Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Yes, it’s true – when the Michelin Guide decided to recognize some exceptional street food vendors with Michelin Stars, they broke the barrier of snobbery noting that excellence can happen outside of traditional fine dining. If fine dining is your objective, then make the commitment knowing what’s involved.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Restaurants survive and thrive on the “early and late majority” that represents over 60 percent of the dining population. I can vividly remember a chef position at a fine dining operation that I walked into and faced planning my first signature menu. So, how does a chef approach the dilemma of creativity vs. business sense?

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Fine Dining Café Customer Experience Menu 435

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 8, 2023

The dining room opens in 15 minutes and the adrenaline is starting to churn. At 5:30 the dining room doors open, and early bird diners begin to arrive. At 5:30 the dining room doors open, and early bird diners begin to arrive. The dining room is full now and there are a dozen parties waiting for tables to free up.

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Fine Dining Back of House Front of House Food Order 470

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

While Noma’s run as a Michelin restaurant is now at an end, there are many reasons why it doesn’t spell the end of fine dining cuisine as we know it. There’s a high cost in running fine dining restaurants, but the value rests in their place in society.

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Fine Dining Technology Front of House Sustainability 197

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

I know how heartbreaking it is when the dining room is nearly empty, and how invigorating it is when it is full. I will really miss this restaurant. [] THE 21 CLUB: A speakeasy in 1922 during Prohibition – Jack Kriendler and Charlie Burns made this a place that was synonymous with the New York dining scene.

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Fine Dining Employee Relations Front of House Small Business 438

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The aroma of a simmering veal stock, pans of bacon being pulled from the oven, fresh coffee brewing and pastries hot from the bake shop meld together like a cacophony of sound produced by a finely tuned orchestra. Cooks are busy at work with their own preparations as breakfast orders from the dining room arrive at a harrowing pace.

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Kitchen Safety Front of House Fine Dining Back of House 433

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Charlie Trotter, in many chefs’ minds, defined what fine dining would become in America. He could play a support role when the team was clicking on all cylinders or he could take individual control when the rest of the team had lost its steam. It was his competitiveness with himself that kept the team boat afloat.

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Fine Dining Coaching Dine-in Café 418

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Which type of tomato will present the most pronounced flavor of fine ripened, deeply refreshing acid/sweet balance on the sandwich and how can we ensure this consistently throughout the year? Which type of lettuce will provide the freshness, the crunch, the mouth-feel, and the flavor balance with that perfect burger?

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Uniforms Fine Dining Small Business Customer Service 450

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Unfortunately, dining out and finding the right place to work is oftentimes a wishful roll of the dice. It all matters – education level, income bracket, age range, frequency of dining, and food and wine preferences. [] KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO BE AND HOW YOU WANT TO BE PERCEIVED. I wonder why this is the case.

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Fine Dining Front of House Customer Service Customer Experience 402

Culinary Cues

JUNE 14, 2022

fell in the category of “fine dining”. Now I mention these statistics because they will help to frame what the future may hold for the industry and those considering a career in kitchens and dining rooms across the country. FOURTH: Know that fine dining (as we have defined it in the past) may truly be on the way out.

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Fine Dining Food Supply Customer Service Presentation 471

Culinary Cues

JUNE 26, 2021

Are auto manufacturers fine with poorly designed assembly lines? Are hospital administrators fine with operating rooms that are not quite right? Are operators of meat packing plants fine with inefficient cutting lines? In what other industry are developers inclined to accept built in problems with design?

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Design Fine Dining Uniforms Waste 377

Culinary Cues

MAY 18, 2020

Whatever your end goal might be: Executive Chef in a fine dining operation, Corporate Chef, Sous Chef, Restaurant Manager, Entrepreneur, Research Chef, or Consultant – where ever you hope to land in the future – put that goal in writing. This is where you can find definitive evidence of the importance of well-prepared food.

