Culinary Cues

JUNE 3, 2024

It may not look the same and they may have never written it down, but this is their method of operation. [] LOOK THE PART Take pride in your appearance and the sharpness of your uniform. Whether you like it or not – people judge a book by the cover. Besides when you look good, you feel good.

Uniforms

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2023

Make a Brand Book Once you’ve honed and crafted your new brand identity, it’s vital to ensure consistent usage across materials, whether it’s signs, menus, social media, or other outlets. Any time your business creates marketing materials or modifies the dining room, it should be cross-referenced against the brand book.

Social Media

Culinary Cues

MARCH 21, 2022

Attention to detail cannot be turned on and off, so how a cook organizes his or workstation in the restaurant is how he or she will organize their home kitchen, their clothes, books, records, and food supplies. It becomes natural – how he or she lives.

Front of House

Culinary Cues

MAY 16, 2022

Tom quickly washed his hands, tied on an apron, adjusted his uniform and set-up his workstation. The reservation book was full for tonight – more than 200 recorded and no room for walk-ins. Today, he was just 15minutes early and this made him a bit nervous. The rest of the team was already settled in and hard at work.

Café

Culinary Cues

MAY 20, 2024

His book: Le Guide Culinaire boasted 5,000 recipes, some of which were not his, but were protected historically for their excellence. Now I obviously never knew Chef Escoffier, but I know enough about him to understand how he might react to these situations. This is still the over-riding mission of Ritz Carlton Hotels.

Hotels

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

So, when you view a drawing, painting, or sculpture; listen to a piece of music; watch a movie or view a play; or read a book – you are encouraged to feel what the artist feels. They represent what they feel through their art medium. They make themselves vulnerable – exposed for all to see, hear, or touch.

Employee Relations

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Talk with your cooks about music, physical artists, great books, and the history behind the profession of culinary arts.

Education

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Have you established a uniform and grooming standard in your restaurant and is it equitably enforced? Let’s define them first: SIGHT: Most positive experiences have a visual component. The human brain is tuned into how things look and will, sometimes erroneously, establish value based on that. How much time and effort are placed on this?

Fine Dining

Focus POS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

However, the regulations aren’t entirely uniform across the board for how restaurants can offer this service. However, the regulations aren’t uniform. Since many states are just now beginning to loosen the laws surrounding alcohol sales, it’s important to make sure you are doing everything by-the-book.

License

ChowNow

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Yet while many restaurant operators have perfected uniform recipes, strict staff training standards, reliable ingredient sourcing processes, and strong branding across locations, they often fail to consider another essential: online ordering. Learn more about what we can achieve together by booking a quick call with us.

Online Ordering

Sante

JULY 18, 2019

No doubt a few of them have interesting backgrounds, engaging stories, or even celebrations (culinary achievement, wrote a book, completed a marathon, had a new baby, etc.) When you offer insights, perspectives and experiences that exceed expectations, and serve great food to boot, you've got a winning combination that is sure to please.

Customer Experience

EATER

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

I booked a flight to Mexico City, then on to Aguascalientes to connect with family and embrace what I’d been missing. It became a running joke among me and my cousins that they were just “something for the abuelos.” But over time, I came to appreciate that these crusty, ugly morsels were also pleasingly soft and chewy.

Front of House

Xtra Chef

AUGUST 26, 2020

But in the restaurant industry, where invoices can get lost or damaged and vendor credits jotted in paper margins are the norm, balancing the books is a bit more complicated than a regular retail business—to say the least! It should come as no surprise when we say that bookkeeping is important for any business.

Point of Sale

7 Shifts

MAY 1, 2024

Will you have their uniforms produced for them, or will you give them a clothing allowance? Forgetting to include lease payments in your book of accounts could cause your business a lot of trouble—you might not even know that you’re already bleeding money. If not, your lease payments should be reflected here.

Cash Management

Sling

JUNE 8, 2020

If you reach the point where you have to decide between paying the rent and buying new uniforms for your team, rent always comes first — unless everyone ruins their uniform at the same time. overtime , double bookings, and time-off requests ) so you can finalize your schedule sooner. 5) Control Variable Expenses.

Small Business

7 Shifts

JULY 1, 2024

Your business name will also appear on your marketing materials, staff uniforms, menu, social media accounts, and advertisements, so make sure it isn't too long or complicated. This means it can either pique your customers' interest or cause them to leave —the worst part is that they haven't even stepped foot into your business yet.

Bar

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Each Awards program (Restaurants and Chefs, Books, Journalism, Design, Broadcast Media, and Leadership) has its own subcommittee made up of industry professionals who volunteer their time to oversee the policies, procedures, and selection of judges for their respective Awards programs. The first James Beard Awards were given in 1991.

Brewery

7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

While columnar pads and ledger books are great ways for new restaurant managers to learn about restaurant accounting and bookkeeping, opting for manual procedures can be difficult to reconcile.

Point of Sale

The Restaurant Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Starting from brand books, concept design, logo design to lighting and parking lots, restaurants should create a coherent message to attract customers. The employees’ uniforms, the outlet design, the concept of the restaurant, all make an impression on customers. So, what should restaurants do?

