Culinary Cues

JULY 27, 2022

Like a fine wine we are a blend of different flavors that through experience reflect a perfect mix – each flavor has a role to play and is introduced in the right proportion to create that signature. Although we rarely map this out, we should open ourselves up to experiences and potential influences.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2024

So much data is generated at every point within a restaurant, whether fast casual or fine dining. The question now becomes – how to make sense of that data and use it to elevate the dining experience. The question now becomes – how to make sense of that data and use it to elevate the dining experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Music can play a role to enhance the dining experience, setting the mood and complementing the menu and design. A made-for-business streaming service ensures restaurants are playing legal music, enables operators to enhance the customer experience and eliminates the danger of hefty fines.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Customers are becoming more discerning about value and anxious about the price of a meal (from quick service to fine dining). It is, after all, the experience that makes dining special and allows restaurants to play such an important role in communities. Is the experience in jeopardy?

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 24, 2025

Mother’s Day reigns queen as the largest dining-out holiday of the year, with Americans projected to spend around $35.7 Music Drives Dining Performance Music is the invisible host. Yet, many restaurants either throw on a random playlist or forget music altogether, missing a crucial opportunity to elevate the dining experience.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Star Anya Taylor-Joy, director Mark Mylod, and consulting chef Dominique Crenn on building the world’s creepiest restaurant It seems counterintuitive, but for many of us, there is perhaps no feeling more pervasive in the world of fine dining than discomfort. From there, we Frankensteined pieces from various influences together.

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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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EATER

MARCH 27, 2025

population that dined out at least once in the past month, hoping to better understand how Americans are approaching dining out in this new era. Eater readers are a bit of an outlier here, with users being just as likely to plan a new dining experience the same day (22 percent) as a week ahead of time (21 percent).

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Goliath Consulting

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Here’s a look at the food trends that will capture our taste buds and redefine dining in 2025. From vegetable toppings on soups and salads to crispy fish skin and fried grains, these textures will elevate and energize the dining experience. The food scene in 2025 promises a diverse range of tastes, textures, and creative adaptations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2024

We sought a model that we could influence tremendously with our labor. It's 100% our vision and not influenced by banks or people we are indebted to. We want to one day dine at those restaurants. Your quality of product, quality of life, risk, and profits all work on a sliding scale where they each affect one another.

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ChowNow

MARCH 21, 2025

Key customer factors that influence dining preferences, from demographics to behavior. These are the people most likely to dine with you based on factors like their age, income, dining preferences, and lifestyle. Climate & Seasonality: Does the weather impact what people order or when they dine out?

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EATER

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Did the celebrity judges actually have the talent, technique, and sufficient awareness of the culinary traditions that inform the globally influenced dishes landing in front of them? Were teams split evenly for group challenges? Did bias find its way into the judging panel?

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The Restaurant Group

APRIL 12, 2025

Let’s dive into the world of restaurant influencer marketing a game-changer that’s as juicy as your signature burger. What Is Restaurant Influencer Marketing? That’s the essence of restaurant influencer marketing. Why Restaurant Influencer Marketing Works You might be wondering, “Does this really sizzle?”

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the National Restaurant Association's State of the Indusrty Report, food industry pressures, foodservice opportunities, influencer marketing, foot traffic analysis and the dining-out dollar. Consumer Spending on Dining Out.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 14, 2025

The dish was elevated to an entirely different level as the guest became the most important person in the dining room during the process. The story can make the dish but the dish absent the story is just another salad that can be found in fine dining or your local Greek diner.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

This Valentine's Day edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features dining and gifting trends including the importance of experience. Restaurants saw 41 percent more transactions The busiest dining hour? However: 41 percent said they planned to dine at home instead of dining out.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The research stems from in-person chef interviews and a nationwide survey of more than 400 restaurant owners and operators spanning 47 states with respondents ranging from fine dining establishments to fast-casual venues, breweries, and caterers. "This Revenue growth in 2024 was largely driven by menu price adjustments.

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ChowNow

JUNE 6, 2025

Maybe you’re running a second-generation Italian restaurant, staying true to your family recipes, or maybe after years of working in fine dining, you opened a spot that felt more true to you. A casual neighborhood spot will use different language than a fine-dining restaurant trying to earn a Michelin star.

