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From Kitchen to Counter: Outfitting Your Team for Comfort, Style, and Brand Visibility

Modern Restaurant Management

The uniforms worn by staff, from kitchen to counter, represent your brand in every customer interaction, making apparel a strategic business decision rather than merely an operational requirement. Strategic use of color should inform uniform design decisions.

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Transforming Restaurant Operations: Uniting Teams and Closing Communication Gaps

Modern Restaurant Management

A “ communication silo ” is the name for what happens when groups, teams, or departments of employees within an organization isolate themselves and tend to only communicate within their group. Thus, restaurant leaders need to identify potential communication silos and implement solutions to address them.

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CHEFS: BUILD A TEAM – KEEP A TEAM

Culinary Cues

When an employee feels that the opportunity for expression is present – then they will feel engaged and appreciated. COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE. You can never communicate too much – show them that you trust them with this information and you will go a long way towards building retention loyalty.

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WHAT RESTAURANT OWNERS GET WRONG

Culinary Cues

Even when the owner is present – he or she must depend on the consistent interactions between customers and the restaurant’s employees. You get the picture. [] FAILURE TO COMMUNICATION USING TODAY’S MEDIUMS. Communication still ranks the biggest problem within organizations regardless of their size.

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THE MOMENT WHEN YOU ARE IN THE ZONE – PART I

Culinary Cues

There is a level of non-verbal communication that defies explanation – communication that keeps everyone in sync, seemingly knowing what every person in the team is doing or is about to do so that work flowed with precision and grace. Tom quickly washed his hands, tied on an apron, adjusted his uniform and set-up his workstation.

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Five Branding Secrets to Bring Your Restaurant to Life

Modern Restaurant Management

The best restaurant branding ideas encompass the overall experience and perception people have of your restaurant — communicating your values, personality, and unique offerings. It’s also important for restaurant owners to include any hard nos, ensuring your team has a clear understanding of how not to present your establishment.

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CHEFS – IS IT WORTH IT?

Culinary Cues

Yet tomorrow morning you will wake well before sunrise, put on that starched, white uniform, walk through those kitchen doors and face the challenges of a chef once again. There will always be the missed family events, the 5 a.m. Label us as you may: Type A’s, Obsessive/Compulsive, Driven, or to some observers – Ego Driven.

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