreement with the Company.
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Other than the above described situation the Company does not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on the Company's financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Not required.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
The management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as required by Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Section 404 A. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed under the supervision of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the Company’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
As of July 31, 2010 management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting established in SEC guidance on conducting such assessments. Based on that evaluation, they concluded that, during the period covered by this report, such internal controls and procedures were not effective to detect the inappropriate application of US GAAP rules as more fully described below. This was due to deficiencies that existed in the design or operation of our internal control over financial reporting that adversely affected our internal controls and that may be considered to be material weaknesses.
The matters involving internal controls and procedures that the Company’s management considered to be material weaknesses under the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board were: (1) lack of a functioning audit committee and lack of a majority of outside directors on the Company's board of directors, resulting in ineffective oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal controls and procedures; (2) inadequate segregation of duties consistent with control objectives; (3) insufficient written policies and procedures for accounting and financial reporting with respect to the requirements and application of US GAAP and SEC disclosure requirements; and (4) ineffective controls over period end financial disclosure and reporting processes. The aforementioned material weaknesses were identified by the Company's Chief Financial Officer in connection with the review of ou r financial statements as July 31, 2010 and communicated the matters to our management.
Management believes that the material weaknesses set forth in items (2), (3) and (4) above did not affect the Company's financial results. However, management believes that the lack of a functioning audit committee and lack of a majority of outside directors on the Company's board of directors, resulting in ineffective oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal controls and procedures can affect the Company's results and its financial statements for the future years.
We are committed to improving our financial organization. As part of this commitment, we will create a position to segregate duties consistent with control objectives and will increase our personnel resources and technical accounting expertise within the accounting function when funds are available to the Company: i) Appointing one or more outside directors to our board of directors
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who shall be appointed to the audit committee of the Company resulting in a fully functioning audit committee who will undertake the oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal controls and procedures; and ii) Preparing and implementing sufficient written policies and checklists which will set forth procedures for accounting and financial reporting with respect to the requirements and application of US GAAP and SEC disclosure requirements.
Management believes that the appointment of one or more outside directors, who shall be appointed to a fully functioning audit committee, will remedy the lack of a functioning audit committee and a lack of a majority of outside directors on the Company's Board. In addition, management believes that preparing and implementing sufficient written policies and checklists will remedy the following material weaknesses (i) insufficient written policies and procedures for accounting and financial reporting with respect to the requirements and application of US GAAP and SEC disclosure requirements; and (ii) ineffective controls over period end financial close and reporting processes. Further, management believes that the hiring of additional personnel who have the technical expertise and knowledge will result proper segregation of duties and provide more checks and balances within the department. Additional person nel will also provide the cross training needed to support the Company if personnel turn over issues within the department occur. This coupled with the appointment of additional outside directors will greatly decrease any control and procedure issues the company may encounter in the future.
We will continue to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of our internal controls and procedures and our internal controls over financial reporting on an ongoing basis and are committed to taking further action and implementing additional enhancements or improvements, as necessary and as funds allow.
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act that occurred during the small business issuer's last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
The Company is not a party to any pending legal proceedings, and no such proceedings are known to be contemplated.
No director, officer, or affiliate of the issuer and no owner of record or beneficiary of more than 5% of the securities of the issuer, or any security holder is a party adverse to the small business issuer or has a material interest adverse to the small business issuer.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
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Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote Security Holders
None
Item 5. Other Information
None
Item 6. Exhibits
3.1
Articles of Incorporation [1]
3.2
By-Laws [1]
31.1
Rule 13(a)-14(a)/15(d)-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer
31.2
Rule 13(a)-14(a)/15(d)-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer *
32.1
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
32.2
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer **
[1] Incorporated by reference from the Company’s filing with the Commission on August 11, 2009.
* Included in Exhibit 31.1
** Included in Exhibit 32.1
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Singular Chef, Inc.
BY: /s/ Sylvain Petrari
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Sylvain Petrari
President, Secretary Treasurer, Principal Executive Officer,
Principal Financial Officer and sole Director
Dated: September 27, 2010
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