Culinary Cues

JULY 15, 2024

It is evident in the way customers are approached, employees interact, how staff members dress, the lack of attention paid to customer needs, the poor execution of cooking methods, the lack of attention to flavor and a haphazard approach to presentation of products, and the overwhelming disconnect between server and guest, cook and chef.

Leadership 386

Leadership Food Truck Employee Relations Training 386

Culinary Cues

MARCH 9, 2021

This is where cold appetizers, salads, terrines, pates, cheese plates, and likely desserts are presented with a high level of artistic expression and where, in many cases, the profit in restaurants reside. The garde manger must be conservative with portion sizes while affording the greatest impact on the dining experience.

Presentation 395

Presentation Fine Dining Seasonal Menu Design 395

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Look deeply into these businesses and the people who own and operate them and you will see an unrelenting effort towards achieving excellence in design, product quality, efficiency, value, and service. This isn’t the French Laundry” so why even invest the time in plate presentation and cooking it properly – WRONG.

Uniforms 450

Uniforms Fine Dining Small Business Customer Service 450

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 23, 2021

How you approach the design of your restaurant in this regard will determine nearly everything else. This can be direct (the menu item itself contributes working funds) or indirect (because the item is present on the menu – other items are more likely to sell). BEAUTIFUL FOOD PRESENTATIONS. Absolutely! Whether it is a $5.00

Point of Sale 450

Point of Sale Front of House Back of House Customer Experience 450

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The aroma of a simmering veal stock, pans of bacon being pulled from the oven, fresh coffee brewing and pastries hot from the bake shop meld together like a cacophony of sound produced by a finely tuned orchestra. Cooks are busy at work with their own preparations as breakfast orders from the dining room arrive at a harrowing pace.

Kitchen Safety 433

Kitchen Safety Front of House Fine Dining Back of House 433

Culinary Cues

APRIL 25, 2021

At the other extreme – an extraordinarily prepared, multi-course meal, touched by accomplished cooks, presented on a plate of fine china, in a pristine environment, with attentive service and complemented by exceptional wines will reveal all that food might attempt to be.

Food 426

Food Fine Dining Café Customer Experience 426

Culinary Cues

MARCH 22, 2023

Taste is coaxed out of ingredients through dedication to process, aromas are built with an understanding of how they marry together, and plate presentations represent an appreciation for the visual arts; the beauty of fresh, natural ingredients; and the symmetry of food on a well-designed canvas – the plate.

Coaching 378

Coaching Fine Dining Café Training 378

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Restaurant concepts define the overall theme or idea behind a restaurant, including cuisine, service style, music, and menu design. Menu design. The way your menu is presented should also reflect your concept. The design of your restaurant should also reflect the concept. Example: Shake Shack. Fast-Casual Restaurants.

Fast Casual 370

Fast Casual Food Truck Casual Customer Service 370

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 26, 2020

It is difficult to argue with safety precautions designed to keep people well and thwart the spread of the virus. At the same time it is worth noting that restaurants cannot survive at 50% capacity or worse, lockdowns that prevent any inside dining, take out or delivery only, or an environment that limits the “experience of dining out”.

Fine Dining 480

Fine Dining 2008 Kitchen Safety Customer Experience 480

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

As the world is largely re-opened post-COVID, people are eagerly out and about dining in restaurants and bars to reinvigorate their social routines. According to Morning Consult , 77 percent of all polled adults are comfortable dining out at restaurants or cafes as of June 2022.

Fine Dining 189

Fine Dining Events Customer Experience Seasonal Menu 189

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 21, 2024

This presents a golden opportunity to upsell specialty drinks before checkout on your restaurant app. The RMS survey sheds light on the significant and often overlooked opportunity that specialty beverages present. During a time of increased price sensitivity, beverages create an opportunity to increase the total check.

Beverage 197

Beverage Fast Casual Seasonal Menu Customer Experience 197

Open for Business

MAY 19, 2023

The point of a business plan is to show that you’ve done your homework,” says Charles Bililies, owner of Souvla , a fine casual Greek restaurant in San Francisco that has received national acclaim since opening in the spring of 2014. Specify whether the restaurant will be fine dining or more casual. Credit: Getty Images 3.

