Culinary Cues

JULY 31, 2023

A few years back, I posted an article about the UNWRITTEN RULES of the kitchen. It was an attempt to outline those universal guidelines for success in a kitchen, those attributes, and expectations of anyone who ties on an apron. My hope is that these are worthy enough of a space on your kitchen bulletin board or the chef’s office door.

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ChefMod

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

How to Get Staff Back to Stay As things have gotten back to normal in some areas, restaurants are struggling with a new dilemma: historic labor shortages. Some restaurants are getting creative to get their staff back.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 29, 2022

restaurants wasting between 22 to 33 billion pounds of food each year, every improvement in operational efficiency is an essential contribution to preventing waste and reducing loss. Many restaurant managers have already moved to digital food safety programs that give them visibility into the state of their assets across multiple locations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2022

Consumers visit a fast food or quick serve restaurant (QSR) with a goal in mind: secure a tasty meal incredibly quickly. Once upon a time, a frontline employee at a fast food restaurant did not necessarily need technological skills to apply for the job. Who makes the magic happen? Cashiers, cooks, and other QSR crew members.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

Inventory management Managers need to ensure the kitchen is stocked with the right amount of food so that nothing is wasted and as few items need to be 86'ed as possible. Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. This wide-ranging responsibility is a lot, and it often leads to burnout.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Before we begin, we need to realize that the guacamole product served to customers is not solely factored on the price of the ingredients, but you’ll find the sneaky costs in labor, waste, food safety, and shipping. Food Safety. A potentially costly sneaky costs is food safety.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Food safety and restaurant cleanliness. Organizing and preparing dishes does not come easy—there is a lot of data and information tracking involved to make sure the correct dish is served to the right person. Similarly, restaurant visitors expect their food to be of a consistent quality every time they visit.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2021

With the COVID-19 pandemic surging across the country, it’s more important now than ever before to focus on employee safety. The major focus of these guidelines is keeping customers safe, but it’s equally important to consider the safety of employees. For restaurant owners, the answer lies in the technology. 86 Paper Chits.

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Society Insurance

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

When the door closes and the lights come back up in the dining area and bar, there are still tasks to complete before the night is truly done. Tasks for Back-of-House Staff: Cleaning and sanitizing food prep areas and work surfaces. Updating food labels. Polishing glassware and rolling silverware for the next day.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Customers with food allergies take a great risk to eat food prepared by someone other than themselves, as they may suffer potentially severe consequences from coming into contact with a triggering allergen. While this is by no means a comprehensive list, these are some common food allergens that you should read up on: Tree Nuts.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Engage them, trust them, encourage them, excite them and give them an opportunity to help far beyond preparing a plate of food or delivering it to the table. Engage them, trust them, encourage them, excite them and give them an opportunity to help far beyond preparing a plate of food or delivering it to the table.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 23, 2021

Early on in 2020, we were scrambling to figure out ways to get food to customers and how to give staff enough hours and keep them on the payroll. Many workers are not returning due to personal safety concerns, and many have left the industry altogether. The traditional front of the house to the back of the house divide has closed.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Reviewing health and safety protocol. What to include in your restaurant onboarding process. What documentation to give out and collect during onboarding. What is employee onboarding? Employee onboarding is the process of welcoming a new employee to your team. It usually involves an orientation, paperwork collection, and training.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In the race to become one of the more popular restaurants in your area it takes more than serving good food and pouring outstanding cocktails. Restaurant owners want their patrons to enjoy the food, cocktails, and service the space provides. Tie in the aesthetic of the restaurant with the food and drinks you are serving.

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The Restaurant Group

JANUARY 26, 2023

Commercial Kitchen Components A commercial kitchen design needs five components: Service area Cooking station Food preparation area Washing or cleaning station Storage area These sub-areas ensure smooth and successful kitchen operations. Know Your Menu Decide on a menu or the cuisine that your restaurant will serve.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

Rakuten Ready surveyed more than 100 customers to measure how behaviors around dining have, or are anticipated to change around the perceptions and impact of COVID-19 on restaurants, food delivery and order for pickup. "The desire for convenience has always been present, coupled with an equally strong desire for delicious food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 19, 2020

Over the past few weeks, we have met with clients, attended roundtables, observed trends and polls, and have kept our creativity flowing, to develop design solutions to help sustain our food and beverage industry partners through COVID-19 and beyond. They are confident people want to go back to dining out and not be reminded of COVID-19.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

You get home from a long day at work, don't feel like cooking and want to treat yourself to some great food. But with the rise of services like DoorDash, GrubHub and Caviar, good food — some of it from Michelin-starred chefs — is only a click away. Consumers look for a sparkling clean front of house.

