Culinary Cues
APRIL 7, 2025
Keep in mind the distinction between professional cook and those who fall into the kitchen work without real intent. So, here is my attempt at characterizing the professional cook and chef pool of 2030 and beyond. A diverse workforce has been the norm for decades.
Modern Restaurant Management
DECEMBER 21, 2023
How to Better Ensure You Won’t Need Your Fire Extinguisher The best response is to prevent a fire before it starts by updating and cleaning your kitchen equipment, ensuring rags and smoking materials are disposed of properly, investing in Class K extinguishers and finally 86ing flaming shots. This article is not a template.
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7 Shifts
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
In this article: What strategies do you use to motivate and engage your restaurant employees? How do you ensure compliance with food safety and hygiene regulations? For example, the manager might share how they implemented cross-training among the staff, like teaching servers to handle some basic tasks in the kitchen.
Modern Restaurant Management
JUNE 30, 2021
Arkansas Enacts Food Freedom Act : On April 30, 2021, Arkansas enacted the Food Freedom Act that exempts certain producers of homemade foods or drinks products from any state food safety licensure, certification, or inspection. The law allows home cooks to prepare meals from their homes and sell to consumers without being a licensed kitchen.
Culinary Cues
MAY 8, 2023
It sounded like an appropriate title for an article about life in the kitchen. Kitchen work ages us even though to many it is a calling, something that we love (most of the time). When you work in a kitchen, you know what it means to be exhausted at the end of a shift – especially when it’s 12 hours or more in length.
Modern Restaurant Management
JUNE 24, 2022
However, spending the time to create a handbook will help create the desired culture, as well as save time and money (helping to avoid employee turnover as 36 percent of employees say they quit because they wish they had better training, legal action, safety concerns). Do not bypass safety guards. How to prevent cross-contamination.
Modern Restaurant Management
JUNE 23, 2021
However, with deep-fat frying comes risk as the oil can easily reach near 400 degrees Fahrenheit and is extremely flammable, causing kitchen fires, scalds and more. Ahead of the holiday, Society Insurance, which provides coverage to the hospitality industry, has put together a list of best safety practices for restaurants with deep fryers: 1.
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