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What Does 86 Mean? Definition, History and More

7 Shifts

If you're standing in line waiting to order the special of the night, the seasonal Panzanella Salad, you don't want to hear “86 the special”. At some point when you were dining in a restaurant, you may have heard the BOH staff shout “86” and the name of a menu item to the waiters. Table of Contents. What does 86 mean?

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Restaurant Staff Training 101

7 Shifts

Front-of-house (FOH) staff, like servers and hosts, will need customer service training, upselling techniques, and communication skills. Back-of-house (BOH) staff, including chefs and kitchen assistants, will focus more on food safety, food handling, and kitchen equipment use.

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How to Improve Team Communication with Restaurant Staff and Management

7 Shifts

Maybe one of your servers just called in sick at the last minute, your shipment of inventory containing all the ingredients for tonight's dinner special never showed up or the plumbing is acting up again. At times, it's a civil war between your front-of-house and back-of-house teams. Table of Contents. Field questions.

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Chefs Dish on ‘The Bear’

Modern Restaurant Management

T he life of a chef has never been easy one and requires a special type of person who has a high tolerance for stress, an open mind, and an obsessive personality. Chef Niven Patel – Three-Time James Beard Nominee, Alpareno Group (Ghee, Orno, Mamey). On our first day, we had a line out the door of guests and ran out of oysters to sell.

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20 Restaurant Skills You'll Quickly Learn on the Job (Updated)

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What those technologies are completely depends on the role, but here are a few of the more popular examples: Servers and front-of-house roles tend to familiarize themselves with point-of-sale (POS) technology, scheduling software , online ordering integrations, and perhaps even reservation software. Table of Contents. Undercooking.

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The 11 Employee Scheduling Best Practices + Tips for Restaurants

7 Shifts

It seems you're always either understaffed or overstaffed, either FOH or BOH , at the worst times. To avoid a backlog like this, have your food runners, servers, or even front-of-house managers familiar and comfortable with bussing. Employee scheduling for your restaurant can be the most stressful part of your job.

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9 Restaurant Job Interview Questions to Ask in 2020

7 Shifts

Why it’s important to ask: Oftentimes, front-of-house roles are seen as temporary jobs for workers rather than long term career options. If they seem annoyed that they had to meet special requests, they’re probably not right for the job. Restaurateurs now also need to know how well new hires will uphold COVID-19 safety measures.

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