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How to Improve Restaurant Operations: 9 Proven Strategies

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Every manager aims for maximum operational efficiency in their restaurants, but achieving this isn't easy, with the industry's success rate recorded at only 20%. This is where developing a comprehensive restaurant operations plan comes in. This is why 62% of managers feel burnt out , especially on days leading to peak seasons.

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KITCHEN RESPECT

Culinary Cues

I see it through the eyes of the operator, the chef, the cook, server, and customer – it is a virus that continues to spread and grow exponentially. Every day should be an opportunity for each employee to grow, learn, and improve through teaching and training.

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WHY DO YOU COOK?

Culinary Cues

Desperation is never a good approach towards hiring. But desperation hiring is, more often than not, a terrible way to staff your kitchen. Do you really want to work in an operation where desperation is the primary motivation for hiring? Are these the individuals who will help the operation reach its long-term goals?

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WHAT WOULD ESCOFFIER SAY

Culinary Cues

How is your kitchen organized, how much time are you willing to invest in training, how do you (the chef and owner) present yourself as a leader and mentor, how serious are you about the right way to cook, how open are you to sharing, and how effective are you at building a team of professionals who look and act the part?

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ALL HAIL DISHWASHERS

Culinary Cues

One of the hidden painful costs of operating a kitchen comes from the cost of chemicals used in the dish area. A sous chef who worked with me once stated that I should just constantly hire dish washers if any show up looking for a job. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. Who is responsible for this machine? The dish washer!

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A CULTURE OF QUALITY

Culinary Cues

Did that experienced, higher than normal paid employee contribute to the operation as you intended? BUILDING A CULTURE OF QUALITY [] RESEARCH, STUDY, AND ASSESS BEFORE YOU HIRE. New hires need to understand your culture, your collective vision and mission, team dynamics, strengths, and weaknesses, and where they fit.

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IN CHALLENGING TIMES DON’T MAKE CLASSIC BUSINESS MISTAKES REMEMBER THE TOP ELEVEN

Culinary Cues

For the restaurant operator caught up in the current, somewhat bleak reality of the business environment we are living in – there is hope in knowing how resilient the business of food can be. Work at it, train for it, stand behind it, and make a difference. William Channing once wrote: “Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.