Equipment Front of House Kitchen Safety Waste 
Ken Burgin
MAY 17, 2022
Friction between floor staff and kitchen is wasteful and unnecessary, but it won’t go away by itself. The kitchen often complains they’re treated like mushrooms: kept in the dark and fed you-know-what. Nothing drives the kitchen crazy like a dizzy new waiter who doesn’t know the menu, or basic service techniques.
7 Shifts
JANUARY 31, 2024
Inventory management Managers need to ensure the kitchen is stocked with the right amount of food so that nothing is wasted and as few items need to be 86'ed as possible. Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. This wide-ranging responsibility is a lot, and it often leads to burnout.
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Modern Restaurant Management
AUGUST 29, 2022
Restaurant management and operations personnel are always on the search for proactive ways to increase operational efficiency and reduce waste while complying with local regulations. Many restaurant managers have already moved to digital food safety programs that give them visibility into the state of their assets across multiple locations.
Modern Restaurant Management
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Lastly, Internet of Things (IoT) devices are becoming increasingly popular, with sensors and smart devices for everything from tracking inventory levels to monitoring kitchen equipment performance. For example, IoT devices can notify when stock is low, or equipment is not functioning optimally.
Culinary Cues
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Kitchens are great equalizers – it is the place where individual talent and exceptional intellect can be less important that dependability, organization, focus, and teamwork. In the end, from my perspective, the ones who exceed their own and other’s expectations are the ones that find strength in the school of hard knocks.
Culinary Cues
JULY 31, 2023
A few years back, I posted an article about the UNWRITTEN RULES of the kitchen. It was an attempt to outline those universal guidelines for success in a kitchen, those attributes, and expectations of anyone who ties on an apron. My hope is that these are worthy enough of a space on your kitchen bulletin board or the chef’s office door.
Modern Restaurant Management
MARCH 22, 2023
IoT is enabling restaurant employees to focus on what matters most, the customer experience, by automating manual back-of-house tasks to free up their time. Detecting leaks (pipes or equipment) in the kitchen to prevent costly damage or downtime. percent in late 2022. Monitoring energy use to reduce consumption and costs.
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