Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 14, 2024

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.

Coaching 371

Coaching Employee Relations Take-out Training 371

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Use relevant keywords from your SEO analysis in your menu descriptions, blog posts, and website content to attract more customers. Train your restaurant staff to remind customers to give their feedback as well as submit the comment cards right away to the one in charge.

Marketing 370

Marketing Social Media SEO Customer Service 370

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 26, 2025

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

Food 403

Food Hotels Fine Dining Agriculture 403

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Commissaries for some restaurant chains have reduced the need for kitchens and trained cooks in individual units and the drive-thru has influenced Detroit to view your car as a dining space with added cup holders and space for holding food. Where theres a will there is a way.

Fine Dining 229

Fine Dining Food Supply Customer Service Recruiting 229

Culinary Cues

JULY 15, 2024

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.

Leadership 442

Leadership Food Truck Employee Relations Training 442

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 22, 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 These are my memories of cooking for the soul.

Food 366

Food Front of House Point of Sale Back of House 366

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 10, 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

Front of House 371

Front of House Back of House Sourcing Travel 371

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 25, 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 Happy Thanksgiving. What are you thankful for?

Food Supply 354

Food Supply Uniforms Café Take-out 354

Culinary Cues

MARCH 16, 2025

By now you should have a way to compensate for this through in-service training of less qualified hires, bonuses for exceptional employees, profit sharing, non-traditional recruiting methods, or even the use of technology and automation. The supply chain is fragile and now with imposed tariffs this may become an even greater concern.

Food Supply 225

Food Supply Customer Service Delivery Recruiting 225

Culinary Cues

APRIL 23, 2023

Chefs have the experience to do this or the network of professionals who can serve as a planning resource. [] HAVE YOU EVER DEVELOPED, STANDARDIZED, AND THEN TRAINED STAFF TO PREPARE A NEW MENU ITEM: Start to finish, the right way to bring an item to the menu is to go through this process until all the “I’s” are dotted and the “T’s” are crossed.

Seasonal Menu 508

Seasonal Menu Leadership Training Fine Dining 508

Culinary Cues

MARCH 21, 2025

Each idea finds itself in a file folder until the right location is discovered -then he jumps into action by bringing the story to life through menu, dcor, team building, training, and marketing. Some of those ideas never find a home but continue to exist as incentive to drive the dreaming process.

Hotels 240

Hotels Back of House Customer Service Entertainment 240

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

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.

Loyalty Program 582

Loyalty Program Communication Training Coaching 582

Culinary Cues

MARCH 31, 2025

PLAN BETTER TRAIN HARDER Work Hard and be Kind Dick Cattani Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) CAF Talks Podcast [link] More than 90 interviews with the most influential people in food Make more music.

Consumer Goods 299

Consumer Goods Transportation Small Business Take-out 299

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. 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.

Coaching 408

Coaching Restaurant Law Training Article 408

Culinary Cues

JULY 22, 2021

There have been numerous articles from restaurateurs asking customers to “give us a break, be patient, we’re trying our best, it’s not our fault that the food isn’t quite right, that the service is painfully slow, that servers are not well trained, or we just seem to be disorganized.” Restaurants must invest the time in training.

Guest Recovery 450

Guest Recovery Uniforms Point of Sale Customer Experience 450

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Employees must be properly trained and then given the responsibility and authority to make those decisions that fit their position. [] SERVE: Respect means that everyone involved in the restaurant is in the service business. Every day should be an opportunity for each employee to grow, learn, and improve through teaching and training.

Training 390

Training Customer Service Uniforms Leadership 390

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The chef will likely be the most experienced culinarian with responsibility for the financial operation of the kitchen, menu planning, ordering and inventory control, training, and quality control. It is, however, the chef who is responsible to train those cooks how to prepare the dishes that the restaurant puts its signature on.

Back of House 539

Back of House Seasonal Menu Customer Service Front of House 539

Culinary Cues

MARCH 15, 2021

If you teach in a live restaurant environment on your campus is it operated with five times as many cooks in training as would be possible in a real restaurant? PLAN BETTER –TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Make sure that it is clear and positive. LACK OF REALISM. Is what you are teaching real?

Education 570

Education Food Supply Training Communication 570

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 9, 2021

Make them feel as if they are part of your mission – they are! [] FOR THE SERVICE STAFF: Training, teaching, and tasting are all part of the program. Look at every dishwasher as your next cook in training. It is your job to teach and train, to show some empathy, but be tough and have very high expectations of your cooks.

Front of House 474

Front of House Customer Experience Dine-in Training 474

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

.” Jack Welch Welch, the visionary past CEO of General Electric points to the most important role of a leader (chef, manager, restaurant owner) which is to develop their staff, to mentor them, to teach and train, and feed their passion until they match or even surpass your own abilities. This is the sign of true leadership.

