Culinary Cues

JUNE 3, 2024

Are you serious about cooking, creating, coaching a team, and contributing to the success of a business? It may not look the same and they may have never written it down, but this is their method of operation. [] LOOK THE PART Take pride in your appearance and the sharpness of your uniform. Besides when you look good, you feel good.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Pointing out what an employee does incorrectly can be positive if it is reinforced with training to correct the problem. Employees are typically not opposed to being measured – they simply want to know what is expected and how that measurement will take place. The chef must also seek out those “teaching moments” whenever they arise.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 4, 2022

You breathe out and shake your head again knowing that as much as you try to convince yourself, those jobs are not part of your portfolio anymore. An employee is constantly late or lacks the personal motivation to do a consistently good job – the senior chef will likely seek the cause rather than simply lash out or give up on a person.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Maybe the driver is distracted with a cell phone, engaged in a discussion with a passenger, or simply spacing out – but regardless of the reason, you see the impact before it happens, and you are unable to move out of the way. So, if this sounds like you, then take a deep breath, shake it off, stand tall and listen.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 4, 2022

People do care about value and once the splash of being able to get out of the house wears off, value assessment will be paramount once again. Unless…a coach or player steps up and says “NO”! “We www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Apathy is a disease that spreads as quickly as a virus. Toynbee (author and historian).

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

How you play the game in the process of winning is critical, as is the sportsmanship that allows people to get past defeat with honor and grace while taking the time to positively recognize those who administered that defeat. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Create a Team Built to Win. It’s hard to argue with that logic.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 24, 2020

With most restaurants operating on dine-out only, and many having closed their doors, restaurant staff are left with hours reduced—or out of a job entirely. You can find a full list of financial relief programs at our blog: COVID-19 Restaurant Relief Programs. Here are a few simple steps you can take to manage your funds.

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Culinary Cues

JULY 23, 2023

Great food is every chef’s goal, inspired guests is a highly desired outcome, charged up cooks and a team in total sync is the chef’s calling card, and financial success is something that every chef is fully cognizant of, but this can only happen when chefs are able to focus on what they have been coached to do.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 3, 2022

According to Jim Taylor, a restaurant coach at BenchmarkSixty , restaurants can afford to pay employees more by looking for efficiencies in their productivity. Here are a few ways to ensure you're scheduling with empathy: Get the schedule out in advance. Or perhaps even take a short trip to visit friends or family.

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Sitting is the chef’s office, or what some might refer to as a storage room with a desk, it is always enlightening to look out on the kitchen and watch the motions of those who have found a home in double-breasted white jackets and skull caps. What many chefs neglect to understand is that they are teachers, mentors, and life coaches.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 3, 2024

You were either part of this or feeling left out because you weren’t. Can you tough it out? We even boast an informal initiation period where new employees are given conflicting directions, inaccurate details on the work to be done, or even sent on wild goose-chases just to embarrass them and see if they can take it.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 19, 2024

Competition can be joyful and uplifting or it can spiral out of control, tearing away at reason and good faith. It was Vince Lombardi, the famous football coach of the Green Bay Packers who proclaimed: “Winning isn’t everything – it’s the only thing.”

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Are you meticulous about changing the oil in your deep fryer, or filtering out the smell of carbon build up on burner grates and broiler grids? We know that music can enhance a good time out on the town, but have we paid adequate attention to the type of music and sound level as it applies to the menu concept?

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 1, 2020

WHAT WE SAY: – Effective leaders coach their words and base them on what they have learned – backed up with facts and input from those “experts” that they have effectively listened to. Those chains are far more likely to gather their collective minds to find a way out of the storm and survive a period of business downturn.

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 11, 2021

Words that are well thought out, from our memory and filtered through the heart can bridge any gap that might exist between people. Let’s work together to figure out how to make it better.” I remember many examples in my own past as a cook where things just seemed to get out of hand. www.havestamericacues.com BLOG.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Since followers might worry they were losing access to recipes that appeared only in the books and not on her blog, she announced plans to transfer everything to the public website. And structured data like a list of ingredients can take up an entire screen while offering little context. That doesn’t mean it was easy.

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Hot Schedules

MAY 10, 2021

So how do you stack your bench and coach your own team to maximum efficiency? The first challenge for seasonal venues is stacking the bench when there just doesn’t seem to be enough people out there to hire. When the clock is running out and you’re low on options, there are a few resources that can help you achieve just that.

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EATER

MARCH 23, 2021

A trunk-size folding table and chairs made me a better parent — or at least a cleaner one Here’s how much I love lunch: I used to run a blog called Midtown Lunch , dedicated entirely to eating lunch in the worst New York neighborhood to eat lunch in. leaving me with practically an entire day to figure out what the hell to do with the kids.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 18, 2022

Post-consumer waste is everything that’s wasted after it reaches your guests, like leftovers that get thrown out after they’re served. Take a deep dive into the items that have the largest variance to find the cause of waste. Coach staff members on zero food waste tactics. Keep a food waste journal. Count inventory regularly.

