Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This involves, first and foremost, the decision regarding who to hire as chef and sous chef and the level of control this person will be given. The hiring process, specifically the vetting of candidates for the position is critical.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2022

So make sure you either hire a professional photographer or use a high-quality in-house photographer to take pictures of your dishes. Bad photography can make good food look awful, so make sure you hire the right photographer to get the best results. Select the Right Size and Format. Include Webpage Links.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

To Ed Weibrecht who hired me at his newly acquired Mirror Lake Inn even though he didn’t have an opening. To Dr. Woods at Paul Smith’s College who hired me as a totaling inexperienced teacher without even asking for a resume. To Curtiss Hemm who encouraged me to start writing a blog. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Blog about food to boost your restaurant’s online visibility Don’t waste your website’s potential by just posting your menu or event updates. Create a food blog to improve your restaurant's online presence. Blogging is an effective way to market your restaurant. You do need to set a budget for this campaign.

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Book Marketing Email Marketing Social Media 195

Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 3, 2024

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. Now that you have invested all that effort, it’s time to trust them to do the job you hired them for. The article struck a nerve with its focus on A Cook’s Kitchen Laws.

Coaching 435

Coaching Restaurant Law Training Article 435

Indoor Media

JANUARY 1, 2021

Today, legal blogging is a competitive world. Many law firms have turned to blogging to reach potential clients and keep their brand relevant during Covid-19. While it may look easy, there’s actually a lot to running a successful legal blog. While it may look easy, there’s actually a lot to running a successful legal blog.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 15, 2021

The businesses that will hire your students need to be vested in your effort – this is how success is defined. Finally, schools will have a difficult time succeeding if they do not find ways to support the needs of the businesses that hire graduates. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. LACK OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDUSTRY.

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Education Food Supply Training Communication 584

Hot Schedules

MAY 10, 2021

Seasonal Staff Playbook: Hiring, Training & Retaining Great Teams. PLAY #1: Hire Quality Seasonal Staff. Hiring quality seasonal staff should be at the top of the list because we all know your starting line-up can make or break the season. We’ve got a few tips from the workforce management front office here at Fourth.

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Hiring Training Mobile Ordering Coaching 147

Culinary Cues

MARCH 10, 2022

Here are some great rules to live by when it comes to dishwashers: [] Hire great attitudes. [] Pay a fair wage and offer ample opportunities to scale up every few months. [] Provide a clean, crisp uniform that parallels what you offer your cooks. [] Make sure new dish washers are properly oriented and trained. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG.

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Front of House Back of House Uniforms Hiring 450

Culinary Cues

MAY 5, 2021

The best managers, and the most effective chefs are the ones who hire competent people, train them, encourage them, and delegate what is best suited to their position. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. The manager or the chef should, wherever possible, be the conductor of the orchestra, not a person trying to play every instrument.

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Hotels Employee Relations Coaching Training 468

Harbor Touch

MARCH 18, 2025

From smarter hiring to prepping for busy seasons, were sharing strategies that work across small bistros and bustling chains alike. Hire the Right People and Train Them Well Finding top talent is like casting a winning team. Dont rush new hires into action. Lets get started and help your restaurant thrive any year.

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Management Management Seasonal Menu Cash Management 148

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

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? www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Yes, let’s start there. CAFÉ Talks Podcast.

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Uniforms Hiring Consumer Goods Communication 434

Culinary Cues

APRIL 23, 2023

PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 800 articles about the business and people of food) CAFÉ Talks Podcast [link] More than 70 interviews with the most influential people in food If not, then allow this to serve as a roadmap.

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Seasonal Menu Leadership Training Fine Dining 518

Culinary Cues

APRIL 30, 2023

BUILDING A CULTURE OF QUALITY [] RESEARCH, STUDY, AND ASSESS BEFORE YOU HIRE. Involve other team members in the interview process, hire them conditionally for a few weeks and then assess how well they integrate before solidifying the position. [] TEACH, TRAIN, CREATE FEEDBACK OPPORTUNITIES, IMMERSE IN THE TEAM CULTURE, MENTOR, AND MEASURE.

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Employee Relations Sports Pricing Hiring 476

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 18, 2022

The workflow of those short order cooks was not an accident, it was not instinctive, and it was not solely the work of the manager or chef who hired them. It doesn’t end with great hiring practices – this is simply where it begins. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Everyone needs to take responsibility for setting the stage.

Food Order 467

Food Order Customer Experience Hiring Café 467

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

About a year and more than a dozen episodes later, we had the privilege to interview a wide range of folks with advice on everything from hiring staff , to creating content, to providing benefits, and increasing profits. Storytelling is an essential part of the hiring process. Hire for fit rather than skill.

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Social Media Hiring Website Management Hospitality 448

Culinary Cues

MARCH 3, 2024

Anyone who has been hired as a new employee knows the feeling of being on the outside of groupism. Some studies have shown that the highest attrition in many kitchens happens within the first two weeks of employment. PICTURE: The well led kitchen team of the Balsams Resort in its heyday.

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Leadership Restaurant Law Social Media Sports 434

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 11, 2022

Do your homework, seek advice from smart and experienced people, run through every scenario possible, make sure you have the right amount of financing and available funds to weather the storm, hire and train the right people, and set yourself up with a better chance of succeeding than failing. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2020

Hire Specialists. However, if you feel like you require additional help or your premises are too big for your team to handle, you can hire specialists to help. Share an insightful blog post or redirect members to your services. Take every initiative you can to disinfect and sanitize your restaurant. Online Ads.

