Ken Burgin

JUNE 6, 2023

I love using ChatGPT to develop training activities and materials for restaurant and cafe employees. I’ve used it here to brainstorm ideas for training modules for waiters, managers, cooks, head chefs, and baristas. Questions could range from ingredients of dishes to potential allergens.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 22, 2024

The FDA has already issued more than 50 food recalls in 2024, causing many consumers to worry about food safety – and raising an important question for the restaurant industry: Would we know exactly what to do in a recall situation? As food recalls continue, it’s wise for restaurants to review their recall protocols.

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Tableo

JULY 26, 2023

Food safety inspections can be daunting, but are essential for maintaining high standards and guaranteeing the health and safety of restaurant customers. This article provides helpful tips and best practices to help you master food safety inspections.

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Clover - Restaurants

MAY 3, 2024

Recent surveys confirm the importance of cleaning and sanitizing in food industry establishments for building customer confidence and in influencing diner choice. City and state health departments monitor local restaurants to ensure they’re following food safety management program guidelines. An estimated 3,000 people in the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Alongside wild stories detailing how foodborne illnesses can happen, Shaw offers practical solutions to avoid food safety breaches. Shaw is a food safety specialist, podcaster, founder of Savvy Food Safety, co-founder of My Trusted Source, and an entrepreneur, author, and speaker who spent 30+ years working in the foodservice industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 6, 2023

To do so, they will need to create a complete food safety program to protect the restaurant itself from reputational harm and financial crisis. This may occur when raw meat touches another ingredient, or when a potential allergen touches another area of the kitchen. Train your staff.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

With the season of food and Thanksgiving when holiday food is at the forefront, what are defined standards and procedures that restaurants should keep top-of-mind to set the expectations regarding food handling and preparation during the holiday rush? Cool foods rapidly to get out of the Temperature Danger Zone.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Food Service Skills For Your Resume. 5 Restaurant & Food Service Skills for Your Resume. Health, Allergen, and Food Safety Training and Certifications. Health, Allergen, and Food Safety Training and Certifications. Food allergies. Food Service, Kitchen, & Hospitality Tech.

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Perfect Daily Grind

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Nuts are common culprits when it comes to triggering food allergies. What Food Allergies Should You Be Aware Of? According to Food Allergy Research and Education ( FARE ), most fatal allergic reactions occur outside the home, in public places like coffee shops. Train Your Staff.

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Apicbase

MAY 21, 2024

That means balancing brilliant ideas with practicality and taking the time to consider all variables that can impact food costs , menu scalability, and customer first impressions. Make sure your team understands cross-contamination risks, training them to avoid allergen exposure by following safe food handling practices.

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The Rail

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Some people are adopting these diets for health reasons, while others are just curious about how their health might improve by eliminating certain foods and ingredients. It’s estimated that 32 million Americans have food allergies. Of course, no food service business wants to sacrifice quality or taste simply to be allergy-friendly.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

It usually involves an orientation, paperwork collection, and training. Day Two Training: Learning how to do your job with a training manual, in-person classes, online learning, and shadowing. Restaurant technology training, including how to request shifts and what to do during opening and closing shifts.

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360Training

JUNE 11, 2020

What can restaurants, food trucks, and other professional kitchens do to prevent foodborne illness? Cross-contamination is the transfer of bacteria and other contaminants during food handling. Bacteria and viruses are the biggest concerns because they multiply in food at certain temperatures and transfer between items easily.

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Squirrel Systems

APRIL 23, 2024

This is an ideal way to impress the guests and expedite their drink orders while they place their food orders. Answer questions and upsell more with the Recipe function Put images of food or drink at the server’s fingertips to quickly address any questions your guests may have about an item. Want to learn more?

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Culinary Digital

MAY 10, 2023

Modern technology has transformed food systems for improved nutrition and healthy, wholesome, affordable, and sustainable diets. It has helped automate food handling processes like procurement, management, and consumption activities to curb costs and to address a host of other legacy challenges.

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ChowNow

OCTOBER 19, 2023

US Foods US Foods is one of America’s great food companies and a leading foodservice distributor, partnering with approximately 300,000 restaurants and foodservice operators to help their businesses succeed. They are North America’s first “real”​ online video-based, food safety course.

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360Training

JANUARY 14, 2019

A recall is by far one of the most devastating things that can happen to any brand in the food industry. Fortunately, they can take several proactive measures such as implementing food safety initiatives in order to maintain quality and safety in the production process. Establish a Plan. Examples include E.

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ChowNow

OCTOBER 18, 2023

US Foods US Foods is one of America’s great food companies and a leading foodservice distributor, partnering with approximately 300,000 restaurants and foodservice operators to help their businesses succeed. They are North America’s first “real”​ online video-based, food safety course.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2020

Maybe the absolute last thing any restaurant wants to focus on are food safety regulations such as the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Maybe the absolute last thing any restaurant wants to focus on are food safety regulations such as the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Have a Plan… and Write It Down!

