Culinary Cues

JANUARY 20, 2024

There’s a reactionary movement that I keep seeing in restaurants; a movement that assumes the answer to the restaurant bottom line is to take more and give less or give too much to justify raising prices. If we fail to look at the entire restaurant package, then we fail to realize how to earn profit. Come on, we know this!

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 22, 2022

Paul de Vance in southern France, or the walled in villages of Tuscany, the narrow streets of Oslo, Norway, and the typical hidden villages found in parts of historic Germany; places that were home to those special little restaurants that reflect the terroir of the region. I have very fond memories of walking the streets of St. That was it!

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 1, 2024

Past maintenance and the boiler room of massive furnaces providing heat and hot water for twenty some odd floors of guest rooms and eighteen banquet rooms ranging in size from twenty seat board rooms to two-thousand seat ballrooms, and the three restaurants that grace the main lobby. Chefs are often nostalgic.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 28, 2023

After absorbing all the negative press and glamorized abusive behavior it’s no wonder restaurants are having a tough time recruiting employees. Without standards restaurants will have miscommunication, inconsistency, slips in quality, and disappointed guests. It’s all so overdone and not true of the majority.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

These are the Ritz Carlton’s of the hotel business, the Tesla’s of electric autos, the Wegman’s of the grocery business, the Apple’s of computer hardware and electronics, the Harvard’s of business schools, and the French Laundry’s of the restaurant industry. Am I over-dramatizing it – maybe, but then again – maybe not.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 4, 2021

If we can just get past the vaccine hesitancy then the country, and the restaurant industry might be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The other elephant in the room however is how will the restaurant industry approach business if we reach herd immunity through vaccination? Well, this is what we hope.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Maybe you picked up quickly on the restaurant menu and what was demanded of your station on the line, or as a second semester student you are feeling underchallenged and certain that you can handle anything. There are films that become representative of a generation and sometimes of a life lesson – occasionally both. You want more!

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 19, 2023

How many people in your kitchen alone could be the next great chef, the owner of a chain of restaurants concepts, the developer of a great new food product line, or the winner of a James Beard Award as a Rising Star? Could learning be a key to restaurant success? Whether a public display of pride was evident – you were beaming inside.

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Suddenly, the restaurant world was able to loosen the grip of recognition that cost a fortune to earn and maintain and realize that when it comes down to it, it’s all about food excellence measured on taste and flavor as well as appropriate value. Even the Michelin Guide broke the ice of snobbery in recent years.

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Culinary Cues

JULY 4, 2021

Beef, poultry, pork, seafood of all types, fresh produce, dairy products, and paper supplies are, in some cases, double what they were a year ago! On top of this – restaurants are offering wages that were unheard of pre-pandemic and still employees are not inclined to return to kitchens and dining rooms.

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Bingage

APRIL 16, 2024

In this blog, we are uncovering the top 5 most trusted Loyalty programs in India for restaurants and small businesses. Starting a Restaurant business is easy, but running a successful business is a tough task. That is where a restaurant loyalty program plays a crucial role.

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Culinary Cues

JULY 16, 2022

Whenever I visited New York City with students, or with family, Dick helped arrange for us to meet well known chefs and restaurateurs, visit, tour and dine in incredible benchmark restaurants, tour flagship hotels, and in some cases find kitchen space for our student culinary teams to prepare for competitions.

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Bingage

APRIL 16, 2024

In this blog, we are uncovering the top 5 most trusted Loyalty programs in India for restaurants and small businesses. Starting a Restaurant business is easy, but running a successful business is a tough task. That is where a restaurant loyalty program plays a crucial role.

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Culinary Cues

JULY 14, 2023

If you are opening a full-service, high-end restaurant then make sure that it is unbelievably great, a restaurant that becomes a destination, the type of operation that is a benchmark for everyone else, a place that gets people excited and leaves them scratching their head wondering: “how can any restaurant be that great?”

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 11, 2022

Entering the restaurant business has always been like a non-swimmer jumping in the deep end of the pool and hoping that he or she will float. Those who think they are entering the restaurant business with visions of wealth and prosperity are more often than not setting themselves up for disappointment.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

So, I began to think about patterns and habits of this type and how my exercise goal might serve as a model for restaurants seeking to find a formula for success. Have you established a uniform and grooming standard in your restaurant and is it equitably enforced? The commitment has become a habit that I don’t intend to break.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 22, 2023

No longer involved in the company she sold, Chef Silverton, is owner and operator of Mozza Restaurant where exceptional Northern Italian dishes are highlighted on the menu. From meager beginnings as a small artisan bread bakery, La Brea grew to become a national representative of the craft bread movement in America.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 7, 2023

Are we masochists who thrive on the physical, mental, and emotional pain that seems to come from this type of self-abuse, or do we feel that this is truly our calling, something very worthwhile and important; something that we were meant to do and thus we have an obligation to chin up and bear the challenges faced?

