Ken Burgin

JUNE 6, 2023

I love using ChatGPT to develop training activities and materials for restaurant and cafe employees. I’ve used it here to brainstorm ideas for training modules for waiters, managers, cooks, head chefs, and baristas. This will help train staff in customer service skills and problem-solving.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

In the kitchen – work responsibilities are divided into oversight and action positions – the number depending on the scope of the restaurant menu and the size of the operation, but basically there are chefs, cooks, and support staff. This is a behind the scenes look at the place and the people that bring a plate of food to the guest’s table.

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Consider this – the menu is the most important component of a successful restaurant and once designed it can, and should, impact every other aspect of the business. YES – the menu is that important! The menu comes first and should reflect the philosophy of the owners and chef and how the operators expect to be perceived by the public.

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Clover - Restaurants

MAY 7, 2024

Here are a few sample back-of-house job descriptions you can use to jumpstart your own job descriptions to help attract top notch BOH staff. Requirements: Conceive and update menus that embody our brand and showcase seasonal ingredients, featuring a diverse range of dishes with considerations for dietary preferences.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

It's up to the restaurant manager to maintain a warm, welcoming atmosphere and train staff to do the same. One other way you may need to manage inventory is with menu planning. Some restaurant managers work directly with the chef to plan menu item selection or daily specials.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 23, 2021

The traditional front of the house to the back of the house divide has closed. Do you need a prep cook or a chef to help develop a new patio menu ? According to 7shifts' restaurant industry data , shifts scheduled are recovering at a slower rate than sales. That all begins at the hiring level.

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Culinary Cues

JULY 12, 2020

It is an uneasy feeling that was pronounced as those cooks who were already at work – looked cautiously at their teammate, nodded, and turned their heads back to the work in front of them. The kitchen lights are back on, deliveries arrive, the battery of ranges is fired up, and cooks (some of us) are welcomed back.

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Maybe, you’ve come up with some unique concoctions for your menu that no one else in town serves, so you need a bar POS fully customized to your unique business needs. At the forefront of this achievement is the POS software, a pivotal technology that has transformed how bars operate. What are your profit margins?

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Food Business

DECEMBER 17, 2019

workshops and trainings—on steps of service, or educating guests—are great for your customers, and improve retention for your staff. STAFF LED TRAININGS Educational trainings vary according to needs. And then choose FOH (front of house) only, or FOH and BOH (back of house) training, to ensure everyone is gaining new skills.

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Foodable

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Listen to "A Classically Trained Chef’s Journey to Making Burgers" on Spreaker. In this episode of Chef AF, I chat with Chef Paul Griffin , chief culinary officer at BurgerFi about his training, his experience of over twenty years, and his road to BurgerFi. We have a five-person team based on the 5 positions that they train.

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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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Culinary Cues

MAY 15, 2021

To attract and retain quality staff you must train well, treat them with respect, pay them a respectable wage, offer reasonable benefits, and provide them with the tools to be successful. Our menus are too large: The days when the way to customer satisfaction was through extensive variety are probably gone. What if……happens?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

To tackle this pressing issue effectively, businesses must invest in staff training and development, vital for retaining and upskilling their existing workforce. During peak seasons, considering outsourcing certain services becomes a practical solution to ensure seamless operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 10, 2021

While your restaurant may feature a diverse menu, delicious food, a great ambiance, and excellent customer service, you will still struggle to build a customer base without promoting it. Others tend to emphasize their cheaper menu options. A quick look at your POS data will identify the top three selling items on your menu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 24, 2023

Art featured throughout the facility pays homage to the University and the fresh ingredients used daily in the 1856 kitchen – four kaleidoscope art pieces for each season of the year. 1856 is the first-of-its-kind, student-run culinary experience in the Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center in Auburn, Alabama.

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Sante

JANUARY 27, 2020

" Mama Lion's strategy is to remain relevant to a menu that excites guests. Being curated by a renowned chef is valuable, but more importantly, it is the creativity that Chef Zarate brings to the menu. I train staff as a family. Team building is also a great way to train staff." Emiliano De Laurentiis.

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

AlMar Cecconi’s Atrium Dumbo Westville Dumbo Seamore’s Dumbo Celestine Jacob’s Pickles Superfine Thai sidewalk dumboLUV Bread & Spread Front Street Pizza Bklyn Wild Sugarcane Time Out Market New York Em Vietnamese Bistro The Migrant Kitchen Juliana’s Gran Eléctrica The River Café Almondine Bakery Smile To Go Vinegar Hill House.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Take the time you need to get trained up on the technology your restaurant uses, and learn best practices. This is a great step up in your restaurant career, and one that 25% of all restaurant staff want to make. But with this new opportunity comes a new set of challenges, not the least of which is figuring out how to manage restaurant staff.

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Open for Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

From budgeting and licensing to crafting the perfect menu, here’s everything you need to know about how to open a restaurant. Market research Before you even think about the menu or location, you need to understand the guests who will walk through your doors. Doing so will give you a sense of the market gap that needs filling.

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Open for Business

APRIL 12, 2023

That means diners can expect some surprises on the omakase and a la carte menus—such as charcoal-grilled shrimp with black garlic tzatziki and a honeycrisp apple salad with labne—in addition to creative spins on sashimi such as scallops with bergamot. We call the collection “The Greats.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 2, 2021

When thinking about the future of the dining experience post COVID, it is easy to get caught focusing on things like digital only self-service, sci-fi-like drone food delivery and taking pills or shakes instead of food. Almost more than any other sector, we’ve seen this in the restaurant and hospitality industry. The Shift to Co-Pilot Mode.

