Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Remember how risky it was to take those training wheels off your bike at the age of seven or eight? If you never took a chance, then you’d still be depending on those training wheels and look silly when tooling down the sidewalk. [] ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY YOUR DUES Patience is a virtue that too many people lack.

Coaching 415

Coaching Employee Relations Take-out Training 415

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 26, 2025

PLAN BETTER TRAIN HARDER Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) CAF Talks Podcast [link] More than 90 interviews with the most influential people in food this is the American Dream.

Food 446

Food Hotels Fine Dining Agriculture 446

Culinary Cues

APRIL 7, 2025

PLAN BETTER TRAIN HARDER Work Hard and be Kind Dick Cattani Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) CAF Talks Podcast [link] More than 90 interviews with the most influential people in food

Kitchen Safety 302

Kitchen Safety Food Supply 2030 Healthcare 302

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) CAFÉ Talks Podcast [link] More than 90 interviews with the most influential people in food

Front of House 433

Front of House Back of House Sourcing Travel 433

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Commissaries for some restaurant chains have reduced the need for kitchens and trained cooks in individual units and the drive-thru has influenced Detroit to view your car as a dining space with added cup holders and space for holding food. Where theres a will there is a way.

Fine Dining 242

Fine Dining Food Supply Customer Service Recruiting 242

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) CAFÉ Talks Podcast [link] More than 90 interviews with the most influential people in food These are my memories of cooking for the soul.

Food 414

Food Front of House Back of House Point of Sale 414

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Use relevant keywords from your SEO analysis in your menu descriptions, blog posts, and website content to attract more customers. Train your restaurant staff to remind customers to give their feedback as well as submit the comment cards right away to the one in charge.

Marketing 370

Marketing Social Media SEO Customer Service 370

Culinary Cues

MAY 12, 2025

PLAN BETTER TRAIN HARDER Work Hard and be Kind Dick Cattani Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) CAF Talks Podcast [link] More than 90 interviews with the most influential people in food

Fine Dining 348

Fine Dining Seasonal Menu Front of House Customer Experience 348

Culinary Cues

JULY 15, 2024

A training investment in your people is an investment in the success of the business. A training investment in your people is an investment in the success of the business. So, you must train and then trust your employees to represent your best effort. This is your role as a leader.

Leadership 472

Leadership Food Truck Employee Relations Training 472

Culinary Cues

MARCH 31, 2025

PLAN BETTER TRAIN HARDER Work Hard and be Kind Dick Cattani Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) CAF Talks Podcast [link] More than 90 interviews with the most influential people in food Make more music.

Consumer Goods 448

Consumer Goods Transportation Small Business Take-out 448

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) CAFÉ Talks Podcast [link] More than 90 interviews with the most influential people in food Happy Thanksgiving. What are you thankful for?

Food Supply 409

Food Supply Uniforms Café Take-out 409

Culinary Cues

MAY 22, 2025

I started Harvest America Cues Blog in 2013 at the encouragement of Chef Curtiss Hemm. The blog was meant to parallel the start-up of Harvest America Ventures Consulting. You are the salt of the earth! So, its time to take a break. I hope that at whatever point in a career you sit, feel the same.

2025 238

2025 Food 2013 Education 238

Culinary Cues

APRIL 14, 2025

When prepared tableside, the well-trained server or matre d would crush garlic between sister table forks, rub the interior of the bowl, use finesse to pour the right amount of olive oil, a coddled egg yolk, fresh lemon, salt and cracked pepper, and freshly grated parmigiana cheese. Food for thought.

Fine Dining 339

Fine Dining Seasonal Menu Travel Presentation 339

Culinary Cues

APRIL 10, 2025

This blog: www.harvestamericacues.com has been a springboard for entirely different outcomes in the twilight of my professional life and as I close in on two million views I find it difficult to fathom the depth of those outcomes. I am counting the views as they tick off toward the landmark 2 million by the end of next week.

Travel 350

Travel 2025 Blog Food Order 350

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Employees must be properly trained and then given the responsibility and authority to make those decisions that fit their position. [] SERVE: Respect means that everyone involved in the restaurant is in the service business. Every day should be an opportunity for each employee to grow, learn, and improve through teaching and training.

Training 442

Training Customer Service Uniforms Leadership 442

Culinary Cues

MAY 1, 2025

PLAN BETTER TRAIN HARDER Work Hard and be Kind Dick Cattani Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) CAF Talks Podcast [link] More than 90 interviews with the most influential people in food

Innovation 352

Innovation Fine Dining Consumer Goods Customer Service 352

Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Nearly nine years ago, during the first twelve months of Harvest America Cues blog, one of my articles went viral attracting almost 40,000 views in one day. The article struck a nerve with its focus on A Cook’s Kitchen Laws. Since then, more than 100,000 people have read and shared that article. Never let the disease of mediocrity sneak in.

Coaching 447

Coaching Restaurant Law Article Training 447

Culinary Cues

APRIL 23, 2023

Chefs have the experience to do this or the network of professionals who can serve as a planning resource. [] HAVE YOU EVER DEVELOPED, STANDARDIZED, AND THEN TRAINED STAFF TO PREPARE A NEW MENU ITEM: Start to finish, the right way to bring an item to the menu is to go through this process until all the “I’s” are dotted and the “T’s” are crossed.

Seasonal Menu 520

Seasonal Menu Leadership Training Fine Dining 520

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

It is easy to blame money, non-traditional work hours, unrealistic training in culinary schools, and the younger generation as a whole – but even if we (the industry as a whole) were able to snap our fingers and fix these issues, it is likely that team building and retention would still be challenging. TEACH AND TRAIN. Richard Branson.