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Rocket Fuel

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

With the end of the year approaching, there are specific actions HR can take to make their interactions and communications more manageable for the business, managers, and employees. Executing benefit renewals and enrollments takes time, especially in dispersed, decentralized organizations with numerous franchise locations.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Chefs, like those listed above are beaten up, stressed out, pressured, critiqued, and second-guessed throughout their careers, so why in the world do many continue to hang on past a reasonable point in their lives. The people I chose to work with and hang out with were(are) passionate about what they do. So, what gives?

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 25, 2022

The question is: which path will we take? Most games, including the one with my fully embraced and supported team from Buffalo, New York were addressed in the end just like the famous coach, Vince Lombardi said decades ago: “I never really lost a football game; on occasion I simply ran out of time.”. CAFÉ Talks Podcast.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 7, 2024

Don’t let the world keep taking your major pieces on the chess board. Take control of the situation, research your options, study the competition, enhance your skills, step outside the norm, take a chance and have fun with the opportunities rather than feel incumbered by the obstacles. So, what are you going to do about it?

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Hot Schedules

MARCH 29, 2019

This blog was originally produced for Hospitality Technology. Technology is a Tool to Coach Your Managers. Advanced labor forecasting takes the subjectivity out of your restaurant employee scheduling. Check out the HotSchedules OpX Podcast for an interview with Dean Haskell of National Retail Concept Partners.

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Hot Schedules

OCTOBER 23, 2019

This blog was originally produced for Hospitality Technology. Technology is a Tool to Coach Your Managers. Advanced labor forecasting takes the subjectivity out of your restaurant employee scheduling. Check out the HotSchedules OpX Podcast for an interview with Dean Haskell of National Retail Concept Partners.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 14, 2024

We can take impeccable care of our chef uniform and careless about washing our hands for 20 seconds. Greatness is a way of presenting yourself, of functioning day-in and day-out. Excellence takes commitment, passion, knowledge, practice, and damn hard work. You are either in the pursuit of greatness, or you aren’t.

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The Restaurant Group

JUNE 21, 2024

Our 5-Step Approach We offer a suite of customizable services based on your needs and we collaborate with you to ensure that you get the guidance and coaching you need every step of the way. Plan of Action This is where we establish the direction you should take based on a research and analysis-based plan of action.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 13, 2021

This budget should lay out the larger goals, but it should also provide CoGS and labor data broken down by week, day, or even day part. Many people associate accountability as taking the blame if something goes wrong. Cost Out Your Menu Items and Recipes. 4. Use Purchase Orders and Buy Only What You Need.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 13, 2021

This budget should lay out the larger goals, but it should also provide CoGS and labor data broken down by week, day, or even day part. Many people associate accountability as taking the blame if something goes wrong. Cost Out Your Menu Items and Recipes. Use Purchase Orders and Buy Only What You Need.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 26, 2022

Check out Restaurant365’s free employee turnover calculator to determine how much turnover is costing your restaurant group.). However, implementing industry skills training, mentorship, and a healthy culture takes time and may not show immediate quantifiable return on investment. Focus on training and development.

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Clover - Restaurants

JULY 11, 2024

Linking your footprint to other businesses by offering or renting out space for a partner’s pop-up table in your space or sharing a combined retail space could provide a more complete customer experience and could even reduce overhead costs. Take, for example, a local boutique.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Addison, 13, decided to take culinary arts because her mom is a baker and she’s inspired by her, while Hannah, 14, became more interested in cooking from browsing food blogs. When you teach adults, you start out with knife skills right away,” Silverman explains. The curriculum, compared to culinary school, is flip-flopped.

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Rocket Fuel

JANUARY 26, 2024

We’ll just come out and say it: Restaurant operators are losing money to third-party delivery service providers. Additionally, you could be missing out on recoverable revenue and payouts from DSPs. Ability to dig into which stores, days of the week, and/or dayparts may require more attention and coaching 03.

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Notch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Maybe you advertised in the wrong places and were left feeling like there are no quality staff out there. That alone may help weed out some of the poor performers; once your staff can’t run the restaurant their way anymore, they may choose to move on to another restaurant with lower expectations. But hope isn’t a good business model.

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Notch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Maybe you advertised in the wrong places and were left feeling like there are no quality staff out there. That alone may help weed out some of the poor performers; once your staff can’t run the restaurant their way anymore, they may choose to move on to another restaurant with lower expectations. But hope isn’t a good business model.

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MBB Hospitality

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Did you know that there are some small business tax dedications that you can take advantage of? In addition, there are two ways you can figure out the deduction for business travel in your car. The second way is to figure out the percentage of time you use your vehicle for business use. You Can Deduct Your Home Office.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The stores were empty, and restaurant service staff were staring out windows from the vantage of unfilled seats. The look of the service staff, cooks on the back loading docks grabbing a smoke break, salesclerks with arms folded, starring out shop windows, and nervous shop owners checking their bank accounts on cellphones was disconcerting.

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