Culinary Cues

MAY 27, 2023

Employees can always catch up on their phones during breaks but during production and service their focus must be on the job in front of them. [] BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER: One of the “bad and ugly” aspects to technology, especially social media, is that people are pulled into their silos and fail to interact and share with others.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 23, 2022

Consumers visit a fast food or quick serve restaurant (QSR) with a goal in mind: secure a tasty meal incredibly quickly. Once upon a time, a frontline employee at a fast food restaurant did not necessarily need technological skills to apply for the job. Who makes the magic happen? Cashiers, cooks, and other QSR crew members.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 28, 2022

This is where we celebrate and reflect – the place where a cook offers the most important expression of love through the creative preparation of food. If the family were defined as a team, it would be the kitchen that served as the locker room and the playing field. The most important room in a home is the kitchen.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 8, 2024

More than half (55 percent) of global consumers say automated food preparation is unacceptable for both quick service and table service restaurants, while nearly half (49 percent) say they’re likely to order food through an artificial intelligence tool, such as a chatbot or drive-thru.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Automating the Front of House. Front-of-house staff can be hard to recruit, are less tenured, and have high turnover. Ongoing staffing challenges have led restaurants to embrace technology solutions, especially for front of house roles. Redefining the Role of the Manager.

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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. Even the Michelin Guide broke the ice of snobbery in recent years. How’s that for an introductory sentence?

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 25, 2021

With today’s food trends moving toward the direction of fresh, healthy, local, and sustainable, the term “plant-based” continues to enter the conversation on every playing field. Effectively educating those (bartenders, wait staff, back of the house, etc.) Choose a Versatile Plant-Based Protein.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Or, if you've worked in a restaurant as a chef, line cook, or as part of the FOH (front-of-house), you may have used this hospitality term yourself. Food runners fluctuate between the front and back of the house, and are likely to be the messenger that communicates what is 86'd from BOH to FOH. Table of Contents.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 22, 2020

Over the last decade, demand for gluten-free foods has grown by an eye-popping 200 percent with two out of 10 Americans seeking gluten-free options when dining out. At the same time, restaurant owners may be concerned about the time, expense, and profitability of serving gluten-free dishes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Today’s restaurants face obstacles on many fronts. Simplify Front of House Processes. Many of these processes will remain even after the pandemic, presenting opportunities to deploy automation technologies to simplify front of house processes. Optimize Food Safety Protocols. trillion each year.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 23, 2022

Since then, the brand has grown to 16 locations across Michigan, continuing to serve those beloved All-American classics. The food and hospitality hasn't changed all that much since '65. Executive Summary. Region: Great Lakes. Number of Locations: 16. Restaurant Type: Quick Service. The restaurant industry has. Table of Contents.

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Open for Business

APRIL 14, 2023

I use it often to make changes in the moment,” says Zachary Lollo, food and beverage manager at Fiorenzo Italian Steakhouse at Hyatt Regency in Orlando, Florida. So we do more than add features that respond to restaurateurs’ needs, we also help them adapt to the changing realities of the industry.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 26, 2021

2020 was a year that the restaurant industry won’t soon forget. From a projected record growth at the top of the year to a decline of nearly $240 billion in sales and 2.5 million out of work, it was nothing short of devastating. Through it all, we emerge from the year as an industry in evolution—and our restaurants need to evolve with it.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

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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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 9, 2021

We may complain about the guest who is taking loads of pictures of their food and posting them on Instagram, but deep inside we get a bit of a rush when it happens. We may complain about the guest who is taking loads of pictures of their food and posting them on Instagram, but deep inside we get a bit of a rush when it happens.

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360Training

JULY 9, 2020

According to market research conducted in 2017 , 11% of customers used a gluten-free “eating approach” in the previous year. That’s one percent more than vegetarian and over twice the vegan market. It’s a huge niche that more and more restaurants are waking up to. Here are five solid guidelines to secure your success.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 27, 2022

Kristen knows ghost kitchens well—and after a stint at Zuul, she went to found her own ghost kitchen, Hungry House. Why Hungry House is called an “anti” ghost kitchen. Determined to make a bigger impact, she left consulting to pursue a career in the food industry. It's feeling connected to the why this food's existence.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 11, 2021

He served as a food inspector in the U.S. He has served as the Executive Chef at Harvard University, and in 1987 he founded Hospitality Works, helping several Chicago restaurants turn around their fortune. Now, when I work with clients, I can work with them on the front-end and the back-end.”

