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STEPPING INTO PROFESSIONALISM

Culinary Cues

In a proper kitchen, the uniform is clean, pressed, and complete. Time is the hardest thing to manage – there is never enough, so cooks are busy, but they exude “purpose” and are always cognizant of not wasting steps. They walk with determination, but not out of panic.

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THE VALUE OF THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS

Culinary Cues

Measure your cuts, look at your waste – improve every day until you are fast and ALWAYS accurate. [] TURN 300 POTATOES PERFECTLY, THEN ASK AGAIN IF YOU CAN WORK THE LINE: Why is it important for a potato to have seven equal sides? The potato is a. diner’s attention. [] WHAT – YOU NEVER HAD A PAPER ROUTE?

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CHEFS: BUILD A TEAM – KEEP A TEAM

Culinary Cues

When an employee feels that the opportunity for expression is present – then they will feel engaged and appreciated. This can be an incentive program that engages the employees in helping the restaurant reach its goals through efficiency, waste reduction, and a unified approach towards being entrepreneurial. ” -Bryant H.

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Key Takeaways from the 2022 FDA Food Code

Modern Restaurant Management

” To prevent food loss and waste across the food supply chain and help ensure safe, good-quality food gets to those who need it most, the 2022 Food Code has clarified that food that is stored, prepared, packaged, displayed, and labeled according to Food Code safety provisions can be donated.

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Your Go-To Guide for Restaurant Inventory Management

7 Shifts

You'll also be less likely to order too much of any ingredient, which leads to food waste. That's why we're presenting you with all you need to know about inventory's essential steps, best practices, and helpful resources below. Anything much larger and you should investigate possible avenues of food waste. The Compare Method.

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THE LINE COOK’S NEW KITCHEN RULES SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE

Culinary Cues

Your principles, and those of the cooks who proudly wear the uniform of the kitchen, are your stakes in the ground. The professional cook has a passion for the ingredients, the process of cooking, and the history behind a dish, the creation of flavor, and the presentation of a dish. Cooks will never violate these parameters.

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THE JOY OF COOKING

Culinary Cues

The media went from bowing their heads when a chef walked into a room to seeking out the angry and disgruntled, the outliers and the pundits, the cooks who are unworthy of the uniform and the tattered and worn who are simply burned out from aligning with the wrong operations. We need to encourage the positive to drown out the naysayers.

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