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WHY DO YOU COOK?

Culinary Cues

This is not to slight golfers (I try to be one on occasion myself), nor is it meant to infer those cooks need to play sports at all – it is a reference to wanting to be part of a team versus standing on a soapbox as an independent. This also shows that the person has a goal and knows what it will take to get there.

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ANYTHING WORTH DOING IS WORTH DOING EXTREMELY WELL

Culinary Cues

Competition is healthy if you use it as a reference to improve. Check out your competition, study the restaurants that surprise and thrill people, spend time there studying their methods, work there if you can, ask people why they like them so much and then get to work learning how to be even better.

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THE VALUE OF THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS

Culinary Cues

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. When you are responsible for it then it means so much more. [] OF COURSE, THOSE SHOES MUST BE POLISHED: A friend of mine used to say clean shoes, happy shoes, happy cook.

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DON’T SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRITY

Culinary Cues

The Japanese would refer to them as companies focused on “Kaisen” (a pursuit of constant improvement). Look deeply into these businesses and the people who own and operate them and you will see an unrelenting effort towards achieving excellence in design, product quality, efficiency, value, and service.

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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? It refers to interactions with people and events that sit forever in our memories.

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THE DOG AND BUTTERFLY

Culinary Cues

I was listening the other day to the lyrics of Ann Wilson from the group Heart when she referred to the contradiction and quest of the dog and butterfly. Being a professional cook or chef is such a contradiction of the human condition. Who is this person? PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. Reach for the butterfly. Harvest America Ventures, LLC.

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The Devil is in The Detail – providing avenues for asset growth through F&B operational excellence

Future Food

Much of this good work can be compromised when individual operators do not demonstrate the operational standards which they set out to achieve – whether it be a damaged menu board, inconsistent food display standards, inefficient service, poor cleanliness & hygiene standards or lack of uniform standards.