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Creating a Celebrated Culture

Modern Restaurant Management

“We invest in great talent — we also utilize tools when hiring to predict performance,” she explains before mentioning how Sonny’s also focuses heavily on identifying “skills gaps” in potential employees. She’s not just focused on bringing in top-tier talent but on developing and nurturing it.

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Experience Is the Best Teacher: Five Things My Father — and Hard Times — Have Taught Me About Leadership in the Restaurant Industry

Modern Restaurant Management

Hiring and training new management is difficult on top of reopening restaurants once a crisis passes. My wife and I founded Rib & Chop House in Livingston, Montana, in 2001, just months prior to the heartbreaking events of 9/11. Get Better. Extending out of your comfort zone can help you survive and keep staff employed.

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A Fool’s Choice

EATER

If I remember correctly, I had heard from a friend of a friend that Margot was hiring but that she was, notably, “a battle?ax” She opened Margot Café & Bar in 2001, and it is still a pillar of high standards and delicious food to this day. ax” and “a straight?up She came up in the era of Kitchen Confidential lore.

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How I Got My Job: Being a Professional Recipe Developer and Food Photographer

EATER

Though Victa had earned a hospitality management degree in her native Philippines, she struggled to get hired without recognizable names on her resume, so she began her cooking career by flipping burgers and whipping up pasta dishes at the zoo. “It Did you go to culinary school or college? When I migrated to the U.S.

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13 Websites To Post Restaurant Jobs

Gourmet Marketing

You have to hire qualified candidates while keeping the lid on salaries in an economy where minimum wages are rising, people need benefits, and the turnover rate for restaurant employees is at an all-time high. Hiring new workers involves investing time in training new people and getting them competent. Hiring Options.

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Philadelphia Breweries Guide: Where to Drink Craft Beer Around the City

Restaurant Clicks

The brewery was constructed over 125 years ago, and Philadelphia Brewing Company has painstakingly taken the time to renovate the building, and revitalize the Kensington neighborhood since acquiring it in 2001. Get ready to learn about the brewing process, the history of the building, and what makes Philadelphia Brewing Company unique!

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The Pandemic’s Effect on Restaurant Supplies

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2001, Tim was wrapping up work on one of the very first online operations in our industry and preparing to launch our website when he died suddenly. What is the history of KaTom? KaTom is really the classic family-owned American business success story. That shook us to our core, but we picked ourselves up and kept going, kept growing.