Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 29, 2023

Despite advanced technologies, restaurant architectural design processes have not evolved. While other industries have redefined and recreated themselves through digital transformation, architectural design, and processes have largely remained unchanged.

Design 173

Design Outdoor Technology 2022 173

Culinary Cues

JUNE 22, 2020

There are times, possibly many times, when you question your own skill – whether in cooking or presenting food, or even with the operation of a kitchen. This same reality happens to artists, musicians, writers, designers, architects, woodworkers, and a suitcase full of craftspeople. All in all – I can do the job.

Food 444

Food Presentation Leadership Café 444

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. TRUST IN CONSISTENCY. REAL SERVICE.

Point of Sale 450

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

Culinary Cues

MAY 5, 2021

Others may point to overly demanding owners and operators who expect that a salary paid infers that managers and chefs must be present whenever the restaurant or hotel is open for business. If the restaurant or hotel is open, then this level of management must be present to ensure adherence to standards and solve problems when they arise.

Hotels 429

Hotels Employee Relations Coaching Training 429

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

I have always made sure that these smells are part of the grand design of how a kitchen must operate. The smells are everywhere just as they were in my grandmother’s house where bread was always fresh, stocks were always on the stove, sauces were always simmering, and coffee was always present.

Food 341

Food Front of House Point of Sale Back of House 341

Culinary Cues

APRIL 16, 2022

The flavor, aroma, texture, or presentation made you sit back in your chair, close your eyes, and wonder how anything could be this good. Remember how beautiful those well designed and executed plate presentations gave you pause, stopped your conversations, and insisted that you snap a picture for posterity.

Hotels 384

Hotels Presentation Reservations Social Media 384

Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Will the flavors and presentations of the food suffer? In a restaurant centric operation, the standards are well defined, the vendor requirements are spelled out, costs are structured into a pricing model, cooks are trained to the standard, presentations are vividly displayed, and the chef is there to make sure standards are kept in line.

Hiring 405

Hiring Training Pricing Leadership 405

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

What if the chef, manager, and owner were required to do the same, in essence proclaiming they approve of the work as presented to the guest? Are you proud to present this to your teammates, manager, or guest?” Assign cooks the responsibility to design menu features and then celebrate their work. Is there room to improve?

Seminar 368

Seminar Front of House Back of House Workshop 368

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Get Creative With Your Presentation If decor isn't your strong suit or you don't have room for a wall specifically made for photos, that’s okay. You can just as easily encourage an Instagram post with your presentation. It doesn’t have to be anything overly meaningful, but it should look attractive.

Social Media 397

Social Media Customer Service Take-out Seasonal Menu 397

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

When we compromise on the quality of cooking, taste, and presentation then we suffer trying to win unhappy customers back and you, the chef, must look in a mirror and see the face of compromise. Did they sense that the value was there? Were they wowed into coming back again and again? Will they write a great review on Trip Advisor?

Customer Service 357

Customer Service Customer Experience Point of Sale Presentation 357

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.

Fast Casual 370

Fast Casual Food Truck Casual Customer Service 370

7 Shifts

JUNE 20, 2022

Benefits can include: Increased efficiency: Ghost kitchens are designed for efficiency with less staff, and can help restaurant owners save time and money. Stay present with customers. An extension of being transparent is staying present with your customers. What are the benefits of a ghost kitchen model? says Shawn Walchef.

Front of House 435

Front of House Food Truck Back of House Social Media 435

Culinary Cues

MARCH 3, 2021

This is an opportunity and an absolute requirement moving forward – we must embrace this and more.

Dine-in 427

Dine-in Small Business Seasonal Menu Café 427

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

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Consider this – the menu is the most important component of a successful restaurant and once designed it can, and should, impact every other aspect of the business. Far too many times the menu takes a back seat to all other planning that will lead to serious miscalculations along the way.

Menu 401

Menu Seasonal Menu Front of House Reference 401

Culinary Cues

MARCH 15, 2021

Developing and presenting ways of enhancing their degree through continuing education, on-line resources, short training videos, and other communication pieces such as blogs and a resource center that students might contact once they graduate is a great way to become a partner in student success. INABILITY TO EXPLAIN VALUE.

Education 551

Education Food Supply Training Communication 551

Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Epic restaurant in Georgia follows suit with “Culinary Pride” on their kitchen wall – again a driving concept that requires every person to ask themselves – does this dish, its flavor, the presentation, and the manner with which it is delivered reflect “Culinary Pride?”. Any menu that is designed must also consider “plate presence”.

Seasonal Menu 318

Seasonal Menu Front of House Presentation Menu 318

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 428

Food Fine Dining Café Customer Experience 428

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 31, 2024

Every marketer insists that a company have a clear mission statement that is designed to give direction to a company and clearly articulate to the customer and employee, what the company stands for. When it is ever-present, the mission will become an essential part of your business culture. Ahh…the mission statement.

Customer Service 326

Customer Service Social Media Customer Experience Reference 326

Culinary Cues

APRIL 7, 2022

A new technique, a new way to measure, a different type of presentation, a different challenge in operations, a higher cost, product unavailability, more competition to keep us on our toes – it is never ending. Just when we think that we might be good at our jobs – something new stares us down.