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White Paper Certification Food Safety Food Supply 520

Culinary Cues

APRIL 25, 2021

At the other extreme – an extraordinarily prepared, multi-course meal, touched by accomplished cooks, presented on a plate of fine china, in a pristine environment, with attentive service and complemented by exceptional wines will reveal all that food might attempt to be.

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Food Fine Dining Café Customer Experience 426

Culinary Cues

APRIL 23, 2023

Fine, that may be the case but let’s just see. It is the classic diatribe – “I can do that better that the chef. I’ve been cooking for 15years now; I should be the chef.” If it’s your time and you’re ready then make it happen, find your spot, push for the job, step up and show them what you’ve got.

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Seasonal Menu Leadership Training Fine Dining 489

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 23, 2021

The “soft issues” that go beyond measurement of dollars and cents point to a more robust overall “dining experience” when a guest is able to enjoy a broader spectrum of dishes and complementary beverages. quick service meal or a $100 fine dining evening – there is always room to create experiences and in turn – great value.

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Point of Sale Front of House Back of House Customer Experience 450

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Chef Marc Meneau was such a chef – a powerful personality who elevated the dining experience – a chef who lived excellence every day in his restaurant L’Esperance in Vezelay, France. The dining room was perfectly appointed with fresh flowers, the finest tabletop details, and magnificent views of the L’Esperance gardens.

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Fine Dining Back of House Dine-in Presentation 362

Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 27, 2020

It makes no difference if it is a 4-diamond restaurant offering fine dining, a quality pizza shop, a bakery, or a hospital foodservice – discipline, pride, and results are closely aligned.

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Uniforms Airlines Food Order Fine Dining 466

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 14, 2022

No matter where you go or what you buy, technology has touched nearly every part of dining out right now. Does that well-known rule of 20 percent for sit-down dining apply to counter-service, takeout, or other orders? You tap your card for coffee, a drink, or a candy bar.

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Social Media Fine Dining 2022 2015 359

7 Shifts

JULY 24, 2020

Topics: Find dining; restaurant management; finding suppliers. ?? Anyone interested in fine dining (or audacious characters for that matter) will love Kitchen Confidential. These contrasting books that show there’s no right way to create a successful restaurant. But there certainly is a wrong way. Kitchen Confidential. ??

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Book Management Management Restaurant Law 370

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Indoor Dining Blueprint Governor Cuomo recently announced their new blueprint for indoor dining , which somewhat opens up indoor-only restaurants to the public. And restaurants also pose possible risks, concentrations of people inside [for] indoor dining. What support is available for New York restaurants 1.

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2020 Restaurant Law Fine Dining Outdoor 285

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Guests are dining out more often than last year and and rewarding great service, with the highest tips at bars and fine dining restaurants, according to hospitality industry data from Lightspeed Commerce Inc. percent) and fine dining restaurants (19.9 percent year-over-year at fine dining and 3.53

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Fast Casual Fine Dining Employee Relations Customer Service 197

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

When you start building that “bucket list” of restaurants around the world where you must dine before you die. When pride is directly connected to clean plates returning from the dining room. When asked – you can recite the names of the chefs who head the ship of the best restaurants in town.

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Fine Dining Food Order Back of House Uniforms 399

7 Shifts

JUNE 29, 2022

This creates a consistent dining experience for all guests, regardless of which franchise location they visit. However, this department can turn the complications surrounding compliance into an ironed out process, helping grow the business faster and avoid potential fines and lawsuits. Proper Team and Labor Management Tools.

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Franchising Franchise Restaurant Law Document 370

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

The good news is that restaurants are beginning to see an increase in sales as more and more customers return to in person dining in addition to their new habit of ordering for home delivery.

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Compost Fine Dining Waste Café 445

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

How powerful is a complete dining experience and what exactly is it? 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. Is your ventilation system designed to push positive kitchen odors to the dining room or outside the entrance?