Fine Dining 147

Fine Dining Front of House Design Document 147

The Restaurant Times

JULY 3, 2022

A design enthusiast by heart, Vanshika has jumped into the family business to take the legacy forward. . TRT – How was your transition journey from design to the restaurant? On a personal level, I was not feeling very satisfied just working an interior design job. I would often hear about what was happening.

Design 52

Design Customer Experience Presentation Outdoor 52

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Restaurants survive and thrive on the “early and late majority” that represents over 60 percent of the dining population. I can vividly remember a chef position at a fine dining operation that I walked into and faced planning my first signature menu. So, how does a chef approach the dilemma of creativity vs. business sense?

Fine Dining 435

Fine Dining Café Customer Experience Menu 435

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 11, 2024

In pursuit of these objectives, restaurants must reimagine dining experiences through enhanced restaurant technology, deepen their commitment to sustainability, and fine-tune their core offerings. For example, Chick-fil-A is debuting advanced store designs to engage new audiences, introducing two new architectural concepts.

2024 189

2024 Customer Experience Compost Loyalty Program 189

EATER

JANUARY 8, 2021

Three designers on the inspiration that goes into creating the bottles you reach for. As the design director of Eater, judging things on how they look is part of my job. Designer and founder of Studio MMBB. Mel Barat Bours is a visual storyteller who explores narratives through art direction, design, and illustration.

Design 140

Design Book Take-out Back of House 140

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Running a successful, finely-tuned takeout operation is a complex and challenging endeavor no longer relegated to businesses basing their models primarily on delivery sales. Where possible, designating a driver waiting area can further accommodate drivers, staff and other patrons.

Delivery 196

Delivery Front of House Back of House Fine Dining 196

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 26, 2022

"The Menu" hits the screens next month and chefs are already dishing about the black comedy focused on fine-dining. Personally, the end goal for me is to spend more time having “fine dining” experiences and visiting Michelin star restaurants. .” Here are what some shared with us.

Fine Dining 177

Fine Dining Social Media Dine-in 2000 177

The Restaurant Group

APRIL 21, 2024

Running a restaurant, whether it’s a fine dining, quick service, bar, bistro, or cafe venue, involves a gamut of essential activities. Turning Potential to Profitability To offer appropriate recommendations and strategies, TRG spends time with each client before presenting our recommendations.

Food Supply 78

Food Supply Fine Dining Customer Service Equipment 78

Open for Business

APRIL 9, 2024

While MICHELIN stars specifically rate the quality of a restaurant’s food, the MICHELIN Recommended designation more broadly covers entire cities and countries to highlight local dining establishments. These guides are updated annually and have become trusted resources for recognising dining excellence across a wide spectrum.

Fine Dining 78

Fine Dining Hospitality Dine-in Front of House 78

EATER

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Lille Allen/Eater A former fine dining server dishes on how the flambé, a dying convention of French haute cuisine, became the ultimate tableside flex I can feel sweat soaking through the armpits of my $5,000 Tom Ford suit and a nagging itch along the starched collar of my custom-fitted tuxedo shirt. What’s that thing with the fire?”

Fine Dining 140

Fine Dining Mobile Ordering Dine-in Definition 140

7 Shifts

JANUARY 23, 2020

Live-work-dine neighborhoods do not generate enough outside traffic to sustain a business if it is not designed correctly” — Daniel Reed Hospitality 2. Keep in mind what everyone else is doing, walk the fine line between ground breaking and comfortability. Fine dining, fast casual, etc.) Jake, Mojo Burrito.

2020 335

2020 Hiring Cash Management Education 335

Apicbase

OCTOBER 25, 2024

You need to manage everything from costs and inventory to menu design to get this balance right. It’s the systematic process of planning, designing, updating, and maintaining your menu to maximise profitability while enhancing customer satisfaction. It sets the customer’s expectations and can make or break a dining experience.

Menu 52

Menu Management Management Allergens 52

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 11, 2020

Restaurant management software company Upserve and restaurant-architect William Duff speak here about evolving trends they are seeing and discussed some ways the dining experience might look and feel different as the new normal unfolds. Partnering a Fine Dining Experience with a Take-Out Option.

Fine Dining 244

Fine Dining Online Ordering Dine-in Take-out 244

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2023

Customers drive up to the designated lane, scan their order code and are rewarded by getting their food quicker. Burying this information in fine print at the bottom of the menu or not putting it anywhere at all can quickly drive customers away and become a social media nightmare in an instant.

