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Why Training is the Key to Accurate Messaging About Gluten-Free Foodservice

Modern Restaurant Management

When staff are unable to answer basic questions about your gluten-free menu, or ask inappropriate questions of guests who inquire about gluten-free options, consumers may have doubts about your ability to ensure their safety or prepare a dish that meets their dietary needs. The first step is to clearly identify any gluten-free dishes.

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Reducing Tension Between Kitchen & Front of House

Ken Burgin

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. Refer to communication skills right from the beginning. Better training for floor staff.

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THE KING IS IN THE HOUSE

Culinary Cues

Outside people went about their day, never giving mind to the effort, dichotomy of characters, hustle, stress, and complexity of what takes place in the “back of the house” at a twelve hundred room hotel. Pushing through the swinging kitchen doors I am engulfed by the smells, sounds, and oh such intense heat from a busy operation.

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THE VALUE OF THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS

Culinary Cues

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.

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Restaurant Hiring: Navigating the Labor Shortage

7 Shifts

The same New York Times story found that 80 to 85 percent of Crafted Hospitality group's kitchen employees have moved out of New York City. Many workers are not returning due to personal safety concerns, and many have left the industry altogether. The traditional front of the house to the back of the house divide has closed.

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How Nonprofits That Train People to Work in Restaurants Navigated COVID-19

EATER

It is also a nonprofit that has spent 30 years training at-risk youth exiting the juvenile detention system to work in hospitality. So the staff and the 15 young people working that night spent most of the evening doing extra training and cleaning to keep busy. Café Momentum is more than just a restaurant, though. Several U.S.

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Restaurant Operations Overview: What You Need to Know

7 Shifts

For example, kitchen managers rely on software to let them know how much expected inventory they have in stock. The term ‘restaurant operations' refers to the process by which a restaurant is run. Portion control in the kitchen saves on inventory, which helps keep the restaurant profitable. Table of Contents. What does it mean?