Training 385

Training Social Media Presentation Café 385

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 390

Leadership Food Truck Employee Relations Training 390

Culinary Cues

JUNE 23, 2024

The dance is well designed, and every person plays a role in bringing service to fruition. The sounds of searing meats in a pan, French knives mincing parsley on wooden boards, mirepoix sauteing in rondos, and the ticking of the POS printer fill the air. The work of the line cook is an exercise in choreography.

Uniforms 388

Uniforms Front of House Back of House Food Supply 388

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Opinions are just as strong as they were back in the day but determining what is real, what is true, and what is designed to simply rile people into a frenzy of anger and distrust, is a challenge. The noise level was high and I’m sure among those present there was some discussion about the election results.

Front of House 346

Front of House Back of House Sourcing Travel 346

Culinary Cues

APRIL 6, 2020

Dating back to Medieval times when cooking was reserved for nobility and later during the Renaissance when merchant travelers relied on local taverns for respite and a chance to break bread – restaurants and restaurant life has always been present. There are some who enjoy being alone, but most humans are inherently social by design.

Travel 451

Travel Back of House Customer Service Small Business 451

Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 19, 2020

One does not learn how to make Kansas City BBQ without living in KC and apprenticing with a pit master who was born and raised there. [] ART AND DESIGN. So cooks are often compelled to learn more about a dish or process as part of their skill development.

Restaurant Law 447

Restaurant Law Communication Café Take-out 447

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 1, 2022

The best and most experienced construction professionals in this space are well-prepared to present structurally and aesthetically similar alternative options to clients. Construction professionals also need to be able to educate their clients about different construction and design materials and systems. Lines and Designs.

Design 208

Design Supplies Equipment Education 208

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Since restaurants often store and hold so much guest information, or work with so many integrated pieces of technology to run their day-to-day operations, they present a juicy target for criminals looking to exploit it for their purposes. Remember to update your passwords and don't leave sticky notes lying around!

POS 370

POS Audits Loyalty Program Information 370

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 11, 2021

Some restaurants are designed from a tabula rasa, a complete blank slate with nothing more to go on than the client’s vision and the architects’ imagination. To begin, our design team helped secure a conditional use permit to allow the property to be used as a restaurant in an otherwise zoning designation.

Front of House 197

Front of House Design Restaurant Law Back of House 197

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Just because you are listed on a schedule as a cook does not necessarily mean that you are adept at filling every position under that designation. There are cooks and there are cooks – each has his or her list of responsibilities, required skills, and bag of tricks. When the order is placed the cooking is almost instantaneous. .

Back of House 519

Back of House Dine-in Restaurant Law Ordering 519

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 28, 2021

You and your team are able to take raw materials, apply well-designed cooking methods, season using time-tested palates, and plate the finished product with the vision of an artist creating a delicious, aromatic, visually pleasing dish. You are now the conductor of the orchestra that is totally in sync, creating beautiful music together.

Kitchen Safety 436

Kitchen Safety Front of House Fine Dining Back of House 436

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 5, 2024

Designed by Overland Partners and operated by Michaels On East, the eatery's seasonally inspired menu features produce from The Drs. What were any design challenges? Michael Klauber worked with world-renowned kitchen designer Jimi Yui, of Yui Design. who designed the Green Orchid Restaurant kitchen.

Certification 189

Certification Sustainability Design Seasonal Menu 189

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

How much effort is placed on the design of plated foods, the contrast and complement of colors, shapes, and assembly? Is your ventilation system designed to push positive kitchen odors to the dining room or outside the entrance? Yet, we often design restaurants with little or no consideration for acoustics.

Fine Dining 328

Fine Dining Dine-in Front of House Design 328

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. Just as in the past, it will be important for the food industry to present kitchen work as inspiring, important, beneficial, exciting, and rewarding both professionally and financially.

Fine Dining 482

Fine Dining 2008 Kitchen Safety Customer Experience 482

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

And simply by being present on Resy, restaurants can grow their discoverability, especially among higher-end diners looking for unique experiences. Designed for the needs of the single operator all the way up to national franchises, ExpandShare has the tools needed to create training for front-line staff, managers, and operators alike.

Management 367

Management Management Operations Mobile Ordering 367

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 6, 2024

The experience agency, who designed new restaurant prototypes for clients such as Burger King, Panda Express and Panera Bread, surveyed consumers to gain a better understanding of the current customer journey and what guests value most about the restaurant experience, particularly at casual dining and fast casual restaurants.

Customer Experience 197

Customer Experience Fast Casual 2024 Dine-in 197

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

For example, you can include lease documents, architectural drawings, proposals from vendors for equipment and/or location buildout, menu designs , etc. Once you've completed your business plan, you'll need to present it to banks and/or credit unions. Find other business plan resources from GrowThink.

Document 393

Document Cash Management Small Business Take-out 393

Social Hospitality

JUNE 22, 2020

Restaurants across the globe now use Instagram to advertise their wares and, many even create bespoke dishes which are designed specifically to be shown off on the platform. Another great option is to create a couple signature dishes with great presentation. People love to photograph artistic-looking dishes.

Marketing 440

Marketing Social Media Advertising Influencer 440