Modern Restaurant Management
MAY 22, 2025
The uniforms worn by staff, from kitchen to counter, represent your brand in every customer interaction, making apparel a strategic business decision rather than merely an operational requirement. Strategic use of color should inform uniform design decisions.
Culinary Cues
OCTOBER 20, 2021
The kitchen is a place where those who are successful come to the realization that those later aptitudes are enhanced through experience – the more you do, the better you become. Some talented people are not the best cooks and chefs and quite often the most intelligent (using commonly referred to scales of measurement) are lacking in common sense.
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Culinary Cues
JUNE 23, 2024
Those operations that resemble the caldrons of hell filled with arrogance, bullying, unprofessional behavior, and a lack of respect for people, product, and process is the same as categorizing musicians, athletes, business leaders, and politicians under a unified profile. Not all kitchens are alike. Not all chefs are the same.
Modern Restaurant Management
DECEMBER 18, 2024
So much data is generated at every point within a restaurant, whether fast casual or fine dining. And the digitization of operations over the past few years means that the industry is getting better at capturing that data. Foot traffic or heat mapping, menu item engagement, or consumer demographics by time of day.
Culinary Cues
MARCH 10, 2022
At the very least, we know that the work right in front of us won’t change. Why do we sometimes treat dish washers as commodities – interchangeable and easily replaceable parts, when their role is so critical to the success of the restaurant (front and back of the house)? March 9 was National Dish Washer Day.
Culinary Cues
MARCH 21, 2022
From first-in, first-out in the walk-in cooler to how you fold side towels and where your knives are placed – it is organization that allows a kitchen to run efficiently and keeps the mood and pace of the restaurant in sync. To some, it may seem less significant, but to seasoned professionals – this is the truth of the kitchen.
Culinary Cues
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Name tags for front of the house employees work just as well maybe with the name of the town they are from, or the number of years they have worked in an establishment. Maybe, just maybe, that name on their uniform is the same as signing their work – something that the individual wants to respect with a “best foot forward”.
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