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 22, 2021

While daily specials delivered in family boxes might be quite affordable and frugal, food delivery itself often costs more than the meal for one which can hit monthly discretionary spending quite hard. They became even more cost-efficient, food waste conscious and generally more responsible. Online Ordering Will Continue to Thrive.

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Apicbase

APRIL 11, 2024

The success of a food service business depends on how well its restaurant managers manage purchasing and inventory and how good the chefs are at creating profitable recipes. With real-time data, you gain a deeper understanding of food costs, revenues, and inventory levels. A measured inventory leads to massive food cost savings.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 7, 2020

Great service can make up for poor food, but great food cannot make up for poor service. Proper training is a necessary expense and it's important to remember that training is a never-ending cycle. Staff needs to be continually reminded of all essential training to set a clear expectation for all employees.

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The Rail

MAY 15, 2024

Peer into counter service restaurants, from fast food chains to trendy eateries, which play an active role in the restaurant industry. You place your order at the counter or kiosk, grab a number or buzzer, and typically receive your food at the counter. Generally lower food prices than full-service restaurants.

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Clover - Restaurants

APRIL 25, 2024

To serve as training: Using detailed recipe cards help new hires avoid making errors and gain confidence more quickly. To help control cost: By precisely documenting ingredient quantities, recipe cards can help minimize food waste –and as a result, optimize profitability. For menu development: Wanting to spice up your offerings?

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Apicbase

APRIL 5, 2024

When thinking about restaurant automation, imagining a future where AI-powered androids shake cocktails and drones drop food deliveries through your skylight is fun. But automation in food service is much more than that. Production planning software transforms food production from a paper-based chore to a digital process.

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Hot Schedules

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Three talent development experts discuss how to prove the value of training programs and the evolution of talent development over the years. These customizable technology solutions allow training teams to deliver the latest courses to employees in an easy-to-use, scalable interface. How do you prove the value of training?

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360Training

MAY 21, 2020

With pandemic panic, potential food contamination is at the forefront of everyone’s mind. But the restaurant industry has always known the importance of food safety – and food safety training. Choosing a food safety training provider can be tricky, especially if you’re looking for online training.

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The Rail

JANUARY 15, 2024

Embracing the Restaurant Cleanliness Basics Regardless of where your restaurant stands, embracing the basics surrounding food and personal hygiene is always a fantastic idea. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) explains that mold produces allergens and irritants.

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360Training

AUGUST 28, 2018

According to a Toast survey, 46% of all restaurant owners list hiring, training, and retaining restaurant staff as their #1 challenge. Training is undoubtedly a tiring process which makes use of manuals, shadowing, observing, and several other inefficient methods in order to train employees. Click To Tweet.

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Touch Bistro

MARCH 25, 2021

The process is sometimes referred to as organizational socialization and includes collecting paperwork, orienting new hires within your company’s culture, and providing restaurant employees with hands-on training. Provide restaurant employee training on how to use these tools, and info on where they can go if they need more help.

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Apicbase

MAY 8, 2024

MarketMan offers tools for automating invoicing, recipe costing, and food cost calculations, making it a popular choice among restaurateurs. However, with numerous similar systems available, tailored to various types of food service operations and specific use cases, you might ask, ‘Which software is the best fit for my business?

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360Training

APRIL 23, 2019

To understand the difference between cleaning and sanitizing—and why it’s important to both clean and sanitize—let’s start with food-contact surfaces. Anything that touches food is a food-contact surface: knives, pots, counters, containers, dishes, and even your hands. So, when should you clean and sanitize food surfaces?

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Bottleneck Management

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Learning health and allergen safety, meal prep, cooking skills, and taste profiling are all recommended. “ Training has become my favorite. Restaurant Manager Training. 7Shifts, a restaurant manager scheduling and communication platform, shares some hard skills that would be beneficial to restaurant workers.

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Apicbase

MARCH 3, 2023

This end-to-end solution uses data from your POS to provide insights into sales, food costs, menu engineering and inventory management. Your restaurant managers have access to real-time inventory data at every location , allowing them to minimise over- and underbuying, which massively reduces food waste and food costs.

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The Restaurant Times

MARCH 10, 2023

Accepting food and beverage requests and informing the appropriate staff of them Sometimes, make the beverage yourself. Bringing food orders from the kitchen to each appropriate table. They help to create the wine list and food pairings and also educate the staff so that they can better serve customers.

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Black Box Intelligence

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In addition to increasing efficiencies inside the restaurant, they reduce human contact with food and provide a more touch-free experience. A good air purifier solution can remove much of the dust, dander, mold spores, allergens, viruses and bacteria from indoor air so everyone can breathe a little easier. Learning Management Systems.

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Hot Schedules

JANUARY 14, 2020

For example, serving a beer requires different training from shaking up a cocktail. It allows operators to benchmark employees and identify areas for training and improvement. The Rise of Food Allergies – and How to Keep Your Guests Safe and Happy. The time spent by a given employee differs for each scenario. read more.

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