Remove restaurant-ownership
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THE TWO TYPES OF RESTAURANT OWNERSHIP

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I have never physically owned a restaurant, but I have always approached the position of chef as if I did. Emotional ownership, the type that has always driven me and many other chefs is no less demanding but comes short of those physical decisions. They are all in at a different level entirely.

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COOKS AND CHEFS – SIGN YOUR WORK

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Think about it for a moment – would you be willing to put yourself out there and take ownership for work that is less than stellar, less than the best you can do? Maybe restaurants can start by posting who is responsible on prep sheets, organizational charts, in newsletters, or even on menus. I did this, this is my work”!

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CREATE A CULTURE OF LEARNING

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How many people in your kitchen alone could be the next great chef, the owner of a chain of restaurants concepts, the developer of a great new food product line, or the winner of a James Beard Award as a Rising Star? Could learning be a key to restaurant success? Give everyone a chance to feel as if it were their restaurant.

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SUPPORT SMALL RESTAURANTS EVERYDAY

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After paying that small bit of tribute it is back to business as usual – spending money with the familiarity of chains, well known and heavily advertised brands, and buy on-line (yes even on-line business with restaurants through apps like GrubHub). Small restaurants are the real incubators for ownership.

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COOKS – CLAIM YOUR OWN PATH TO SUCCESS

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These facts relate to an outcome: ANY YOUNG COOK CAN ASPIRE TO BECOME A CHEF, REALIZE THEIR CREATIVE GOALS, AND REACH A LEVEL OF FINANCIAL SECURITY IF THEY CHOOSE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP FOR THEIR SUCCESS. Yes, I do mean ANYONE!

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THE MISUNDERSTOOD CHEF

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Most restaurant owners, managers, family members of cooks, friends of cooks and chefs, those in other professions, service staff, and restaurant patrons, don’t get it. Build in those “business decision” standards that must be present, allow the chef to interpret them, but keep them as essential to the operation of the restaurant.

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AN EVEN BIGGER THREAT TO RESTAURANT SURVIVAL

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Sorry, there isn’t a lot of good news for restaurants and chefs in recent years-except up to this point customer demand for the experience is rising. Most of the articles we read point to the pandemic as the culprit as well as the centralization of processing ownership. For restaurants and for chefs, these challenges are real.