Consumer Goods 267

Consumer Goods Presentation Leadership Dine-in 267

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Why not highlight them on your social media pages or in your restaurant blog. Support an employee’s growth through in-service training, sponsorship to attend workshops or seminars, buy your line cooks so great cookbook resources to study and dream about. Invest in their excellence and they just might invest more in yours.

Seminar 394

Seminar Front of House Back of House Workshop 394

Culinary Cues

MAY 13, 2023

Training is paramount to attracting and retaining great employees, so these properties typically invest heavily in teaching and training. [] A NETWORK FOR GROWTH And finally, the next step in a cook’s career might not be at the club where he or she is learning. Know what you want and chart a path.

Hotels 464

Hotels Point of Sale Cash Management Training 464

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 464

Kitchen Safety Food Safety Coaching Training 464

Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 27, 2023

To this end, cooks know exactly what to do and are trained to execute accordingly. In a restaurant centric operation, it is the management team, including marketing, who determines the expressed needs of the market, what specific dishes would draw the most guest support, and how to manage all to ensure maximization of profit.

Hiring 426

Hiring Training Pricing Presentation 426

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 7, 2021

This is defined in articles from local newspapers to the New York Times, from industry magazines and websites to social media, and from industry blogs to podcasts by the dozens – everyone states the problem, points a finger, and portrays the issue as someone else’s doing. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG.

Social Media 474

Social Media Cash Management Blog Equipment 474

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. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER.

2021 472

2021 Social Media Kitchen Safety Restaurant Law 472

Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 19, 2023

What about that moment when the training wheels came off and you were able to balance and ride your bike independently? How many inner musicians, writers, athletes, teachers, entrepreneurs, cooks, chefs, and restaurateurs never rise to the surface because they were never recognized, encouraged, trained, taught, or given the opportunity?

Training 405

Training Seasonal Menu Back of House Small Business 405

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 2, 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) You know that the work is hard and unforgiving at times, but as the NFL coach Marv Levy always asked: “Where would you rather be than right here, right now.”

Coaching 352

Coaching Take-out Food Order Inventory 352

Harbor Touch

MARCH 18, 2025

Hire the Right People and Train Them Well Finding top talent is like casting a winning team. Training locks in that potential. The National Restaurant Association found well-trained staff stay 30% longer. Training builds a stronger team. Our blog offers more marketing ideas worth exploringsimple tricks with big payoffs.

Management 148

Management Management Seasonal Menu Cash Management 148

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Like an arcade in a family restaurant, a house band at a bar or the fish tank at a seafood joint, holograms provide dining guests with an additional wow-factor — something unseen, to be rumored, Instagrammed or blogged about. The advantages of hologram technology aren’t limited to novelty, either.

Entertainment 485

Entertainment Social Media Customer Service Technology 485

Culinary Cues

MAY 4, 2021

PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. This is not a time to despair or a time to rely on decision by reaction – this is a time to act. The ball is in our court. Harvest America Ventures, LLC. Restaurant Consulting. www.harvestamericacues.com. CAFE Talks Podcast.

Customer Service 492

Customer Service Customer Experience Training Pricing 492

Culinary Cues

APRIL 13, 2020

Of course, we need to have enough masks available to purchase first. [] HAND WASHING TRAINING. Wash your hands” has always been a mantra in restaurants of all types but have we been thorough in our training? PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Harvest America Ventures, LLC.

Kitchen Safety 558

Kitchen Safety Uniforms Food Safety Employee Relations 558

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

John Steinbeck PLAN BETTER TRAIN HARDER Work Hard and be Kind Dick Cattani Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 900 articles about the business and people of food) CAF Talks Podcast [link] More than 90 interviews with the most influential people in food

Back of House 320

Back of House Travel Government Education 320

Culinary Cues

JULY 4, 2021

This will, of course, make it far more challenging to control quality and consistency, but with a movement towards on-going training and quality assurance – it can be done. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Remember – desperate times call for desperate action (not reaction). Restaurant Consulting.

2021 506

2021 Food Supply Seasonal Menu Supplies 506

Culinary Cues

JULY 16, 2022

He did, however, believe in support, training, mentoring, and empathy. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Dick was not the type of leader who would relinquish responsibility or point the finger at others. He had extremely high standards and did expect nothing less from those who worked with and for him.

Front of House 405

Front of House Back of House Education Leadership 405

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 19, 2025

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

Uniforms 314

Uniforms Education Waste Blog 314

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.

Front of House 450

Front of House Back of House Uniforms Hiring 450