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Fine Dining Dine-in Front of House Design 325

Culinary Cues

MAY 20, 2024

However, before doing this he would observe and analyze the operation to make sure controls were in place and that the reason for raising prices was not a lack of efficiency or caring on the part of his cooks. [] A GROWING INTEREST IN DELIVERED MEALS OVER RESTAURANT DINING: Again, Escoffier the innovator, would have looked to this as an opportunity.

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Hotels Front of House Fine Dining Back of House 280

Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Everything else will come to you as you fine tune those skills and the knowledge to be exceptional at what you do. [] BE YOUR OWN WORST CRITIC: Don’t wait for someone else to critique your work – assess your performance and compare it to those benchmarks. Immerse in experiences whenever they are available.

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Leadership Fine Dining Workshop Training 391

Culinary Cues

JULY 15, 2024

If you want to operate a Michelin recognized fine dining restaurant, then spend time in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Miami and volunteer to work there for a few weeks polishing forks. If you want to have a taco food truck, then find the best taco trucks within 500 miles and watch, listen, taste, and learn.

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Leadership Food Truck Employee Relations Training 386

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 22, 2022

There was little waste since managing twenty seats was much easier than trying to fill expansive dining rooms with a turn or two on busy nights. This was a lean, fine-tuned machine that worked from the premise of being manageable and comfortable.

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Seating Front of House Back of House Cash Management 449

7 Shifts

JANUARY 23, 2020

Live-work-dine neighborhoods do not generate enough outside traffic to sustain a business if it is not designed correctly” — Daniel Reed Hospitality 2. Keep in mind what everyone else is doing, walk the fine line between ground breaking and comfortability. Fine dining, fast casual, etc.) Choose your location wisely.

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2020 Hiring Cash Management Education 335

Culinary Cues

MARCH 25, 2021

Great chefs are constantly working on adding to and enhancing their skills. [] VARIED EXPERIENCE: Chefs who are at the top of their game are individuals who have committed themselves to building a portfolio of unique experiences in all aspects of cooking from a’ la carte fine dining to street food, from large scale catered events to formal seven course (..)

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Communication Coaching Fine Dining Influencer 440

Culinary Cues

MARCH 9, 2021

The garde manger must be conservative with portion sizes while affording the greatest impact on the dining experience. It is a fine line to walk – one that requires the planning of the menu to be such that all courses are designed to marry with others. It is this combination that affords the restaurant an opportunity to earn a profit.

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Presentation Fine Dining Seasonal Menu Design 395

7 Shifts

AUGUST 20, 2024

However, with fewer customers dining out weekly , restaurants must ensure that they can serve each diner quickly and satisfy them enough that they’ll want to return. Tracking and implementing strategies to improve this metric will allow you to maximize your dining space and generate more revenue.

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Online Ordering Fast Casual Fine Dining Seating 221

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2023

With those stats in mind, Causeway Solutions conducted consumer research* on today’s dining trends compared to our research over the past few years. In August 2023, only eight percent of consumers we surveyed say they do not eat out, so dining out is “in” again. 62 percent rarely or very rarely enjoy fine dining.

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Fast Casual Fine Dining 2023 Casual 212

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Long before the restaurant chains of today, decades prior to the birth of fine dining, experience dining, and molecular gastronomy, there were neighborhood cafes that were part of small communities across the country.

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White Paper Hospitality Fine Dining Reference 329

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

We have predicted the demise of fine dining at least a dozen times in the past 25 years – is it really happening now? Americans are spending nearly 50% of their annual food budgets in restaurants and indications that this can continue to grow – is fine dining the right answer?

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Fine Dining Point of Sale Food Supply Education 324

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 21, 2021

A fine-dining restaurant with an emphasis on ingredients may present the menu simply, with descriptions of where the ingredients are from. Cheap digital menu marketing that captures a share of online dining demand. Fast-casual restaurants are a new trendy concept that combines fast food and casual dining. Menu design.

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Fast Casual Food Truck Casual Customer Service 370