Loyalty Program 582

Loyalty Program Communication Training Coaching 582

Culinary Cues

MARCH 21, 2025

Each idea finds itself in a file folder until the right location is discovered -then he jumps into action by bringing the story to life through menu, dcor, team building, training, and marketing. Some of those ideas never find a home but continue to exist as incentive to drive the dreaming process.

Hotels 267

Hotels Back of House Customer Service Entertainment 267

Culinary Cues

APRIL 22, 2025

PLAN BETTER TRAIN HARDER Work Hard and be Kind Dick Cattani Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) CAF Talks Podcast [link] More than 90 interviews with the most influential people in food

Employee Relations 355

Employee Relations Reference Influencer Education 355

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Why not highlight them on your social media pages or in your restaurant blog. Support an employee’s growth through in-service training, sponsorship to attend workshops or seminars, buy your line cooks so great cookbook resources to study and dream about. Invest in their excellence and they just might invest more in yours.

Seminar 443

Seminar Front of House Back of House Workshop 443

Culinary Cues

MARCH 15, 2021

If you teach in a live restaurant environment on your campus is it operated with five times as many cooks in training as would be possible in a real restaurant? PLAN BETTER –TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Make sure that it is clear and positive. LACK OF REALISM. Is what you are teaching real?

Education 587

Education Food Supply Communication Training 587

Culinary Cues

MAY 6, 2025

We have an opportunity and maybe a responsibility to pass it forward, to preserve the traditions, teach the technique, train for competence, build confidence, and pass on what we know to the next generation of professional cooks. How will you do that?

Consumer Goods 249

Consumer Goods Education Sourcing Training 249

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) You know that the work is hard and unforgiving at times, but as the NFL coach Marv Levy always asked: “Where would you rather be than right here, right now.”

Coaching 409

Coaching Take-out Food Order Inventory 409

Culinary Cues

MARCH 16, 2025

By now you should have a way to compensate for this through in-service training of less qualified hires, bonuses for exceptional employees, profit sharing, non-traditional recruiting methods, or even the use of technology and automation. The supply chain is fragile and now with imposed tariffs this may become an even greater concern.

Food Supply 232

Food Supply Customer Service Delivery Recruiting 232

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.

Back of House 547

Back of House Customer Service Seasonal Menu Front of House 547

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

John Steinbeck PLAN BETTER TRAIN HARDER Work Hard and be Kind Dick Cattani Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) CAF Talks Podcast [link] More than 90 interviews with the most influential people in food

Back of House 386

Back of House Travel Government Education 386

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

.” Jack Welch Welch, the visionary past CEO of General Electric points to the most important role of a leader (chef, manager, restaurant owner) which is to develop their staff, to mentor them, to teach and train, and feed their passion until they match or even surpass your own abilities. This is the sign of true leadership.

Consumer Goods 290

Consumer Goods Presentation Leadership Dine-in 290

Culinary Cues

MAY 13, 2023

Training is paramount to attracting and retaining great employees, so these properties typically invest heavily in teaching and training. [] A NETWORK FOR GROWTH And finally, the next step in a cook’s career might not be at the club where he or she is learning. Know what you want and chart a path.

Hotels 505

Hotels Point of Sale Cash Management Training 505

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 9, 2021

Make them feel as if they are part of your mission – they are! [] FOR THE SERVICE STAFF: Training, teaching, and tasting are all part of the program. Look at every dishwasher as your next cook in training. It is your job to teach and train, to show some empathy, but be tough and have very high expectations of your cooks.

Front of House 474

Front of House Customer Experience Dine-in Training 474

Culinary Cues

MAY 8, 2023

The chef is responsible for hiring, training, coaching, evaluating, and scheduling employees keeping in mind their skill level, personal issues and responsibilities, demands of specific positions in the kitchen (not everyone fits in every role), and an ever-changing influx of customers with their own demands.

Kitchen Safety 492

Kitchen Safety Food Safety Coaching Training 492

Culinary Cues

MAY 12, 2022

From my perspective the answer lies in menu planning, training, and labor efficiency. Smaller portions lead to lower price tags, broader acceptance, and enhanced value from a well-designed, balanced meal. [] TRAINING: We all know the drill – it’s a business of pennies, but without everyone’s buy-in, those pennies will quickly evaporate.

Pricing 442

Pricing Consumer Goods Training Small Business 442

Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 27, 2023

To this end, cooks know exactly what to do and are trained to execute accordingly. In a restaurant centric operation, it is the management team, including marketing, who determines the expressed needs of the market, what specific dishes would draw the most guest support, and how to manage all to ensure maximization of profit.

Hiring 449

Hiring Training Pricing Presentation 449

Culinary Cues

MAY 22, 2025

PLAN BETTER TRAIN HARDER Work Hard and be Kind Dick Cattani Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) CAF Talks Podcast [link] More than 100 interviews with some of the most important influencers in the business of food and education

Food Truck 296

Food Truck Sports Education Influencer 296

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 11, 2022

Do your homework, seek advice from smart and experienced people, run through every scenario possible, make sure you have the right amount of financing and available funds to weather the storm, hire and train the right people, and set yourself up with a better chance of succeeding than failing. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER.

Customer Experience 463

Customer Experience Café Hospitality Customer Service 463

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Finding the right concept, building in the right location, finding, and training the best staff, nurturing the team, and creating a menu that reflects the needs of the guest and the passion of the cook is only the beginning. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Harvest America Ventures, LLC.

Restaurant Law 470

Restaurant Law Education Definition Social Media 470