Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 19, 2023

What about that moment when the training wheels came off and you were able to balance and ride your bike independently? How many inner musicians, writers, athletes, teachers, entrepreneurs, cooks, chefs, and restaurateurs never rise to the surface because they were never recognized, encouraged, trained, taught, or given the opportunity?

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Restaurant managers do it all. One minute you’re planning shifts, then checking inventory, then making drinks and bussing tables—and before you know it, your shift is almost over and you haven’t even started your core management tasks. That’s where our restaurant management checklist templates come in.

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Hot Schedules

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Mobility Equals Flexible Ops: Hotel Purchasing & Inventory from Anywhere. To get new workers — whether part- or full-time — up to full efficiency, department heads and team leaders need to devote proper time and resources to train. Join the Webinar. Related Posts. Here’s how to throw your best steward a life jacket.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 8, 2023

If a chef can manage a week or two here or there it will be at that rare time when business is off and even then, chefs are checking their email a few times a day to see what crisis is occurring while they try to relax. A 34-hour work week is unthinkable, a 60 – 80-hour workweek is more like it.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 10, 2022

With food costs running at approximately 30% or higher, learning importance of inventory management and how to prevent common mistakes is critical in successfully driving down costs and maximizing profits. First, let’s break down the two types of inventory costing, Actual and Theoretical. Theoretical Variance.

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Restaurant365

JULY 21, 2021

When it comes to restaurant inventory, there are a lot of moving pieces. Understanding how to master restaurant inventory management is an invaluable skill. Your inventory control tracks what is coming in and out of your restaurant and what is left over during a certain period of time.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 10, 2020

When you think of your restaurant finances, do you think of your inventory? Your restaurant inventory management is an oft-forgotten component of your finances, but the amount of product you have on hand represents a large part of your budget. What is Restaurant Inventory Management? Sitting Inventory.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 13, 2023

Each of those “departments” will require some level of unique kitchen management (sous chef) and specialists to support the uniqueness of function. Remember that being “the chef” will take you away from much of the day-to-day cooking, the adrenaline rush, and the team excitement that drew you to the kitchen in the first place.

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Sling

APRIL 27, 2023

Restaurant operations management is essential for the long-term health of your business. In this article, we examine the specific goals of restaurant operations management and discuss a number of ways to help you improve the program in your own business. Table of contents What is restaurant operations management?

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Restaurant365

AUGUST 4, 2020

You invest a large amount of your budget in inventory. When that inventory is wasted, stolen or spoiled before it’s sold, it must be written off as an expense in the books. Integrating inventory management with accounting facilitates better inventory control. What is restaurant inventory management?

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 9, 2021

Internally, the guest experience owes a great deal to the housekeeping staff, the dining room servers and managers, bartenders and sommelier, dishwashers, prep cooks, bakers and pastry chefs, line cooks, expeditor, sous chef, and chef who holds the lead position in the kitchen. Look at every dishwasher as your next cook in training.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 10, 2020

When you think of your restaurant finances, do you think of your inventory? Your restaurant inventory management is an oft-forgotten component of your finances, but the amount of product you have on hand represents a large part of your budget. What is Restaurant Inventory Management? Sitting Inventory.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The dishwashers who failed to show up, the fellow cooks who called out at the last minute, and the host who didn’t understand the importance of managing the door were part of a master plan that helped us to learn how to survive in adverse conditions. Yes, I am grateful for all of this.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 26, 2022

All of the tools are available for inventory control, purchasing systems, cash handling, costing templates, and quality assessment. Once established – do not sacrifice what you have invested the time in developing. [] FAILING TO INVEST IN TRAINING. Training ALWAYS pays back in dividends. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

I get it, I’ve been there, I know the adrenaline behind this and the sense of accomplishment when the rail is free of dupes – it is a race against time, an impossible goal that somehow, we manage to reach. You set the tone for others to emulate. [] TEACH AND TRAIN. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG.

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Restaurant365

AUGUST 21, 2020

Cultivating a library of tools for your new hires, such as company handbooks, checklists, and training manuals, can help you start off on the right foot. Teaching your policies, training your managers, and educating your employees about your code of conduct can help you respond quickly and transparently to any complaints that arise.

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Hot Schedules

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

To get new workers — whether part- or full-time — up to full efficiency, department heads and team leaders need to devote proper time and resources to train. If employees are improperly trained and expected to take on more responsibilities than normal, you can expect burnout and increased turnover. Blog Newsletter. Categories.