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Xtra Chef

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Incorrect or inconsistent kitchen training can lead to larger portion sizes than planned. Those projections, along with seasonal recipe modifications, should be used to better anticipate what you’ll actually use. Food waste is a serious environmental and humanitarian issue. What Causes Restaurant Food Waste? Food Spillage.

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Future Food

JANUARY 30, 2020

Cutting back on the menu – e.g. poached eggs only, no fried items. Customer Service at Mcdonalds (Image via Bustle). Great Service in an Era of Labour Costs & Technology. As every successful restaurateur will tell you, passion is the reason that they started their venture in the first place. It’s a place of joy.” 4 people working 7.5

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EATER

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Chefs on board the trains — and at the grand hotels, like the Fairmont Chateau at Lake Louise and Fairmont Banff Springs, that the trains precipitated — introduced lavish Victorian fine dining. Over the course of 1,000 miles from the U.S.-Canada European mountaineering guides also brought dishes from their homelands, like fondue.

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Apicbase

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Utilising tech for better decision-making in menu development and marketing strategies. Heavenly Desserts: Global Expansion Every store offers a unique ambience, yet the quality of the menu is consistently high. Each Heavenly Dessert restaurant offers a unique ambience, but the quality of the menu is uniformly high.

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Apicbase

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Utilising tech for better decision-making in menu development and marketing strategies. Heavenly Desserts: Global Expansion Every store offers a unique ambience, yet the quality of the menu is consistently high. Each Heavenly Dessert restaurant offers a unique ambience, but the quality of the menu is uniformly high.

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Touch Bistro

AUGUST 11, 2021

If you’ve ever scheduled too many front of house staff for a shift at your restaurant, you might think that you’re reducing labor costs by simply sending staff home early. You could end up facing the steep expense of losing – and subsequently hiring and training – new employees. Restaurant Labor Cost Percentage.

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Restaurant Clicks

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Other popular menu items include the spider roll and the Boston roll. Tompkins Square Park is in the middle of the neighborhood and is a lovely communal space. Many movies have scenes that were shot in the East Village, including renowned films like Taxi Driver and the Godfather. Check out our list of the best sushi in the East Village.

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EATER

MARCH 2, 2022

Monday diners at Dame tend to be more industry veterans who order the whole menu and full bottles of wine. Menu price: $29. This draws out moisture and seasons the fish. Alex Staniloff/Eater NY. I could make this dish at home for $5,” goes the refrain. diners were also more frequent. Total cost to restaurant: $23.93

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Touch Bistro

AUGUST 11, 2021

Georgia: $7.25/hour hour for employees not covered under FLSA). Hawaii: $10.10/hour. Illinois: $11.00/hour hour (for employers of 4 or more employees). Indiana: $7.25/hour hour (for employers of 2 or more employees). Kansas: $7.25/hour. Kentucky: $7.25/hour. Louisiana: $7.25/hour hour (no state minimum wage law). Maine: $12.15/hour. Michigan: $9.65/hour.

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Sling

AUGUST 9, 2023

March 2023 13 Expert Tips for Effective Employee Communication March 2023 11 Types of Job Shifts Managers Should Know March 2023 What Is Incentive Pay and How Does it Work? March 2023 What Is a Human Resource Management System (HRMS)?

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EATER

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Whether it’s a seasonal chiffon sheet cake or ice cream infused with hoja santa or black garlic, it’s never been a more joyful and exciting time to order dessert. The chef applying lessons from pastry to the whole menu Cat Cardenas Tavel Bristol-Joseph. More than any other course, we’d argue, dessert embodies joy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The 2020 holiday season may not offer the same gatherings, parties and hoopla of years’ past, but diners are making sure it is still filled with amazing food. The 2020 holiday season may not offer the same gatherings, parties and hoopla of years’ past, but diners are making sure it is still filled with amazing food.

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Ken Burgin

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Designing a food-tasting program for front-of-house staff is a fantastic way to enhance their appreciation and knowledge of food, which in turn can significantly improve the guest experience and average customer spending. Here are 40 training activities for chefs to run for waiters and front-of-house staff within a 15-minute session.

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Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

There are seasonal additions to the menu that ensure this restaurant is worth revisiting. The restaurant features a gourmet menu and a Mezcal tasting room. Though it classifies itself as a taqueria, the super-trendy food on the menu isn’t what you’d find at a taco truck. Arepas are the king of the menu here.

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Touch Bistro

MAY 26, 2021

Here’s what you’re going to want to look at to get ready for Father’s Day: Menu Marketing Staff Equipment. Father’s Day planning begins with your menu. Consider whipping up some Father’s Day specials, like seasonal dishes , a prix fixe menu, or takeout meal kits. That’s where your restaurant comes in.

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Restaurant Clicks

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Strip’s colossal hotels house multiple 5-star restaurants led by celebrity Chefs known around the world. The menu at La Strega has selections of pizza, pasta, antipasti, seafood, cured meats, and main entrees for an elaborate multi-course Italian meal. The Black Sheep. Make a Reservation. Kabuto Edomae Sushi.

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