Culinary Cues

MAY 12, 2022

It takes so much effort, time, and money to pull customers in for that first visit – we want to make them feel good about their investment and book another reservation soon. From my perspective the answer lies in menu planning, training, and labor efficiency. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. So – what is the answer?

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Pricing Consumer Goods Training Small Business 444

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 7, 2021

This is defined in articles from local newspapers to the New York Times, from industry magazines and websites to social media, and from industry blogs to podcasts by the dozens – everyone states the problem, points a finger, and portrays the issue as someone else’s doing. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG.

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Social Media Cash Management Blog Equipment 474

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 31, 2024

When properly developed and integrated into your operation, the mission statement will impact who you hire, how you train, the products you develop and sell, the way you lead and manage, how employees interact, the way that guests are approached, and how the world perceives you (the business) to be. Choose wisely.

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Customer Service Social Media Customer Experience Reference 414

7 Shifts

JUNE 3, 2022

Learn more about how Kelly McCutcheon and her team established Hopdoddy's core values in our blog post guide, and listen to Kelly on the podcast here. Showcase your core values in your employee handbook, in new-hire training, on your company careers page. The Solution: Create a training program. Use Manager Log Books.

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Tip Distribution Email Marketing Communication Coaching 397

Culinary Cues

MAY 27, 2023

Stop walking around with your phone glued to your ear. [] TRY THE GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED BOOK CLUB: This may sound naïve, but one of the travesties of the social media generation is that so many people no longer sit down and read a book. Feed it to your staff members and talk about the book while you are engaging in daily tasks.

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Technology Front of House Social Media Back of House 418

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Book in advance, or wait half an hour for a table. Train your staff to build other taking points. For example, you can create a blog to share the inspirations and stories behind your dishes. If you pull a joker, the meal is on the house. Net result? ” Original : “It’s your first time here?

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Marketing SEO Front of House Website Management 567

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Check out our blog post breaking these red flags down with what to avoid in a job description. In his work, he realized that many employees get thrust into management positions without any training. So he created a universal training manual, his book— The Surprise Restaurant Manager. Why texting?

Social Media 448

Social Media Hiring Website Management Hospitality 448

7 Shifts

AUGUST 10, 2020

In this blog, we’ll walk you through best practices for organizing your back office, reducing unnecessary clutter, and preserving your office as a place of efficiency. Document purpose, such as training materials, finance & accounting, scheduling, legal & compliance, mail and bills, etc.

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Document Restaurant Law Book Point of Sale 351

Culinary Cues

MARCH 21, 2022

Attention to detail cannot be turned on and off, so how a cook organizes his or workstation in the restaurant is how he or she will organize their home kitchen, their clothes, books, records, and food supplies. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. It becomes natural – how he or she lives.

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Front of House Back of House Point of Sale Food Order 444

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 14, 2020

Support your local bookstore where the owner and staff are excited to turn you on to a new book. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Support the neighborhood restaurant with owners and employees who work side by side with a smile on their face. Bigger isn’t always better. Harvest America Ventures, LLC.

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Small Business Leadership Customer Service Communication 448

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

This may seem like a strange topic for a blog focused on the restaurant industry and the world of food but hear me out. You can see it moving in and taking up lodging in our social media streams, in books that are published, articles in the news, music that is written, and a change in what we find on our televisions. Food for thought.

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Social Media Food Safety Small Business Retail 442

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

So, when you view a drawing, painting, or sculpture; listen to a piece of music; watch a movie or view a play; or read a book – you are encouraged to feel what the artist feels. TRAINING: You can never train too much. If they are trained to be competent then confidence will be the result.

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Employee Relations Training Take-out Fine Dining 449

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 18, 2021

If you understand the implications of: “You can’t always judge a book by looking at the cover”, then you should understand that the sizzle may sell the steak, but the sizzle doesn’t always tell the full story. You might start by reading the 650 articles in this blog. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG.

