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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? Yes, let’s start there.

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How to Create an Effective Restaurant Onboarding Process

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In order for new hires to perform well and stay happy in their roles, hiring managers need to pay more attention to the restaurant onboarding process. The purpose of the onboarding process is to teach new hires how to do their jobs successfully, and to catch them up on the company's culture and procedures.

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Restaurant Bookkeeping: Comprehensive Guide to Master Bookkeeping

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On the other hand, non-current assets (also referred to as long-term assets) are those that cannot be readily converted to cash. Here’s how you can do it: Cost of goods sold (COGS) The Cost of Goods Sold refers to the costs directly associated with preparing and serving the items on your restaurant menu.

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CLOSING THE RINGS OF THE TOTAL RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE

Culinary Cues

An owner for whom I worked years ago referred to it as the Total Dining Experience and I have held on to this concept ever since. Have you established a uniform and grooming standard in your restaurant and is it equitably enforced? The right balance is critical and worth hiring sound technicians to design early on.

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5 Cybersecurity Tips to Keep Your Online Restaurant Business Safe

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Therefore, the most common cybersecurity issues are shown below: Untrained workforce Zero accordance with the security norms Absence of uniformity in the digital security systems Card-based payment system Not having tangible data security measures No circumspection against malware Tighter POS security.

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CHEFS ARE ALL IN AND ALL OUT

Culinary Cues

By “all in” I am referring to total commitment, building your life around the demands of the job, and most significantly to do so while being oblivious to the impact that this commitment has on other aspect of one’s life. Now his day had come.

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WHEN COOKING BECOMES MORE THAN A JOB

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Typically, it starts off that way – old enough to work, they’re hiring, no experience required – it’s a job. Here are some indicators: YOU KNOW YOU HAVE MOVED BEYOND A PAYCHECK WHEN: You are proud of the uniform that you wear. So how do you know that you have moved past the paycheck and into the realm of a professional cook?