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Culinary Cues

MAY 5, 2021

My question to you is, how will management of Restaurants, Clubs and Hotels try to provide a sense of balance and wellbeing for the chefs who have the history of working from dawn until well into the night, six and sometimes seven days a week. Is there truth to this? Of course, this is true so what is the solution? Is this true?

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Culinary Cues

JULY 25, 2023

I wasn’t sure if I had lost this young cook yet, but I continued: “Bees play an important role in transferring pollen from one plant to another both protecting the process of a type of tomato and helping to create new varieties. I could sense his uncomfortableness.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 18, 2021

So – you are a young (or not so young) person who loves food, enjoys restaurants, and finds the media depiction of becoming a chef to be exciting and rewarding. Again, an unscientific conclusion, but I would bet that many culinary instructors and restaurant chefs would agree. The wrong decision – of course will be the opposite.

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Consider this – the menu is the most important component of a successful restaurant and once designed it can, and should, impact every other aspect of the business. Why should it be any different for restaurants and their menus? YES – the menu is that important! Destiny and tradition create expectations that are hard to argue with.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Athletes faced with these types of physical demands on the body would work within the structure of an exercise and stretching regimen to ensure that their body is protected, and they are able to function a peak efficiency. Every shift, especially those in summer months, a line cook is likely to lose a pound or two of water weight.

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 4, 2021

This is not a scientific study, but rather a review of the fifty years I have spent around cooks and chefs, kitchen crews and service staff, food operations of all types and people from all types of backgrounds who tie on that apron or deliver a guest’s plate of food. This may not be the case for all, but it surely is true of most.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 12, 2020

So far, 2020 has thrown marketing plans, advertising budgets, and restaurant growth out of the window. Whatever plans and forecasts you had for your restaurant are yesterday’s bread now. But as restaurants reopen and business starts to pick up again, it’s important you pick up your marketing plan too.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 9, 2020

As one of the oldest professions known to mankind – cooking is a noble endeavor that serves as a portal for all that a culture means and restaurants are the vehicle for delivering this to and sharing culture with people of all ethnicities, race, genders, and beliefs. and as such – collectively define all levels of civility.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 25, 2021

Those of us who are currently or had previously spent many years in front of a kitchen range also made choices regarding which type of culinary music we wanted to play. Nearly 55% of all the restaurants in the United States fit into this category – a category that to many people under the age of 21 provided their first paycheck.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 21, 2022

From first-in, first-out in the walk-in cooler to how you fold side towels and where your knives are placed – it is organization that allows a kitchen to run efficiently and keeps the mood and pace of the restaurant in sync. To some, it may seem less significant, but to seasoned professionals – this is the truth of the kitchen.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 2, 2020

If you are a chef or restaurant owner I would like you to begin today with a significant question: “If I had to build this restaurant concept all over again, knowing what I know now, what would it look like – how would it be different? You may never have a better chance to ask and answer this question than right now. NOW IS THE TIME.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 13, 2020

Restaurants will get the green light at some point. We also know that the health and safety regulations for restaurants will change significantly as we make every attempt to keep the public and our staff safe and at ease. There is little guarantee that the product that is received at the backdoor of our restaurants is free from virus.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 3, 2020

So, in giving some thought to the different types of individuals who stumble or rush head first into a kitchen career, I came up with ten categories of cook types (you may have a few others to add on your own) – see where you fit. They have likely worked at nearly every busy restaurant in the area and are known to all.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 21, 2023

I just listened to a podcast from Dr. Sanjay Gupta, whom I think we all know of, as he wrestled with the impact that technology has on his own three daughters and society as a whole. It was enlightening even though much of what he pointed to is well-known. In all cases, we remain in control of the technology that serves as an effective tool.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 11, 2021

You set yourself up for success by finding the right niche for your restaurant. By focusing on niche marketing , your restaurant will flourish. When you take these factors into consideration, you can find the customers most likely to be interested in your restaurant. Are you in a populated area, surrounded by other restaurants?

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 9, 2021

The goal of every restaurant and every chef is to create memorable experiences for the guest. Somewhere in our internal job description is a desire, and even a need to build an environment of WOW! Wow visuals on the plate and in the dining room, wow views from every seat, wow service, and of course – wow flavors on the plate.

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Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Want to learn how to start a food blog? If you have a passion for food – whether it’s making recipes, cooking, baking, or just eating food – starting a food blog can be fun and easy. . Since there are so many food blogs out there already, it can be difficult to make yours stand out. How To Create Your Own Food Blog.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

What firmly held answer(s) would define the type of person who would complement your team? Do you really want to work in an operation where desperation is the primary motivation for hiring? Yes, let’s start there. For the dedicated cook, you want to work in an operation where your peers are also cooking for the right reasons.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

TEN THINGS YOU DIDN”T KNOW ABOUT A RESTAURANT. TEN THINGS YOU DIDN”T KNOW ABOUT A RESTAURANT. There is a long history of how kitchens and restaurants are structured. Although executed at different levels – this structure is something that all those whom work in restaurants can depend and lean on.

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