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Limited-Time, Long-Term Impact: Rethinking LTOs for Scalability and Success

Modern Restaurant Management

While they might look like simple menu swaps, they’re one of the most strategic components in a restaurant’s recipe for success. Whether due to timing or space, some standout items that don’t quite fit the core menu will sometimes make a return. If guests love the item, it moves forward.

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THE RESTAURANT MVP

Culinary Cues

Great passers need great catchers, time in the pocket is totally dependent on the collective effort of the offensive line, the run game would never happen without great blocking, and successful offenses and defenses are the result of effective game plans and play calling by coaches. So, really, the MVP is the team, not any one individual.

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18 Restaurant Manager Interview Questions to Assess Leadership and Operational Skills

7 Shifts

Can you provide an example of how you’ve improved employee performance through training? Can you provide an example of how you’ve improved employee performance through training? A restaurant manager should not only be able to manage day-to-day tasks but also invest in the growth of their team through effective training.

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The Best New Restaurants in America

EATER

Sailor , Brooklyn | Vinai , Minneapolis Josh Brasted Acamaya 3070 Dauphine Street | New Orleans, Louisiana There’s a glossary attached to the menu at Acamaya , the first solo New Orleans restaurant from Mexico City-born chef Ana Castro and her sister, Lydia. The menu warns of a $150 fine for any “stolen mugs.” Ana flew back to the U.S.

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How to Train Your Staff to Communicate Effectively with Guests

Modern Restaurant Management

A great menu or location will bring customers into your restaurant, but stellar customer service is what will keep them coming back. With a thorough and well thought out training plan. With a thorough and well thought out training plan. Even seasoned restaurant professionals can use a refresher! Verbal Language.

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How to Create a Restaurant Staff Training Manual

7 Shifts

The more staff you have to replace, the more money you have to spend on recruitment, and the more time you have to spend interviewing and training. In order to help new staff learn the ropes, you need to create a comprehensive restaurant staff training manual. Even your most seasoned staff can forget things.

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THE MISUNDERSTOOD CHEF

Culinary Cues

As if that weren’t enough, the menu and each morsel of food presented represents the chef’s life of experiences, his or her family history, the cuisine of their forefathers, every chef who contributed to their training, and everything that they believe in – as it pertains to food.