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Hiring? Ask These Interview Questions to Spot Versatile Restaurant Talent

Modern Restaurant Management

Instead of panicking, I ran through our available inventory and identified an ingredient I could substitute if I modified the dish. I still have no idea how that happened! I pulled in the kitchen team and the FOH manager, and we agreed on the plan. The servers were informed of the change so they could guide customers.

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How to Increase Employee Productivity

7 Shifts

Recommended Reading: How to Effectively Manage Restaurant Inventory Productivity for Managers Problem: The self-coaching manager I conducted an interview with a restaurant staff member who put 5 years of hard work into providing excellent food service. Luckily for restaurant managers, several tech solutions exist to cure this headache.

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Restaurant Trends for 2020 (and Beyond)

Modern Restaurant Management

You probably have a system to manage your payroll, another for sales, one for inventory, one for security, one for data analysis—and more. Bringing the sales and scheduling systems together can tell you which employees produce the biggest numbers, and which employees could use some coaching. Consolidating Technology.

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IN PURSUIT OF THE CARROT

Culinary Cues

Measuring how the “carrot rule”, is applied is the job of the coach, manager, or in our case chef. THE LEADER/COACH IMPACT: The leader is responsible for creating the game plan and the learning organization that makes a win possible. THE PLAYER/STAFF MEMBER IMPACT: It was Coach Belichick whose message to players was: “Do your job”.

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A CHEF’S MOMENT

Culinary Cues

It was one of those rare moments at the end of service, nothing pressing on your desk, menus were done, inventories posted, schedules made, and another service in the hopper. 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.”

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Flag on the Play! Four Penalties Your Bar Can Avoid During Super Bowl Weekend 

Modern Restaurant Management

Here are coaching tips to get your team ready for a super weekend in your bar. Avoid the Illegal Procedure penalty (and lost profits) by having a rock-solid game plan for moving through your draft inventory. Penalty #1: Delay of Game Want to increase ticket averages?

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A CHEF’S HARD DAY’S NIGHT

Culinary Cues

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.