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EATER

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

To say Sri Lanka has one cuisine ignores its deep culinary influences and strengths. The British also brought down South Indian laborers to work the plantations, and their descendants now form the Malaiyaha Tamil community in tea towns like Nuwara Eliya, where theres a strong South Indian influence at vegetarian-only restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2023

Set the Tone for Customer Dining Experience Music sets the tone and creates a mood that adds to the experience, which can have a significant influence on guests. The strategic selection of music can help communicate and strengthen a brand’s identity, influence customer behavior and increase sales. Consumers in the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Future foodspaces will need to be designed to meet the personalized needs of diverse customer bases, according to Culinary Crossroads: How Societal Shifts Are Defining Tomorrow’s Dining , the latest whitepaper from IA Interior Architects research initiative, HumanX. "The

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 17, 2020

A Zagat dining trends survey says 75 percent of respondents have selected a restaurant based on food photos. A quick scroll through your Instagram or Facebook feed and you’re sure to find both influencers and people you know standing in front of beautiful backdrops. Medium, Message and Measurement.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The Liver King, a carnivorous diet influencer with millions of followers, takes inspiration from our mythical ancestors, who he believes stayed healthy and fit through a diet of unprocessed raw meat. Seed oil criticism is often espoused by influencers and channels who hold other reactionary beliefs. We must have them.

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EATER

MAY 21, 2025

But, until recently, the food served on most safari lodges featured European fine dining, British high tea, French pastries, grilled meats with imported sauces, and other relics of 19th-century European colonialism on the continent. Nomad Kuro A cozy dining space at Kuro Nomad. Volcanoes Safaris A dining room at Virunga Lodge.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Vetting dining room, bar, and kitchen staff over the next decade will require probing more during job interviews, seeking candidates with more responsible lifestyles, advanced educational aspirations, and other evidence of a disciplined, drug-free work ethic will become even more of an HR imperative. Of course, people will always dine out.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Fine dining establishments may require staff to have in-depth knowledge of each dish, including wine pairings and ingredient sourcing, while a fast-casual restaurant may focus on quick service and consistent food prep. A well-informed team improves service, enhances the dining experience, and reduces errors in the kitchen.

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ChowNow

MAY 23, 2025

Factors that influence your profit margins Several things determine how wide or narrow your restaurant profit margins can be: Location: Rent in a prime downtown spot can devour your net profit. Restaurant type: Whether you run a fine dining, fast casual, or quick service concept plays a big role in potential margins.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2021

But as reality of the pandemic sunk in and dining rooms remained closed, it became apparent that ordering delivery and takeout was the best way to help restaurants weather the storm — and there was a significant consumer appetite to do so. While many cracked the code, some are still adapting. So what’s next?

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Culinary Cues

MAY 20, 2024

One could claim, and rightfully so, that he had the greatest influence on the profession and that the chefs’ job was elevated to new levels because of Escoffier’s efforts, approach towards cooking, vision, and skill. He would spend endless hours trying to figure out how to re-create the experience of in-house dining through home delivery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 15, 2021

Full-service restaurant chains, which primarily rely on dine-in customers and had few if any off-premises services when the dine-in restrictions went into effect, bore the brunt of the transaction declines throughout the pandemic. 37 percent of restaurants report outdoor dining as their biggest revenue driver during COVID-19.

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Restaurant Business

AUGUST 4, 2023

Beverage preferences were particularly affected, according to a sampling of fine-dining operations.

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ChowNow

APRIL 25, 2025

Every restaurant concept should be intentional about their branding, from food trucks and cafes to brunch spots and fine dininggreat branding is how your restaurant stands out and stays memorable. Branding isnt just for big-name chains with deep pockets and multi-million-dollar ad campaigns. But how to brand a restaurant isnt always clear.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 25, 2021

Communication is core to greatness. [] A NETWORK OF INFLUENCE: Greatness is rarely an individual effort. This communication must represent a professional approach and be structured under the heading of: “The Proper Use of the English Language”. The best chefs have built a network of associates over years of working in kitchens.

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EATER

MARCH 26, 2025

The Travel buds Grand hotels are home to some of the French capitals most exciting and elegant meals, according to Eaters local dining expert and guidebook author Hotel restaurants tend to have a special energy. Book a table at Le Bar Long Book a room at Le Royal Monceau Raffles Paris Vincent Leroux The view from the dining room at Plnitude.

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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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ChowNow

JANUARY 23, 2025

At this point, all it takes is one lousy dining experience to sever the connection you once had with a customer who potentially spent thousands of dollars at your restaurant every year. Fine-tuning every touch point a customer has with your restaurant will elevate their experience from: Yeah, I liked it to I want to go there twice a week.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Well, just like with organic produce farming, organic online growth is the type of growth that happens without the aid of human-made external influences. Collaborate with Influencers. In the restaurant world, you probably think an influencer has to be a food critic who comes in and rips your menu apart online for the world to see.

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