Culinary Cues

JANUARY 8, 2023

It’s the fire in the belly waiting to take charge, the anxiety being held in check, cold sweat running down your back even though it’s 120 degrees where you stand, and the nervous chatter of tongs clicking to the beat of a cook’s rhythm. The dining room opens in 15 minutes and the adrenaline is starting to churn. Everything looks good.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 28, 2021

From the moment you walk through that back entrance you are captivated by the dynamics of the environment, the structure of the operation, and the sensation of being enveloped by its alluring magic. Cooks are busy at work with their own preparations as breakfast orders from the dining room arrive at a harrowing pace.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 10, 2024

Twenty minutes east of the White House, in D.C.’s Some restaurants only add the auto-gratuity for large dining parties of 6 or more. s Union Market District, sits the modern Mexican restaurant Destino. It’s awkward because people are often unsure of the ‘right’ amount to tip, so tip amounts vary from person to person.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 10, 2024

Twenty minutes east of the White House, in D.C.’s Some restaurants only add the auto-gratuity for large dining parties of 6 or more. s Union Market District, sits the modern Mexican restaurant Destino. It’s awkward because people are often unsure of the ‘right’ amount to tip, so tip amounts vary from person to person.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Unfortunately, dining out and finding the right place to work is oftentimes a wishful roll of the dice. Unfortunately, dining out and finding the right place to work is oftentimes a wishful roll of the dice. Ironically, there is always room to be great and there is plenty of room to be mediocre. I wonder why this is the case.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 23, 2021

In the restaurant business there are really only two ways to view profit: a very small amount of profit balanced by very significant volume, or a significant amount of profit on far less volume. How you approach the design of your restaurant in this regard will determine nearly everything else. So what is contribution margin? SP = $43.33.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

QSRs Shift Focus from Slow-Paced Dining to Swift, Transactional Experiences Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) are reimagining their dining spaces to prioritize speed, convenience, and personalization over traditional, slow-paced dining experiences. An issue that may arise from this in 2024 is data privacy.

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Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

On the guest count front, there continues to be good and bad news. Leading the industry in average check growth during October were casual dining and quick service, while the segments with the smallest increase in check were fine dining and upscale casual. In fact, October’s same-store sales growth of +5.2%

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Sling

MAY 13, 2023

Whether you’re looking to hire employees for a fine dining establishment, a food truck, or a fast food business, you’ll need any number of restaurant positions to make up the foundation of your team. A fine dining establishment may need all 24 positions on this list, while a food truck may only need three or four.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Switching from a fast-casual concept to fine dining can allow for a nice change of pace. If you're managing multiple locations of the same concept, you'll benefit from having a universal approach to hiring, training, suppliers, technology, and the overall guest experience. Table of Contents. New Concept or Replicate?

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Cheetah

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Ghost kitchens, a delivery-only restaurant model with no physical space for dine-in, have become essential lifelines during the pandemic. While different operational strategies and business models are put to the test, one thing is clear – ghost kitchens are not a trend, they are the new reality as delivery and dine-at-home surge.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 26, 2020

OK – so that doesn’t help much unless we have a plan, a plan that everyone buys into, and a plan that shows hope on both fronts. So the question is – where is the leadership in building such a plan? Where is the real leadership from professional organizations and from the communities where those restaurants reside?

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Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

On the guest count front, there continues to be good and bad news. Leading the industry in average check growth during October were casual dining and quick service, while the segments with the smallest increase in check were fine dining and upscale casual. In fact, October’s same-store sales growth of +5.2%

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The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 24, 2022

Quick-serve, fine-casual, and fast-food restaurants have taken to restaurant ordering apps faster than full-service restaurants. Your employees must be trained to educate consumers on the use of table ordering apps which can save time and the hassle of going through the process of credit cards, etc. POS Integration .

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EATER

JUNE 28, 2023

Deep dish gets the fine dining treatment | Chuck Hodes/FX A 15-year restaurant veteran, The Bear ’s culinary producer is responsible for the show’s food as well as the cast’s cooking skills Courtney “Coco” Storer has worked in some of the world’s most vaunted kitchens, including Verjus in Paris, both as a chef and in the front of house.

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Sling

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Dining, at its heart, is all about the food. Offer a distinctive dining experience as well as delicious food. Use them as inspiration for your own dining establishment. And if you’re worried about an eruption while dining, rest easy. These tremors are man-made, but they make for an unforgettable dining experience.

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Open for Business

MAY 4, 2023

Keeping your online presence up to date, cutting wait times, and highlighting your value all make for a dining experience that feels good to guests and keeps them coming back—no matter what’s happening in the economy. Leveling up the dining experience and taking feedback seriously can turn guests into evangelists for your brand.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Fine-dining restaurants and their guests have long relied on the predictability that reservations bring. With the best reservation software, restaurants can control the pacing from behind the scenes to ensure the front of the house and kitchen teams never get slammed by too many guests being seated all at once.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 19, 2022

However, that number can vary significantly, with QSR on the low end and fine dining restaurants on the higher end. (Do Your total restaurant labor cost includes all expenses related to labor, from salaries and hourly wages to payroll taxes, bonuses, overtime, worker’s compensation, and benefits such as health insurance.

