Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

An owner for whom I worked years ago referred to it as the Total Dining Experience and I have held on to this concept ever since. Have you established a uniform and grooming standard in your restaurant and is it equitably enforced? The right balance is critical and worth hiring sound technicians to design early on.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 31, 2019

By “all in” I am referring to total commitment, building your life around the demands of the job, and most significantly to do so while being oblivious to the impact that this commitment has on other aspect of one’s life. It didn’t take long for Jake to realize how much more difficult it was going to be to carry the title of executive chef.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Typically, it starts off that way – old enough to work, they’re hiring, no experience required – it’s a job. That – “I wanna be a cook” individual takes a deep breath and makes the commitment to seek knowledge, to experience the lifestyle, to build the skills that are necessary to truly carry the title. – Jacques Pepin.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 29, 2019

Menu Analysis: Analyzing Your Current Menu’s Profitability Before you make any changes to your menu, take the time to determine what’s working and what isn’t. You’ll want to make sure your kitchen stays efficient and that your menu is keeping your restaurant in business rather than putting it out of business. Write Your Descriptions.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Legal and other matters referred to in this article are based on 7shifts' interpretation of laws existing at the time and should not be relied on in place of professional legal advice. If an employee withholds tips from the tip pool, employers are not liable to make up the amount lost to an employee who missed out as a result.

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Sling

OCTOBER 1, 2023

All it takes is a love for food and a bit of hard work. Do you need time to take care of your kids or your family? 2) Work in a catering business for a while The best way to figure out if you want to start a catering business is to work in one for a while. So you want to start a catering business? That’s great!

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Sling

JANUARY 10, 2023

If it’s something small like forgetting to have an employee fill out the emergency contact form, it’s not a big deal and likely won’t detract from the first-day experience. This fact highlights the importance of taking the time to create your own unique, detailed checklist. Don’t just write “First day” and leave it at that.

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Lavu

MARCH 30, 2020

This should be covered when new employees are hired, and regular updates should be made via staff meetings. This documentation should be available for all to see in an employee handbook or posted in the back-of-house, so people can refer back to it if there is a clash of opinions regarding obligations. Specify Long-Term Company Goals.

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Restaurant365

MAY 7, 2020

Take employees’ temperatures at your discretion. For additional information on employee health and hygiene recommendations to help prevent worker transmission of foodborne illness, refer to the FDA’s Employee Health and Personal Hygiene Handbook. Also, don’t forget to close out your periods in your LE record.

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Goliath Consulting

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

According to an Online Ordering Platform company, Orders2me, one advantage of updating your POS so that it covers online services is that it handles the problem of chain restaurants having issues with poorly integrated and non-uniform POS systems across restaurants. Reference: 1) [link]. Space and Staff. 2) [link].

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 9, 2020

A restaurant operations manual is essential in providing a systematic approach to the way daily restaurant operations are carried out. . Newly hired employees take a long time to get accustomed to restaurant operations. Maintains Uniform Standards and Consistency In Operations. Streamline Employee Training Period.

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The Restaurant Times

MAY 19, 2021

They enable restaurants to maintain uniformity and consistency in terms of maintenance and service delivery, across all outlets. Out of all the sections, the introduction is the section that comes first in the manual. Dividing them into lower, middle and upper levels for easy reference is also recommended. Introduction.

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Apicbase

MAY 12, 2023

Drivers For OpEx OpEx refers to the practice of optimising operational processes to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance the customer experience. It turns out they aren’t superheroes doing superhuman things. Therefore, they take more care in setting up systems to monitor data. It’s called operation excellence.

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EATER

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Instead, Marcel and I were about to experience what Amtrak has dubbed “flexible dining service” — microwaved dinners in black plastic trays, like airplane food, that are easy to take back to your sleeper and eat in isolation. There was a time before Amtrak that many refer to as the “golden age” of railroad dining.

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Apicbase

JULY 1, 2022

Central kitchens are commonly referred to as central production kitchens, centralised kitchens, central production units or CPUs, commissary kitchens, or prep kitchens. Instead, you only need to hire and train skilled chefs for your central production kitchen. Before diving into best practices for running a CPU, let’s take a step back.

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