Operations 179

Operations Mobile Ordering Customer Experience Online Ordering 179

Restaurant365

JANUARY 27, 2022

In Hospitality Technology’s 2021 Customer Engagement Technology Study , it was found that 37% of diners prefer to dine at restaurants that do not have a paper/physical menu. QR code menus can enable you to manage in-house dining with fewer servers. Customize your menu design to reflect your branding. Easily Update Your Menu.

Mobile Ordering 148

Mobile Ordering Social Media Customer Experience Online Ordering 148

7 Shifts

JUNE 16, 2024

When designing your restaurant's poster, you have to plan it carefully since you only have 10 crucial seconds to fight for your audience's attention. Here are some of the tips you should follow when creating posters for your restaurant: Use the same colors and designs on your poster as your business (branding).

Marketing 195

Marketing 2024 Email Marketing Social Media 195

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The premiumization of tea is a natural extension to what has been taking place in fine wine, specialty coffee, craft spirits and beer over the past several decades. Really, wherever food and beverage has an intentional focus on quality and customer experience, fine tea has a rightful place – just like wine and craft beverages.

Fine Dining 230

Fine Dining Hotels Consumer Goods Beverage 230

Future Food

OCTOBER 19, 2022

It has tested the strongest of families at the best of times, and is pertinent to my family right now, yet had previously acquired very little of my attention: Conquering the challenges of ‘Family Dining’ It’s amazing how your perceptions shift and expectations towards food and hospitality are moderated once you have children.

Customer Experience 78

Customer Experience Customer Service Brewery Fine Dining 78

Cheetah

JULY 1, 2021

Many customers relate to the plight of service staff and are fine paying for what is clearly intended to supplement higher wages. Depending on the cuisine style, community eating habits, and how you want customers to perceive the dining experience, less might mean finesse, cumulatively saving you produce. Is it fair towards customers?

Customer Experience 148

Customer Experience Front of House Fine Dining Customer Service 148

Cheetah

JULY 1, 2021

Many customers relate to the plight of service staff and are fine paying for what is clearly intended to supplement higher wages. Depending on the cuisine style, community eating habits, and how you want customers to perceive the dining experience, less might mean finesse, cumulatively saving you produce. Is it fair towards customers?

Customer Experience 148

Customer Experience Front of House Fine Dining Customer Service 148

Restaurant Clicks

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The interior design features classic and clean aesthetics, wooden booths, and comfy stools with a nice bar area. The soft classical music playing in the background on the piano is a nice touch that adds to the overall dining experience. The food presentation at El Gaucho is just like their service- exceptional. John Howie Steak.

Fine Dining 121

Fine Dining Reservations Back of House Dine-in 121

Restaurant Clicks

DECEMBER 17, 2021

If you’re looking for delicious sushi in Dumbo, I have compiled a list of my favorite spots that range in dining experiences from casual takeout spots to fine-dining Japanese bistros. They use high-quality, fresh ingredients with a beautiful presentation for a reasonable price.

Front of House 101

Front of House Fine Dining Fast Casual Back of House 101

Touch Bistro

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Proper food plating and food presentation are essential to running a successful restaurant. Multiple studies show that diners actually perceive food to taste better – by as much as 18% – when it is well-presented. Multiple studies show that diners actually perceive food to taste better – by as much as 18% – when it is well-presented.

Food 98

Food Fine Dining Presentation Social Media 98

Restaurant Engine

JUNE 26, 2024

Diners can depend on their healthy, fresh food for dining in or takeout. View Website > One fast casual and one fine dining restaurant make their mark on the world. #2: 2: Le Bernardin This restaurant has been a fine dining icon for over 50 years, and it was named the number-one restaurant in the U.S.

Fast Casual 52

Fast Casual Fine Dining 2001 2006 52

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The normalcy of customers coming in the doors for a night of dining or even a casual lunch feels like a vision of the distant past. As much as complete closures and stay-at-home orders have harmed the restaurant industry, reopening has come with fits and starts, presenting a new litany of obstacles for dining establishments to overcome.

Fine Dining 201

Fine Dining Restaurant Law Food Truck Outdoor 201

Future Food

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Time and time again, this presents as a memorable experience-proposition. The trilogy of design, food and service cannot be separated, as they represent the cornerstone first principles, and when combined with psychology, emotions and passion, produce a successful recipe every time.

Hospitality 148

Hospitality Customer Service Customer Experience Fine Dining 148