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360Training

APRIL 1, 2019

It’s tempting to apply this strategy to inventory management, but that’s a big mistake. Unless you want to risk spoilages, shortages, and misuse of resources, you need to apply an organized system to your inventory. Always do inventory in teams of two. when you have it. Stay organized. Everything in its place.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 1, 2024

We do know that there were countless days when we thought we wouldn’t pull it off, when being in the weeds was all too common, and at any moment everything was doomed to collapse – yet we managed to soldier through. It is also those times that built our character, our confidence, and our reputation as a chef who is well seasoned.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 10, 2022

By far one of the most expensive inventories in a kitchen is china, glassware, and flatware. Introduce them to every cook and server, and every manager and sous chef as an essential member of your team. [] Feed them well, give them breaks. [] Teach your cooks how to properly scrape and stack pots and pans in the dish area.

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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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Restaurant365

JANUARY 11, 2022

Restaurant manager logs are an invaluable tool for both in-store managers and above store operators. Store-level managers need to know what’s going on at their locations before they arrive for their shifts. A step up is a manual manager log that prompts managers for the information the next manager will need.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

If a chef fails to understand this, then he or she will eventually fail in that position. [] A Business Manager. To do this, the chef must understand and practice solid cost control measures such as inventory control, recipe costing, portion control, as well as theft and waste control. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The chef will likely be the most experienced culinarian with responsibility for the financial operation of the kitchen, menu planning, ordering and inventory control, training, and quality control. It is, however, the chef who is responsible to train those cooks how to prepare the dishes that the restaurant puts its signature on.

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Restaurant365

OCTOBER 30, 2020

As a restaurant owner or manager, sometimes you may need to jump in to help keep business running smoothly. However, the day-to-day tasks can distract from the bigger-picture work that is essential for your long-term business health: restaurant operations management. What is restaurant operations management?

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 23, 2023

Measuring how the “carrot rule”, is applied is the job of the coach, manager, or in our case chef. The leader/coach will study the competition, analyze the environment around the organization, inventory the individual and collective talent of his or her players/employees, and structure an approach geared towards grabbing the carrot.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 11, 2022

Restaurant manager logs are an invaluable tool for both in-store managers and above store operators. Store-level managers need to know what’s going on at their locations before they arrive for their shifts. A step up is a manual manager log that prompts managers for the information the next manager will need.

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Restaurant365

OCTOBER 15, 2021

However, store managers can optimize labor costs if they have access to the right data. With the help of actionable data and reporting, store managers can help control labor costs, without negatively impacting the customer experience or employee retention rates. Salaried Employees.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 28, 2020

Work at it, train for it, stand behind it, and make a difference. I don’t know what that means for your operation but take an inventory and look for the sensual interaction with guests. INVEST IN TRAINING. This is not the time to cut back on training. How do you make it come alive with hospitality? BE PRESENT.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 3, 2021

Fairness, equality, respectable pay, balanced lives, manageable menus, fair third-party fee structures, and operations that stand a better chance of earning a profit must be key to a formula for success moving forward. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com – BLOG. Harvest America Ventures, LLC.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Maybe inventory is not part of your job, but it will be if you want to become a chef someday. NETWORK: Make your list of accomplished cooks, chefs, managers, entrepreneurs whom you would like to emulate. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Volunteer to help. BE THE SOLUTION. Restaurant Consulting.

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Clover - Restaurants

MAY 7, 2024

Work closely with the management team to brainstorm new ideas, promotions, and special events. Lead and manage back-of-house kitchen staff, including sous chefs, line cooks, prep cooks, and dishwashers. Provide guidance, training, and support to foster a positive and productive work environment.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Every time a staff member leaves, you incur the additional cost of hiring and training a replacement. Upserve offers the market-leading cloud restaurant POS, actionable insights, transparent processing, automated inventory and ordering, workforce tools, and mobile restaurant management. Help to Decrease Staff Turnover.

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Hot Schedules

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Manage Increasing COVID-19 Cleaning Costs in Hospitality. How mobile applications can support change management and control costs. Leaders are adapting to the new safety expectations with a combination of technology, training, equipment, and materials purchases. Manage the materials cost. b3lineicon|b3icon-tag|?|Tag.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 17, 2020

There are short-term band aid solutions such as takeout, delivery, or even conversion into retail markets where wine inventories and local necessities take over space once occupied by diners, but they are not a replacement for a steady turn of tables. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 15, 2021

To attract and retain quality staff you must train well, treat them with respect, pay them a respectable wage, offer reasonable benefits, and provide them with the tools to be successful. When menus are well researched and managed then a restaurant stands a chance of success. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. CAFÉ Talks Podcast.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 3, 2022

This unfortunately means that many leaders are now struggling with restaurant manager retention due to burnout by working tirelessly to fill the staffing gaps caused by employee turnover. Whether you are the front of house, back of house, bar, or general manager you have most likely had bouts of job burnout. You are a restauranteur.

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