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Social Media Food Safety Cash Management Customer Service 539

Culinary Cues

JUNE 29, 2020

Know that there are limitless opportunities to create a learning organization when we celebrate differences. [] HIRE COMPETENCE AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Find a link HERE starting with our next blog post. Harvest America Ventures, LLC. Restaurant Consulting.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 8, 2023

The chef is responsible for hiring, training, coaching, evaluating, and scheduling employees keeping in mind their skill level, personal issues and responsibilities, demands of specific positions in the kitchen (not everyone fits in every role), and an ever-changing influx of customers with their own demands.

Kitchen Safety 485

Kitchen Safety Food Safety Coaching Training 485

7 Shifts

JULY 24, 2020

Topics: Hospitality; hiring and training staff; building workplace culture. ?? To achieve Enlightened Hospitality you need to hire “51 percenters with 5 core emotional skills.” While achieving Enlightened Hospitality may seem redundant while you only serve takeout, it should be a core value of your restaurant and hiring process.

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Book Management Management Restaurant Law 370

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER – BE RESPECTFUL Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 800 articles about the business and people of food) CAFÉ Talks Podcast [link] More than 80 interviews with the most influential people in food

Training 423

Training Customer Service Uniforms Leadership 423

Culinary Cues

APRIL 2, 2020

It might have been the purpose of the restaurant, the over-riding theme, the systems used, the menu, the staffing model, the hours of operation, the way that you compensate employees – or for that matter the type of employees that you hired – certainly there is something that you wish that you could do over. NOW IS THE TIME.

Guest Recovery 465

Guest Recovery Take-out 2019 Hiring 465

Restaurant365

MARCH 1, 2022

Hiring restaurant staff is top of mind in the restaurant industry. Staffing has always been ongoing in the restaurant industry because of the transient nature of restaurant jobs in general, but the current hiring crisis makes attracting employees a top priority among all restaurant businesses, from single units to national brands.

Hiring 146

Hiring Recruiting Demo Advertising 146

Hot Schedules

APRIL 7, 2020

The HotSchedules + Server Life COVID-19 Live Blog. For more information about the Paycheck Protection Program, check out our blog. Click here to see a running list of major brands — including delivery chains, grocery stores, and pharmacies — that are currently hiring both part-time and full-time workers during the crisis.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The UpFlip team interviewed the Vet Chef crew to find out, and for those questions that weren’t answered in the interview, you can find them on the UpFlip blog. While you’ll likely want to hire someone to help take orders, you can realistically manage with a single part-time employee. Why Is a Food Truck a Smart First Step?

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Food Truck Food Food Safety Point of Sale 445

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 8, 2021

With the increasing relevance of social media as the primary method of getting a restaurants message out – chefs who are social media savvy (astute at using Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok, YouTube, and Twitter) will be at the top of the “hire” list for prominent restaurants. [] TEACHING/TRAINING. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG.

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2021 Social Media Kitchen Safety Restaurant Law 474

Culinary Cues

JUNE 13, 2023

This is more work than I bargained for” somehow implies that a person was deceived during the hiring process and the fact that they must invest of themselves doesn’t quite sit right with them. “I Of course, I could go on and on. There is, and always has been, a love/hate relationship between worker and employer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 30, 2021

For example, most restaurants are partnering or subscribing with food delivery apps, like Food Panda, so you may not need to hire your own delivery personnel. Send them over a selection of your best food and ask them to make posts about it on their blogs or social media feeds.

Marketing 568

Marketing Food Safety Social Media Small Business 568

Culinary Cues

MARCH 21, 2022

Hire people with the capacity and set the standards of organization that everyone must buy into. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. When a chef talks about those minute details of placement, process, timing, and uniformity – keep in mind what the intended result will be. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. CAFÉ Talks Podcast.

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Front of House Back of House Point of Sale Food Order 424

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

THE LAW: It is not enough to hire competent people. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. THE LAW: Look to the chef to see how the kitchen will act. It is the chef’s responsibility to set the standard for others to follow. [] A Team Builder. All chefs are cooks (and Andre Soltner will not let us forget that), but not all cooks are chefs.

Restaurant Law 448

Restaurant Law Coaching Café Sourcing 448

Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 24, 2020

General Motors would never build and equip an auto plant, hire the entire staff, and create a marketing strategy until the car they intend to build is designed, prototyped, and presented to various focus groups first. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Why should it be any different for restaurants and their menus? CAFÉ Talks Podcast.

Menu 461

Menu Seasonal Menu Front of House Café 461

Social Hospitality: Restaurants

MAY 18, 2020

Some owners of small restaurants and hotels may not feel like they need to hire people for a specialized marketing team. They have beautiful websites , blogs , and a well-planned social media presence. Hire the right people with the right background. Author Bio: James Dorian is a technical copywriter.

Hospitality 309

Hospitality Marketing Social Media Hotels 309

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 26, 2024

PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) CAFÉ Talks Podcast [link] More than 90 interviews with the most influential people in food

Dine-in 426

Dine-in Training Seasonal Menu Sports 426

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Restaurant website design: Taking a DIY approach vs. hiring a web development team Consider whether you want to build your restaurant's website or hire someone to do it for you. Do I have the budget to hire a web development team? Consider these key questions: Do I have the skills to complete this project?

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Design Online Ordering Social Media Mobile Ordering 397

Culinary Cues

JULY 8, 2024

THIS IS YOUR PURPOSE PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) CAFÉ Talks Podcast [link] More than 90 interviews with the most influential people in food

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Coaching Certification Hiring Training 434