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Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

Restaurant back-of-house operations form the backbone of a restaurant’s success. The back-of-house (or BOH) manages crucial elements that impact cost control and profitability. These include food production and inventory management. Additionally, the BOH handles food safety and restaurant administration. Food safety.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Every restaurant has a back of house and a front of house. Cloud Kitchens are restaurants with no front of house. This indicated a clear trend that a “restaurant” does not need to necessarily comprise of both front of house and back of house components.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Miso Robotics provides intelligent automation solutions for foodservice that solve some critical back-of-house kitchen operations. With our partnerships, we’ve had the opportunity to create, pilot, and implement more automated solutions that are ideal to serve the needs of our partners. Across the U.S.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2023

Training your staff in best practices for serving gluten-free dishes is one of the best proactive measures you can take to avoid such conflicts, as well as to demonstrate your commitment to ensuring the safety of gluten-free diners. Meeting the needs of gluten-free consumers also extends beyond the front of the house.

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Clover - Restaurants

MAY 3, 2024

Recent surveys confirm the importance of cleaning and sanitizing in food industry establishments for building customer confidence and in influencing diner choice. City and state health departments monitor local restaurants to ensure they’re following food safety management program guidelines. An estimated 3,000 people in the U.S.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 28, 2023

Chulita has been serving Venice, California locals their brand of Oaxacan food since 2018. Because of this communication bottleneck, scheduling was a "nightmare," and there was an overall dissatisfaction amongst staff, especially in the front of house, when requesting time off.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 1, 2022

Even with this good news for restaurant operators, many challenges still remain – particularly around staffing in both the front and back of the house. ” They enter this demanding industry because they truly enjoy creating excellent guest experiences through outstanding food, atmosphere, and service.

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ChefMod

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Higher Wages and Free Food This one seems pretty obvious, though it may be a painful idea for some business owners. We know a lot more now than we did in the beginning about the disease and what we can do to keep our guests and employees safe, but that doesn’t mean we are completely out of the woods.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 24, 2022

When properly deployed, they can transform the employee experience by improving daily operations, syncing front-of-house and back-of-house communication and execution, and delivering a memorable dining experience that won’t send staff to the walk-in cooler for a good cry. Hospitality is greater than the sum of its parts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 30, 2021

This will enable operators to establish non-traditional gratuity pools that can now be used to create higher wages for back-house staff such as line cooks, dishwashers and janitorial without increasing their operational labor spend. .” per hour when you can schedule one dishwasher, and require front-house employees (on the tipped $2.13

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Before the fire, Lahaina’s world-famous Front Street was little more than a patchwork of wooden shacks held together by layers of paint, cooking grease, crusty sea salt, banana sap, and gossip. Over the years it housed a saloon, stage, and movie theater. For some, it was simply home. Around 50 restaurants went up in smoke that day.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Whether you work in the front of house or in the kitchen, the stressors of every shift can wear you down. In a survey conducted by AmericanAddictionCenters.org, one in ten food service industry workers reported that they are under the influence of drugs for the majority of their work shifts, and around one in 20 alcohol.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

One easy (and bottom-line-friendly) tactic to boost retention efforts may be as simple as an acknowledgment of hard work from higher up the food chain. Restaurant employees play an integral role in the dining experience, representing the building blocks of delightful guest experiences, ultimately creating loyal patrons who come back for more.

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EATER

AUGUST 4, 2022

During the Ichilanga Mulilo, the bride and her family welcome the groom with a feast The first time my now-husband told me he loved Ethiopian food as much as I did, I thought he was trying way too hard to impress me. As I learned on that early date, Joe is no stranger to food from the African continent.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

AI-based robots cook your food and deliver meals on time without missing a beat. You are sitting in your favorite restaurant and have placed an order on a tablet at your table. After a few seconds of placing the order, a notification appears on your messaging app. But before we learn more about it, here is a quick recap of what AI and ML are.

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EATER

JUNE 28, 2023

Deep dish gets the fine dining treatment | Chuck Hodes/FX A 15-year restaurant veteran, The Bear ’s culinary producer is responsible for the show’s food as well as the cast’s cooking skills Courtney “Coco” Storer has worked in some of the world’s most vaunted kitchens, including Verjus in Paris, both as a chef and in the front of house.

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QSR Automations

APRIL 17, 2024

In today’s dining landscape, it’s not just about serving great food; it’s about creating memorable experiences for guests. By considering factors like cooking times and order types, ConnectSmart® Kitchen ensures that dishes are prepared and served in the most efficient sequence possible.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Before we begin, we need to realize that the guacamole product served to customers is not solely factored on the price of the ingredients, but you’ll find the sneaky costs in labor, waste, food safety, and shipping. Food Safety. A potentially costly sneaky costs is food safety. Our final sneak costs is shipping.

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A state-of-the-art restaurant POS System, specifically tailored for bars and restaurants, streamlines transactions, inventory management, and customer service, ensuring that business owners can focus on what they do best—serving their patrons. What are your profit margins? Having this knowledge at your fingertips is critical.

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