Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

How powerful is a complete dining experience and what exactly is it? An owner for whom I worked years ago referred to it as the Total Dining Experience and I have held on to this concept ever since. Have you established a uniform and grooming standard in your restaurant and is it equitably enforced?

Fine Dining 315

Fine Dining Dine-in Front of House Design 315

Culinary Cues

MAY 26, 2020

Shouldn’t we be doing the same in restaurant kitchens? [] AT A CERTAIN POINT (before there is a vaccine) CUSTOMERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO RESTAURANT DINING ROOMS: Terrific! Oh, but what if customers don’t want to return to dining rooms? When that occurs we will be able to go back to business as usual – right?

Kitchen Safety 267

Kitchen Safety Leadership Food Safety Front of House 267

Culinary Cues

MARCH 14, 2024

When you walk through the dining room and observe service and interactions between staff and guests, what do you see? We can take impeccable care of our chef uniform and careless about washing our hands for 20 seconds. Vince Lombardi, the famous football coach once stated that: “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.”

Coaching 328

Coaching Uniforms Fine Dining Customer Service 328

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Combining our backgrounds in tech, automation, and culinary fine dining, we knew we could fill this void to give more people access to healthy, high-quality food.” “Plant-based dining is not a fad that is going away. Gathering of visual content to identify potential coaching and training opportunities.

Food Truck 126

Food Truck Customer Service Customer Experience Dietary Restrictions 126