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Customer Experience Blog Café Education 450

Culinary Cues

JUNE 13, 2023

The plight of the worker has been immortalized in books, articles, blogs, social media posts, union contracts, songs, and movies for as long as those methods of communication have existed. Of course, I could go on and on. There is, and always has been, a love/hate relationship between worker and employer.

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Article Social Media Blog Café 408

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

So choose where you want to sit and lets jump on the speculation train. [] NOURISH AND PROVIDE SUSTENANCE: Without a doubt – one of the primary purposes of a restaurant and one that supports the defined needs of a guest is to fill their stomachs. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. CAFÉ Talks Podcast.

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2022 Food Truck Front of House Merchandise 480

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 3, 2022

My focus will soon be on whether staff members show up as scheduled, will deliveries be on time and what will they short me today, how many reservations on the book, and moving through the day – one plate at a time. A group has booked the entire hotel for three days including all meals, coffee hours, and a reception with live entertainment.

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Back of House Hotels Front of House Book 437

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 28, 2022

Yes, we can teach or train someone to perform the steps in cooking and through practice we can do this quite well – just like it is possible to teach or train someone to play the piano or guitar, violin, or cello. It is the same as training someone to play the game of baseball, basketball, football, hockey, or golf. Sean Brock.

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Book Café Travel Training 444

Culinary Cues

APRIL 29, 2022

Trade magazines, business books, management and leadership, self-help books, novels, travel journals, cookbooks, etc. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Trade magazines, business books, management and leadership, self-help books, novels, travel journals, cookbooks, etc.

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Influencer Small Business Book Take-out 449

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 18, 2023

This is what greatness is made of – not a chapter in a book – a moment in time. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Without these moments an average line cook will never become a great line cook and a great line cook will never become a successful chef. This is your education, your real education.

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Back of House Front of House Education Café 468

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Convince your restaurant to organize a softball or pick-up basketball team, or even install a few pieces of weight training equipment in the basement of your business. Yes – a well-trained and educated employee has the ability to move elsewhere, but that is what makes you and your restaurant attractive to a steady stream of new cooks.

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Education Consumer Goods Training Back of House 394

Culinary Cues

JUNE 3, 2024

Whether you like it or not – people judge a book by the cover. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 800 articles about the business and people of food) CAFÉ Talks Podcast [link] More than 80 interviews with the most influential people in food

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Uniforms Coaching Point of Sale Small Business 436

Culinary Cues

JUNE 29, 2024

The service staff members have been well-trained and are enthusiastic about the restaurant concept. This can be crazy, over-the-top efforts as describe in Guidara’s book, Unreasonable Hospitality (I encourage everyone to read it) or it might be simple, unexpected efforts that set you apart and create lasting memories.

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Dine-in Customer Experience Back of House Customer Service 345

Culinary Cues

JUNE 4, 2023

I’ve been reading an interesting book of advice from dozens of prominent chefs: “Chef Wise” from Phaidon Books. Fiction, non-fiction, newspapers, cookbooks, respectable blogs, menus, etc. This is a compendium of quips that are based on experience; snippets of advice that we can all benefit from.

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Brewery Equipment Blog Book 418

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 11, 2020

After writing my third book The Recipe – a story of loss, love, and the ingredients of success , my book partner John David Mann recommended that we connect as a guest on a total of 60 podcasts to promote the book. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com – BLOG. www.mycompanyradio.com.

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Communication Leadership Employee Relations Entertainment 409

Culinary Cues

JULY 27, 2022

Those flavors are restaurants we have visited, chefs who inspire us, family traditions that are part of our background, trips that we have made, books we have read, markets we have visited, kitchens where we have worked, and fellow cooks with whom we have shared a stove. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG.

