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Ready To Sell? Maybe You Should Be

Modern Restaurant Management

Even the menu I created was designed to be simple so that a future, less experienced owner would never have to be under the thumb of a high-end, temperamental chef. Refer back to Rule #11, "Control Your Controllable Costs." Focus on areas like uniforms, necessary repairs, and maintaining cleanliness. This is critical.

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CHEFS – TRUST THE PROCESS

Culinary Cues

It may seem trivial to some, but this begins with the uniform and respecting the traditions and meanings of the crisp white jacket, an ironed apron, polished shoes, and a skull cap for young cooks and toque for the sous chef and chef. A win-win-win. [] RESULTS: The process is designed to yield the results that everyone expects.

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DON’T SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRITY

Culinary Cues

Look deeply into these businesses and the people who own and operate them and you will see an unrelenting effort towards achieving excellence in design, product quality, efficiency, value, and service. The Japanese would refer to them as companies focused on “Kaisen” (a pursuit of constant improvement).

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THE END OF BEING CIVIL, KIND, LAW ABIDING AND PROFESSIONAL

Culinary Cues

This is disrespectful and not worthy of the uniform that you wear. I have watched in horror as mobs break into stores and steal merchandise, terrorize employees and customers, and do so without any consideration of the harm being done, or the laws that are designed to protect.

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CLOSING THE RINGS OF THE TOTAL RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE

Culinary Cues

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? Yet, we often design restaurants with little or no consideration for acoustics.

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ANYTHING WORTH DOING IS WORTH DOING EXTREMELY WELL

Culinary Cues

Competition is healthy if you use it as a reference to improve. As a cook – be the person that everyone marvels at when you cut vegetables; be the person that other cooks turn to when they need their knives sharpened to razor perfection; make sure the chef always turns to you for a groundbreaking special or asks your advice on a plate design.

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I SPEAK THROUGH COOKING

Culinary Cues

Uniforms will be pristine, the demeanor of cooks will be professional, knives will be sharp, and pans scrubbed clean. The coolers and storerooms will be organized, and prep sheets methodically built each day, and of course each plate of food will be designed with consistency in mind.