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THE RESTAURANT MVP

Culinary Cues

Great passers need great catchers, time in the pocket is totally dependent on the collective effort of the offensive line, the run game would never happen without great blocking, and successful offenses and defenses are the result of effective game plans and play calling by coaches. So, really, the MVP is the team, not any one individual.

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BE EXCELLENT

Culinary Cues

Miles Davis considered the most prolific improvisational jazz musician of a generation was classically trained. Picasso, from the age of seven, was trained in copying the work of traditional masters. Picasso, from the age of seven, was trained in copying the work of traditional masters. Be excellent!

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CARPE DIEM, COOKS

Culinary Cues

Remember how risky it was to take those training wheels off your bike at the age of seven or eight? If you never took a chance, then you’d still be depending on those training wheels and look silly when tooling down the sidewalk. [] ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY YOUR DUES Patience is a virtue that too many people lack.

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JUST DON’T KNOW OR JUST DON’T CARE

Culinary Cues

A training investment in your people is an investment in the success of the business. A training investment in your people is an investment in the success of the business. So, you must train and then trust your employees to represent your best effort. This is your role as a leader.

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THE 21 KITCHEN RULES FOR EVERY CHEF TO FOLLOW

Culinary Cues

Nearly nine years ago, during the first twelve months of Harvest America Cues blog, one of my articles went viral attracting almost 40,000 views in one day. The article struck a nerve with its focus on A Cook’s Kitchen Laws. Since then, more than 100,000 people have read and shared that article. Never let the disease of mediocrity sneak in.

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A NEED FOR SOLUTIONS

Culinary Cues

TRAINING AND DELEGATION: Yes, the hospitality industry has plenty of responsibility for this situation that can only be resolved through teaching and training managers and chefs to be more efficient with their time, able to discover how to prioritize their tasks and learn when and how some of this work can trickle down to other staff members.

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CHEFS: BUILD A TEAM – KEEP A TEAM

Culinary Cues

It is easy to blame money, non-traditional work hours, unrealistic training in culinary schools, and the younger generation as a whole – but even if we (the industry as a whole) were able to snap our fingers and fix these issues, it is likely that team building and retention would still be challenging. TEACH AND TRAIN. Richard Branson.