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Ensuring Food Safety: How Better Equipment Helps

Restaurant Business

Food safety has never been more prevalent. When dining out, they rightfully expect that the food they order is cooked properly to a safe temperature and that the kitchen foods are prepared in is clean. For operators interested in ramping up their efforts, updating equipment can be a big help in fostering safety.

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THE KING IS IN THE HOUSE

Culinary Cues

Outside people went about their day, never giving mind to the effort, dichotomy of characters, hustle, stress, and complexity of what takes place in the “back of the house” at a twelve hundred room hotel. I pass housekeeping where the heat from commercial laundry equipment and manglers pressing sheets and towels is palpable.

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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. Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. This wide-ranging responsibility is a lot, and it often leads to burnout.

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Revolutionizing Restaurant Operations with Advanced Networking Solutions

Modern Restaurant Management

Lastly, Internet of Things (IoT) devices are becoming increasingly popular, with sensors and smart devices for everything from tracking inventory levels to monitoring kitchen equipment performance. For example, IoT devices can notify when stock is low, or equipment is not functioning optimally.

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Three Ways IoT’s Physical-Digital-Physical Framework Helps Restaurants Enhance Operational Efficiency

Modern Restaurant Management

Leveraging a physical-digital-physical framework ensures that restaurant management is maximizing their digital assets, human labor, and capital equipment investments. Many restaurant managers have already moved to digital food safety programs that give them visibility into the state of their assets across multiple locations.

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Why Training is the Key to Accurate Messaging About Gluten-Free Foodservice

Modern Restaurant Management

When staff are unable to answer basic questions about your gluten-free menu, or ask inappropriate questions of guests who inquire about gluten-free options, consumers may have doubts about your ability to ensure their safety or prepare a dish that meets their dietary needs. The first step is to clearly identify any gluten-free dishes.

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THE POST PANDEMIC RULES OF THE KITCHEN

Culinary Cues

A few years back, I posted an article about the UNWRITTEN RULES of the kitchen. It was an attempt to outline those universal guidelines for success in a kitchen, those attributes, and expectations of anyone who ties on an apron. My hope is that these are worthy enough of a space on your kitchen bulletin board or the chef’s office door.