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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

7 Shifts

Metrics and sheets you'll need to track include cost of goods sold, labor costs, new operating income, profit, and (see below) inventory costs. 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.

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A GRATEFUL CHEF

Culinary Cues

Those months when food cost percentages were out of whack, and labor cost efficiency was 10 percent higher than budget helped me to know where to look for problems in the future. Whenever someone tells me that they don’t take regular inventories in their kitchen I cringe and know they have little idea about how a restaurant makes money.

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MR. MIYAGI WAS CORRECT

Culinary Cues

It is one of the most essential positions in the kitchen, operated by a person who is responsible for the single most expensive piece of equipment and one of the costliest inventories (China, flatware, glassware). The dishwasher position teaches you to be humble and service oriented.

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A CHEF’S HARD DAY’S NIGHT

Culinary Cues

The chef is a financial manager of a business and, as such, must be adept at budget projections, management of inventories (highly perishable ones), and control of production waste. Finally, the chef signs every plate of food that leaves the kitchen.

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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

7 Shifts

Metrics and sheets you'll need to track include cost of goods sold, labor costs, new operating income, profit, and (see below) inventory costs. 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.

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Restaurant365

Successful restaurant owners and operators don’t just provide great food. For food service and hospitality in particular, an essential part of the guest experience is the interaction with employees. There are many potential safety issues in restaurants, from kitchen injuries to sanitation problems. ServSafe Certifications.

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THE KING IS IN THE HOUSE

Culinary Cues

There would be two Secret Service Agents who would purchase all the ingredients separate from our normal storeroom inventory and would be stationed in the kitchen watching my every move. They could not take any chances when it came to the safety of the second person in line of succession to the presidency.