Social Media

Tableo

JULY 19, 2023

Customization : Restaurants can add their branding to the pay-at-table interface to provide a uniform and branded payment experience. When customers make reservations and deposits through the online booking system , their payment information can be securely stored, making the checkout process faster and more efficient.

Technology

7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

During this time, parents are more concerned with buying their children's books and uniforms than spending $20 on a takeout meal. .” One strategy you can apply is to avoid raising your prices during the time of year when customers are doing their back-to-school shopping. or "Do you want your drink upsized?"

Social Media

Ken Burgin

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

What are the expectations for personal presentation and uniform? Since front-of-house staff are often customers’ first point of contact, applicants may inquire about dress codes, any provided uniforms, and expectations for personal grooming.

Front of House

Embrace the Suck

JUNE 13, 2022

I had a couple of events, private events, corporate dining events, and there were two more left on the book. When you think about the posture and the way people, almost even really pose and they speak, you know they don't talk like that, or they don't carry themselves that way once the uniform comes off. We sold those.

Retail

Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Exquisite interior, highly skilled staff and specialty drinks are always great, but the decoration, menu choices, bartenders’ uniform and all other elements still need to match. Be Organized You don’t have to be a mathematician to run a bar, but staying on top of the books is essential for tracking your total revenue.

Bar

Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Exquisite interior, highly skilled staff and specialty drinks are always great, but the decoration, menu choices, bartenders’ uniform and all other elements still need to match. Be Organized You don’t have to be a mathematician to run a bar, but staying on top of the books is essential for tracking your total revenue.

Bar

The Restaurant Times

APRIL 13, 2022

A restaurant operations manual is the go-to book for every problem that allows the employees to function seamlessly, even without an expert. It contains various department-wise instructions, such as opening and closing procedures, necessary tasks for each shift, standard uniform and equipment for each shift, order of service, etc.

Operations

Apicbase

JULY 26, 2024

This is particularly important for multi-unit operations where maintaining uniform quality can be challenging. Book a Demo By creating scalable recipes with reliable yields, it ensures each dish is prepared to the same standard, no matter the location and scale.

Back of House

Apicbase

AUGUST 29, 2024

Free PDF] F&B Purchasing Guide For Multi-Unit Restaurants In this e-book for the foodservice industry, you’ll find proven tactics and guidelines to help restaurant managers make better purchasing decisions when ordering food and beverages. Download Your Free Copy Now!

Beverage

A Wine Story

MAY 18, 2022

For example, the Carmignano DOCG is a new-to-me region that I have read about in wine books, yet had never visited. The professional Italian sommeliers, smart in their gold-braid accented uniforms, worked efficiently in tandem with his presentation. Well, not quite–but close. Marisa D'Vari. About Author Marisa D'Vari.

2022

Apicbase

JUNE 11, 2024

Book a Demo 2. Standardise Procurement Processes : Establish uniform procurement procedures across all outlets to maintain consistency and control. Book a Demo Value Consistency Above Lower Prices While a 20% lower price sounds fantastic, it doesn’t help your restaurant if deliveries are regularly late.

Supplies

Apicbase

APRIL 5, 2024

Production planning features built-in to your inventory and recipe management software are particularly valuable for large, multi-location restaurant businesses because they allow you to: Store detailed instructions for preparation and plating to achieve uniform results across all locations.

Back of House

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

By the end of the book, readers will know how to protect themselves (and their customers). Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked Shaw why she wrote the book, food safety challenges for restaurants and the impact she anticipates AI will have on the industry. " Why write this book now?

Kitchen Safety

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Here are eleven to consider: COMMIT TO LEARNING: Read articles, food history books, professional cookbooks, stories of chefs with their words of wisdom (see list at end of this article), volunteer to work with accomplished chefs after hours, ask for additional responsibilities that provide a chance to learn something new.

Workshop

EATER

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Lille Allen/Eater In her 1974 cookbook, Jane Grigson crusaded on behalf of the ingredients and traditions of the British Isles The story of English food in the 20th century goes something like this: Once upon a time, all the food in England was terrible, except in children’s books. But David could also be snobby and critical.

Food

EATER

JUNE 9, 2020

The point is, despite the near-universal tragedy caused by the novel coronavirus, the look and feel of our experiences today is anything but uniform, and depends greatly on the place we call home. In fact, it’s booked solid every weekend into August.

Government

7 Shifts

AUGUST 16, 2024

7shifts automates schedule creation and changes and communication to prevent double-booking and ensure that all shifts are covered. This can include wearing clean and wrinkle-free uniforms, tucking in shirts, and keeping shoes polished. Restaurant scheduling software can make the process easier and more accurate.

Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2020

In mid-to-late March , Yelp reported a swift and uniform drop in consumer activity across the nation. The LibDib “book” is an easily searchable e-commerce marketplace filled with hundreds of unique products. ” Increased Consumer Activity in May Correlates with Increased COVID-19 Cases in June.

Franchising