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SpotOn

MARCH 6, 2024

I was a server, busser, and food runner, an all-around fixture in the front-of-house. Domenico Germano and his son, David, gave me my first fine dining job at 19 under the incorrect assumption I was 21. I learned the importance of staff training and how it’s tied to revenue.

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Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Daily operations might seem fine but don’t settle for “fine” when “excellent” is right at your fingertips. 43% of operators choose POS systems like tablets for functionality There are so many ways that tablets enhance restaurant workflows : Place orders instantly: No more rushing back and forth from kitchen to dining room.

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Goliath Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2019

Britt Cloud, Goliath’s Consulting Chef, directs back of house operations and works with the current chef/kitchen manager to restructure inventory, food costing, menu, labor, and health policies. Front of House operations is a steady balance of guest needs, employee personalities, efficient strategies, and health and safety enforcement.

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Open for Business

MARCH 1, 2023

Chef, server, and bartender barely scratch the surface of all the work that happens in front and back of house. The cost of living in a specific area factors into the going rate for a job, and salaries at fast casual restaurants differ dramatically from those in fine dining. They clean and refill squeeze bottles.

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Restaurant365

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Your labor cost is one of the highest expenses for your restaurant, typically taking up to 25-35% of revenue. Many factors can increase restaurant labor costs: inefficient schedules, overtime hours, or even rising wages. Store-level restaurant managers should be aware of labor cost challenges, as well as the tools that can add efficiencies.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Rotations might result from employee availability, evenly distributing less- or more-desirable shifts among the team, or opportunities to cross-train staff. Picture a normal day in your dining room when four large parties come in and need to be served. Table of Contents. What is On-Call Scheduling? Types of On-Call Scheduling Formats.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 15, 2022

Are you a restaurant owner looking for question to ask potential candidates? Check out this blog and video on the top 9 interview questions to ask as an owner. There are a lot of jobs available in the restaurant industry. But there's one thing between you and the role you want: the interview. Plus what kind of questions to ask the interviewer.

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Touch Bistro

AUGUST 11, 2021

If you’ve ever scheduled too many front of house staff for a shift at your restaurant, you might think that you’re reducing labor costs by simply sending staff home early. You could end up facing the steep expense of losing – and subsequently hiring and training – new employees. Restaurant Labor Cost Percentage.

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Open for Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Whether it’s chic and modern or rustic and cozy, fine dining or casual, the atmosphere needs to enhance the dining experience and make it memorable for all the right reasons. Market research Before you even think about the menu or location, you need to understand the guests who will walk through your doors.

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7 Shifts

JULY 12, 2023

You're classically trained. She now co-owns Poppy + Rose, Poppy & Seed , and Root of all Food , an LA-based catering company. She joined us on The Pre-Shift Podcast to discuss her philosophy on managing a team, including how she coaches managers. But first, Reed recounts how she followed her husband into restaurants. "I I seen the books.

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Restaurant365

MAY 15, 2020

As you start to reopen your dining room, you undoubtedly have a lot of questions. How much dine-in sales should I expect? You might even be considering optimizing and even promoting your takeout and delivery revenue centers after you open your dining room to continue the revenue flow from those off-premise channels.

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360Training

JULY 16, 2020

There’s fine dining and casual dining. But if you’re ambitious, know that 9 out of 10 restaurant managers started their career in entry-level positions. . And the same is true for 8 out of 10 restaurant owners. Food service managers handle the day-to-day operations of a food service facility. No contest.

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EATER

APRIL 27, 2021

Jayamaran, who is the president of One Fair Wage , a group fighting to abolish the tipped minimum wage, says front of house employees, who often rely on tips but have to enforce at times controversial mask mandates, are especially fed up. One factor is simply the onslaught of new positions.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 3, 2020

A quick service restaurant versus a full-service fine dining restaurant have different labor cost standards and require different approaches. Perhaps a manager can replace a front-of-house position during the slowest periods of the day, or a bartender can be replaced by two servers. What is Labor Cost Percentage?

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EATER

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Especially since the founding of local culinary festival Canmore Uncorked in 2014, chefs have shined a spotlight on regional dining, tempting travelers to pop over from nearby Calgary or Edmonton, or cross the reopened border from the U.S. Over the course of 1,000 miles from the U.S.-Canada

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Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Sushi Bar FortyFive Degrees Blue Sushi Sake Grill Sushi Club Watami Sushi All-You-Can-Eat Sakura Mikado Asaka Japanese Restaurant Mori Sushi Sushi Boss Ichiban Sushi Bar & Sammy’s Asian Cuisine Kasai Sushi Bar & Kitchen Wasabi on 82nd Sushi House Tegry Bistro Ocean World Sushi Watami. They serve up the freshest ingredients.

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Marketing4Restaurants

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Another factor would be the pricing of your food and the ambience of your front of house. Another factor would be the pricing of your food and the ambience of your front of house. Most successful restaurants do have special experiences going on like Easey’s in Melbourne where you dine inside train cars.

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Restaurant Clicks

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Indonesian food was new to me, and Hardena served such a wonderful meal; I highly recommend dining with the family. Philadelphia, the heart and home of America’s beginnings. Among the beauty of Philly, you’ll find the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and many other sites of the American Revolution. Order Online.

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