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CHEFS – SIMPLE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL

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Cooking should be fun and designed to make all involved happy. Approach the sandwich as a professional chef approaches the presentation of a fine dining meal just without the pretention and costly trimmings that fine dining requires. [] PIZZA: Ahhhone of Americas and the worlds top menu items.

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EVERY PLATE TELLS A STORY

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The dish was elevated to an entirely different level as the guest became the most important person in the dining room during the process. The story can make the dish but the dish absent the story is just another salad that can be found in fine dining or your local Greek diner. As is the case with Caesar Salad, the story sells.

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DON’T NICKEL AND DIME YOUR GUEST or IMPRESS THEM WITH QUANTITY

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It is important to always keep in mind that dining out is still a luxury, even though more and more families have built it into their lifestyle. Whether a quick service restaurant, family dining, food truck, or white tablecloth fine dining operation – there will always be some level of price sensitivity.

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JUST DON’T KNOW OR JUST DON’T CARE

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The hiring process is one of the most important steps in designing and delivering a great product or service. If you want to operate a Michelin recognized fine dining restaurant, then spend time in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Miami and volunteer to work there for a few weeks polishing forks. Hire people who “fit”.

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BRING BACK THE 20 SEAT BISTRO

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There was little waste since managing twenty seats was much easier than trying to fill expansive dining rooms with a turn or two on busy nights. This was a lean, fine-tuned machine that worked from the premise of being manageable and comfortable. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. PLAN BETTER -TRAIN HARDER. CAFÉ Talks podcast.

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CLOSING THE RINGS OF THE TOTAL RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE

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How powerful is a complete dining experience and what exactly is it? 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. How much effort is placed on the design of plated foods, the contrast and complement of colors, shapes, and assembly?

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META BOFINGER’S RESTAURANT SECRET

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Long before the restaurant chains of today, decades prior to the birth of fine dining, experience dining, and molecular gastronomy, there were neighborhood cafes that were part of small communities across the country. In any case, The Blue Gentian was a busy place.