Ken Burgin

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Questions in the Minds of Chefs or Cooks Applying for a Job What is the restaurant’s culinary or food philosophy? Applicants may wonder about the restaurant’s culinary direction, commitment to sustainability, sourcing ingredients, and how innovation is balanced with tradition in the kitchen.

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Lavu

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics July 2023 Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary , the number of job openings in the food services and drinking places industry was 1.9 This means that there were 600,000 more job openings than hires in the food services and drinking places industry in July 2023.

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Society Insurance

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Not only are streateries attractive to customers who want to dine outdoors, they also offer bars and restaurants new opportunities. Streateries offer bars and restaurants a number of benefits, but one of the most notable is that it increases your business’ footprint without major construction costs or opening new locations.

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EATER

MAY 3, 2021

Matt Glassman, the owner of the Greyhound Bar & Grill in Los Angeles, said unemployment has made it harder to rehire staff, but added that it’s more complicated than people not wanting to work. We do a ton of business out of a 400-square-foot kitchen,” Glassman said. I always figured I’d be an industry lifer,” he said. “I

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EATER

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Anthony Bourdain recalled in Kitchen Confidential being berated for asking for burn cream, and then watching a fellow cook whose hands “looked like the claw of some monstrous science-fiction crustacean, knobby and calloused under wounds old and new,” move a sizzling pan out of a broiler with his bare hand. It’s not just about pay.

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360Training

JULY 16, 2020

Pop culture likes to tell us that working in food service is a dead-end job. In a job market where most companies don’t even consider current employees forpromotion , the food service industry is one of the few places in America where you can start at the bottom and end up at the top. What Does a Food Service Manager Do?

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EATER

MAY 19, 2021

And in recent weeks, it seems many restaurants have set their sights on shorter-term solutions to the staffing problem, attempting to lure workers back with one-time incentives, including signing or retention bonuses and in the shortest of short-term, free food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 7, 2020

This edition of MRM News Bites features the Independent Restaurant Coalition, Tripadvisor, Inspire Brands Foundation, WorkJam, EZ-Chow, US Foods, Potbelly Pantry, Just Salad, Zalat Pizza, Kentucky Fried Chicken, California Pizza Kitchen, Nando’s and Street Factory Media. Ensuring business interruption insurance covers COVID-19.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 12, 2020

The safety of Dunkin’ franchisees, their restaurant employees, and guests remains a top priority. Taffer's Tavern, the new full service tavern concept created by Jon Taffer, signed a multi-unit franchise deal with Cuisine Solutions, a manufacturer of sous vide foods, to bring the ‘Kitchen of the Future’ to the D.C.

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EATER

MAY 26, 2020

Literally, I have woken up and burst into tears because a few sweet moments earlier I was in public with no mask on, shaking the hand of a familiar waiter, hugging friends as we meet at a new place one of us wanted to try, or just waiting for my partner at the bar with a book. So the rest of us can eat food in a dining room again?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2020

Bacardi Limited launched #RaiseYourSpirits , an initiative to support bars and restaurants debilitated by the COVID-19 shutdown by pledging $3 Million USD in financial aid and other support to help the people on the frontlines of our industry during this unimaginable time. These restaurants and businesses need a specialized insurance policy.

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Restaurant Clicks

JANUARY 9, 2020

If you have a passion for food, food service, or bringing people together over a meal, the restaurant business might just be for you. . Pick a Food Concept or Type of Restaurant. Apply for Permits, Licensing, and Insurance. Purchase Equipment and Find a Food Supplier. Pick a Food Concept or Type of Restaurant.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The restaurant is named Sisko’s Creole Kitchen and exists in New Orleans in the 24th century, on an Earth that has abolished prejudice, money, and hunger. In the kitchen, there is a hierarchy. Is it going to lead to the drama of the Park Slope Food Coop deciding whether or not to carry Israeli products ?

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The Restaurant Times

APRIL 7, 2022

With its rich history and culture, the food on the Omani dinner table tells a tale of Arab royalty. Buying insurance. A safety and security license by Civil Defense. Kitchen Essentials: It includes freezers, stoves, ovens, sinks, and other kitchen equipment, along with counters and cutting surfaces. .

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EATER

JULY 28, 2020

We know restaurants and bars (and coffeeshops and food courts and concession stands.) The guidelines that do exist tilt in favor of diner safety over worker safety. What’s unsafe? Where can I go? What’s allowed and what’s not? Unfortunately, nothing is so simple — especially when it comes to dining.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

MARCH 19, 2020

March 18, 2020 Subway Reduces Franchisee Royalties by Half Expecting at least two months of steep sales declines, Subway — the largest fast food chain measured by number of units — reduces royalties and ad funding by 50% for its franchisees, in addition to offering to support operators with rent abatement, reduction, and deferral.

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EATER

MAY 11, 2021

But running what he deems the country’s largest mom-and-pop — the 30,000-square-foot Chinese food emporium China Live in San Francisco — came with some fairly unique challenges. He launched 10 ghost kitchen operations to extend his delivery zone to new cities and regions, expanded his takeout menu, and has a large product line.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

A chef cooks in the kitchen of a closed restaurant offering take away food and drinks as the French economy braces itself for the effects of a second national lockdown | Kiran Ridley / Getty Images. Food apps have been the source of more than just a moral dilemma in France. It’s been a war of nerves.

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EATER

JULY 22, 2021

Even before the pandemic, restaurants were in a precarious position, squeezed between ever-increasing rents, food costs, and payrolls. That day, Boden was focused on finishing a salad of Salanova lettuces and fried Virginia peanuts when his wife, Leslie, walked into the kitchen. Tom McGovern. It keeps me going.”.

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