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Is Your Ghost Kitchen Haunted by Food Safety Breaches?

Modern Restaurant Management

The restaurant industry is still dealing with pandemic-related issues, including supply chain disruptions, new COVID variants and surging cases, labor shortages, rising prices, and a shift in consumer demand. As a result, ghost kitchens, delivery-focused kitchens without a storefront or dining area, are growing in popularity.

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This week in restaurant news: off-premise hospitality, ghost kitchens, restaurant safety awards

OpenTable

In a world of socially distant and off-premise dining, chefs and restaurateurs are looking for creative ways to keep the magic of hospitality alive. Rise of the Ghost Kitchens: How Virtual Restaurants Are Reshaping L.A.’s ’s Dining Economy – Los Angeles Times. … Read more.

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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

7 Shifts

Inventory management Managers need to ensure the kitchen is stocked with the right amount of food so that nothing is wasted and as few items need to be 86'ed as possible. Chances are, it's balancing the scheduling requests of dozens of employees each week. Check employee schedules to ensure plans match reality.

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Amid Influx of New Employees, Restaurants Must Build and Reinforce Brand Excellence

Modern Restaurant Management

Fewer employees have carried the burden of prepping, cooking, and serving food while working to keep guests safe. will create more job seekers in the restaurant/hospitality industry. This influx of new employees means that restaurant brands will need to build (and reinforce) cultures of excellence.

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Managing Risk: Prevent Foodborne Illness, Protect Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

Of those, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die. The worst part is, this type of illness is largely preventable Restaurant owners and operators need to take active steps to prevent foodborne illness from coming out of their kitchens. Be sure all your employees, from wait staff to managers to chefs, have been certified in food safety.

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COVID-19 Best Practices for Restaurants: Navigating Coronavirus for Staff & Managers

7 Shifts

With new social distancing and self-isolation strategies, it’s clear that COVID-19 will have, and is having, an extreme impact on the restaurant and hospitality industry. Employees do not require a doctor’s note. Supply servers, hosts, and kitchen staff with gloves. Employees no longer require a doctor’s note.

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THE TERRITORY AHEAD FOR CHEFS

Culinary Cues

So, take a deep breath, kick a few empty five-gallon buckets around the kitchen (make sure they are empty), release a string of expletives if it makes you feel better, and take a few ibuprofens to address that constant headache. In the profound words of David Byrne: “Same as it ever was, same as it ever was.” Of course, we all get it.