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FOOD COST IS NOT THE CHEF’S RESPONSIBILITY

Culinary Cues

The buck seems to always stop with the chef; it’s the chef’s kitchen, the chef’s food cost, and the chef’s menu that drives marginal profit at best. The answer is simple, yet profoundly challenging: food cost is EVERYONE’S responsibility. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Let’s look at how this works: [] SMART BUYING.

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WHY IS A PARTICULAR CHEF’S FOOD SO MUCH BETTER THAN ANOTHER’S?

Culinary Cues

There are times, possibly many times, when you question your own skill – whether in cooking or presenting food, or even with the operation of a kitchen. I consider myself an acceptable chef from the perspective of cooking, respectable at food presentation, and better than average at running a kitchen operation.

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KITCHEN GROUPISM VS. TEAM

Culinary Cues

Or “See if you can find the cooler expander, we have a larger order coming in.” We even boast an informal initiation period where new employees are given conflicting directions, inaccurate details on the work to be done, or even sent on wild goose-chases just to embarrass them and see if they can take it. “Go

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Best Fast Food Restaurant Management Softwares

TastyIgniter

Discover the best fast food restaurant management software with TastyIgniter's latest blog post. Learn how intuitive order management, dynamic menu customization, efficient inventory tracking, and integrated employee scheduling can revolutionize your fast food operations.

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THE KING IS IN THE HOUSE

Culinary Cues

I picked up the clipboard holding an overview of restaurant reservations for the night as well as a stack of banquet orders that will tax the system until well after midnight. He never even took one bite of the food that I prepared. Elvis, on the other hand was more difficult to serve than the banquet for twelve hundred.

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How did the cost of food delivery get so high?

EATER

Food delivery apps have recently added new fees in response to minimum pay rules in New York City and Seattle. Amid this dogpile of disgruntlement, the merry-go-round of debating the value of food delivery keeps spinning. Menu prices are almost always more expensive than ordering directly from restaurants.

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DON’T NICKEL AND DIME YOUR GUEST or IMPRESS THEM WITH QUANTITY

Culinary Cues

Whether a quick service restaurant, family dining, food truck, or white tablecloth fine dining operation – there will always be some level of price sensitivity. Yes, our house blend is very nice and well received, but with the flat iron steak you ordered, I think the Cabernet Sauvignon would be a much more interesting pairing.