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Influencer Fine Dining Travel Book 442

Culinary Cues

JUNE 7, 2021

Washing and stacking dishes – be a star, dicing vegetables – make them “show quality”; organizing a cooler – do so like a librarian approaches stacks of books; caramelizing a mirepoix for a stock – make sure that every vegetable is properly browned and ready to release its flavor. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. Café Talks PODCAST.

Social Media 450

Social Media Communication Café Take-out 450

Culinary Cues

MARCH 21, 2020

Set the table, serve your dinner in courses, allow enough time to truly enjoy each meal, talk about food and family traditions that surround it – this is the time to truly embrace all the healing power of a meal. [] READ A BOOK. PLAN BETTER – PERSONALLY TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG.

Back of House 449

Back of House Book Communication Entertainment 449

Social Hospitality: Restaurants

MAY 18, 2020

From 2009 to 2017, gross bookings in U.S. Making special offers is one of the classic hospitality training tips that works for any type of business. But don’t forget the training needed for each new tool you introduce. They have beautiful websites , blogs , and a well-planned social media presence.

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Hospitality Marketing Social Media Hotels 309

Culinary Cues

APRIL 22, 2020

Be prepared as you walk through the kitchen – you will find towels hidden behind ceiling tiles, in drawers where they don’t belong, behind a stack of books, and maybe even in the freezer. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Again, chefs can’t help themselves. Harvest America Ventures, LLC.

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Back of House Take-out Point of Sale Food Order 456

Culinary Cues

MAY 20, 2024

How is your kitchen organized, how much time are you willing to invest in training, how do you (the chef and owner) present yourself as a leader and mentor, how serious are you about the right way to cook, how open are you to sharing, and how effective are you at building a team of professionals who look and act the part?

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Hotels Front of House Fine Dining Back of House 342

EATER

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Baking is full of mistakes, but it’s a rare baking book that tells you why, and in doing so encourages you to try, try again. Nahid Joon is alive in every page of this book. There is not much new or innovative in this book, but there is a whole lot of delicious nostalgia.

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2024 Book Influencer Take-out 352

Culinary Cues

APRIL 18, 2020

He wrote one of the first books on the art of cooking that depicted kitchen life during these times and serves as one of the early foundations of the development of French cuisine. [] BARTOLOMEO SCAPPI. He is credited with training some of Europe’s most noteworthy chefs including Paul Bocuse. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER.

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Hotels Innovation 2002 Book 437

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 14, 2024

I can’t remember the last time I opened this book and used it as a reference, but it is the title that drives me to keep it prominently displayed. Why is this so? The title represents my feeling about the craft that I have spent more than five decades engaged in. Take the time to share your positive stories with the team in your kitchen.

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Uniforms Book Article Café 404

Culinary Cues

MAY 16, 2022

The reservation book was full for tonight – more than 200 recorded and no room for walk-ins. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. As a result, his prep sheet was built the night before so within a few minutes he was charged up and cranking just like everyone else. Here we go!

Café 441

Café Front of House Point of Sale Back of House 441

7 Shifts

JULY 10, 2020

Pssst, if this is your first opening, check out our blog on How to Start a Restaurant! ] When it comes to preparing your staff for your reopening, ensure you’ve updated their training for the latest health and safety procedures and precautions your restaurant will be observing. You can book online or give us a call.

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Events Social Media Kitchen Safety Seating 351

EATER

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

What TikTok has upended, like the food blogs that came before it, is the belief that a cook needs credentials in order to create a following through food. When I arrive at her Brooklyn home, she’s pulling a tray of blueberry-pistachio cookies out of the oven; it’s their final test and all that’s left is to shoot the photos for her blog.

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Food Social Media Point of Sale Book 279

7 Shifts

MAY 11, 2020

.” — Erica Gillespie, Ani Ramen Spend some time figuring out how long you’ll need to properly (and successfully) reopen—with considerations for new employee health & safety training, inventory delivery, PPE equipment orders, menu planning, etc. Book a demo to learn more. Sanitization and cleaning ??

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BOH Food Safety FOH Equipment 368