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18 Restaurant Manager Interview Questions to Assess Leadership and Operational Skills

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How do you maintain smooth communication between FOH and BOH staff? Becoming a restaurant manager entails leadership and communication skills. This question also gauges a potential manager’s leadership and communication skills. How do you maintain smooth communication between FOH and BOH staff?

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Boosting Guest Satisfaction Through Faster Staff Responses

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In other words, when leadership prioritizes speed and clarity, staff performance tends to follow suit. When FOH and BOH teams are in sync, turnover flows naturally without making guests feel rushed. Internal communication in hospitality is, again, the link that holds service operations together.

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Restaurant Staff Training 101

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Back-of-house (BOH) staff, including chefs and kitchen assistants, will focus more on food safety, food handling, and kitchen equipment use. In fact, 80% of learning and development leaders say management and leadership skills are their top training priorities.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Three

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For hiring platforms like foh&boh, the name of the game was volume, volume, volume. Corporate leadership approached this issue with the same urgency. Restaurants have woven their brand values throughout the employee experience, creating authentic communities that extend from the BOH to the customer.

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MRM Research Roundup: Diner Resiliency, Automation Technology, and Egg Prices

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Turnover Costs : The expense of replacing staff can be as much as $1,056 per FOH position and $1,491 per BOH position. To improve retention, operators are focused on technology that delivers structured onboarding programs, leadership development, and real-time feedback tools.

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MRM Research Roundup: To-Go Trends, State of the Plate, and Black Market Reservations

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GreenPoints™ This Certified Green Restaurant® has 100 percent LED lights, Green-e Energy Certified Green Wind Power that offsets 100 percent of energy usage, and BOH and FOH composting. Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota has implemented 80 environmental steps and earned 477.65 ”

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Kitchen Manager Interview Questions to Ensure Smooth Back-of-House Operations

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Hiring a great kitchen manager can transform your BOH operations with outstanding culinary and leadership skills. Let’s dive into our list of essential questions to ask kitchen manager candidates so you can find the best person who’ll make your BOH more productive and efficient. But how do you find the right person?