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Open for Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

This blueprint functions as a map of the entire restaurant space, both back of house and front of house. Back of house. Front of house. This includes guests and employees, front of house and back of house. Back of house. Quick links. DIY or hire a pro?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 8, 2020

For your restaurant, communications are limited to the closed circuit of your business, from the front-of-house to the kitchen. When you think of artificial intelligence, you might think of examples from science fiction like Terminator or The Matrix. Communications. Let’s take a look at a few that can directly benefit you today.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Hospitality operators are rapidly turning to contactless ordering and payment solutions to help navigate the long road back to normal from COVID-19’s impacts. According to a recent study by Mastercard , “79 percent of respondents worldwide say they are now using contactless payments, citing safety and cleanliness as key drivers.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 6, 2020

If running a restaurant wasn’t already expensive, running one under new distancing regulations means less capacity and investment in safety infrastructure that will take a toll on costs. For instance, a spot that usually serves tourists may need to adapt to a more local crowd. Optimize Inventory.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 21, 2020

Both now and for the future, technology can answer many of the question’s managers have surrounding maintaining the health of employees, ensuring the safety of their guests and protecting their bottom line. However, it’s equally important to also take a long-term strategic approach to the Coronavirus. Plan Wisely.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

We look forward to another year of serving up fresh dishes and brighter mornings to every customer with care, openness and intention. We will also continue to leverage our revamped ‘Restaurant of the Future’ model along with our advanced technology strategy and are eager for this next phase of growth for the company.

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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.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2020

There are several considerations that owners and managers must take when establishing new cleaning procedures, including: Frequency – Enhanced cleaning and disinfection, in both front-of-house (FOH) and back-of-house (BOH) areas, will reduce the spread of potentially harmful germs throughout the restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Off premise has become a sizable segment of our business, and I don't see it ever going back to pre-COVID numbers. Off premise has become a sizable segment of our business, and I don't see it ever going back to pre-COVID numbers. The younger generations don’t just want great food, they expect memorable experiences.

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Goliath Consulting

JUNE 30, 2020

But even after the pandemic, sanitation and safety concerns are expected to remain, and the restaurant business model may have to evolve in a way that utilizes more tech-driven service systems. More restaurants may pivot to self-delivery instead of third party delivery to mitigate fees and have more control over the safety of their food (5).

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360Training

DECEMBER 11, 2019

We’ll start our list with the employees at the front of the house. Obviously, servers are tasked with waiting on specific tables, providing them food and drinks as requested. Additionally, they must provide exceptional service no matter the day or table they’re serving.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Our restaurant of the future is designed to benefit guests, employees and franchisees, with a new external design and a reimagined kitchen that will make it easier for us to serve hot, delicious food quickly for frictionless guest experiences, and we expect to see a lot more of that next year. Clinton Anderson, CEO, Fourth Enterprises.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 13, 2020

While states have opened back up and businesses are navigating their "new normal," they’re now facing an uptick in COVID-19 cases. People have been both eager and hesitant to venture back out into the world as stay-at-home orders have lifted. Consumers Expect Their Health and Safety to be Your First Priority.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 16, 2021

According to Black Box Intelligence and Snagajob , full-service restaurants are feeling the pinch and report approximately six fewer employees in the back of house and three fewer in the front of house. Rely on Technology to Increase Operational Efficiency. Enhance CX with Accelerated Contactless Adoption.

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Focus POS

AUGUST 7, 2020

These locations offer more safety, but they come with a major price tag. A ghost kitchen doesn’t serve customers in-person. You aren’t serving customers on-premises, so there is no need for any of the basics, like tables and chairs. Now, they opt for safer alternatives, like online ordering and delivery. Reduced Rent .

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Cheetah

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Before the COVID-19 outbreak , the food industry was one of the fastest growing in the US, with many food preparation and serving jobs available to both US citizens and immigrants. Excluding the back-of-house workers is one of the problems with tipping. Tipping at restaurants has always been a contreversial issue.

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EATER

JULY 24, 2020

Public health officials urge everyone to consider not only their own safety, but also the risks they impose on others by going about their daily lives. Whether dining inside or outside, diners should consider the risk they pose to restaurant staff During the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s been a lot of talk about risk.

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