Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

How powerful is a complete dining experience and what exactly is it? An owner for whom I worked years ago referred to it as the Total Dining Experience and I have held on to this concept ever since. Have you established a uniform and grooming standard in your restaurant and is it equitably enforced? Who are your odor police?

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Culinary Cues

MAY 20, 2024

It’s been 89 years since Escoffier stood in front of a range for the last time, yet his presence is still felt by professional cooks and chefs. In every office where I sat over the past 30 some odd years, has hung this picture of the master craftsman, leader, and ambassador of proper cooking and kitchen organization.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Chefs and cooks may avoid walking through those swinging doors into the dining room because they fear that vulnerability. Some who work in kitchens can distance themselves from the overwhelming responsibility of the cook or chef, but to others it is a heavy weight to carry. If this is not their norm, then pay attention.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 19, 2024

Chefs and restaurateurs are constantly seeking innovative methods to elevate dining experiences. Best practices in infusion involve maintaining low and steady temperatures to preserve the cannabinoid's efficacy while ensuring its uniform distribution within the fat.

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Future Food

MARCH 6, 2025

Successful precinct designs are aligned to the key strategy drivers Delivering a modern dining precinct in a club environment demands a holistic strategy that goes beyond architectural or interior design plans.

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The Restaurant Times

JUNE 24, 2021

Launched with a vision of bringing authentic and traditional Japanese cuisine to the Middle East, MATSU, a fine dining establishment based out of Abu Dhabi, offers exciting flavors and an authentic taste of Japanese dining culture. . Delivering a fine dining experience isn’t possible without efficient staff.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It was a good night with two full turns of the dining room. Similar activity is taking place in the dining room as tablecloths are replaced and touched up, place settings aligned, glasses checked for water spots, chairs polished and carpets touched up, napkins are folded, and plants are misted.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 26, 2020

If so, what it the plan for vendors and restaurants to work together in this regard? [] AT A CERTAIN POINT (before there is a vaccine) CUSTOMERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO RESTAURANT DINING ROOMS: Terrific! [] AT A CERTAIN POINT (before there is a vaccine) CUSTOMERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO RESTAURANT DINING ROOMS: Terrific!

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

POS systems are transforming dining by making personalized experiences easy and efficient. This means menus can be updated to reflect what people actually want, making the dining experience more engaging and relevant. Learn more in our latest post: How POS Systems Enable Menu Personalization.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 28, 2024

The main takeaway: It’s led to higher prices and lower foot traffic at many of the state’s dining establishments. With customers seemingly viewing dining out a luxury, restaurants that can differentiate themselves in terms of quality and value will have a competitive advantage.” The law changed on April 1.

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EATER

JUNE 9, 2020

On June 1 and 2, Paris and Melbourne began to allow dine-in seating, and Berlin reopened bars — prost! The point is, despite the near-universal tragedy caused by the novel coronavirus, the look and feel of our experiences today is anything but uniform, and depends greatly on the place we call home. We never closed,” Castañeda says. “We

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

From the rise of AI to the increasing popularity of experiential dining, businesses are adapting creatively to meet new consumer demands. Perhaps oddly and yet understandably, premium dining spending has increased… but only through average spend. Those who already treat themselves to high end dining experiences spend more.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

On a sandwich, it’s fine. Turkey just isn’t as succulent as chicken or duck, and what is the deal with the textural uniformity of casseroles, pumpkin pie, and stuffing?” You don’t need a dining table. You might not be able to fit everything on the table, and that’s totally fine. and “101 drool-worthy sides!” they tease.

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7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

The competition in the restaurant industry is getting tighter. In fact, 45% of restaurant operators expect their competition to be much more intense in 2024 than last year. That said, we've compiled some of the best techniques for increasing restaurant sales and taking your business to new heights.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

I have been privileged to work in kitchens all my life as a prep cook, line cook, and chef. I have built a reasonable set of technical skills along the way, and have learned – through trial and error, how to become a better than average chef and manager of kitchen operations. We are the same, yet we are much different.

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ChowNow

AUGUST 6, 2024

Quick service restaurants generally have lower labor cost percentages than fine dining establishments, but both can balance their costs to stay profitable. Restaurant expenses can add up quickly if you’re not careful. From ingredients to insurance, new restaurants need to know how to manage fixed and variable costs.

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Focus POS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

However, the regulations aren’t entirely uniform across the board for how restaurants can offer this service. However, the regulations aren’t uniform. Just one sale to an underage customer can land you with hefty fines. The hospitality industry has been put through the wringer lately. If Your State Allows Alcohol Sales.

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7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

Every manager aims for maximum operational efficiency in their restaurants, but achieving this isn't easy, with the industry's success rate recorded at only 20%. This is where developing a comprehensive restaurant operations plan comes in. This is why 62% of managers feel burnt out , especially on days leading to peak seasons.

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EATER

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Our uniform also included a toque, or a chef’s hat, and this is where the absence of Black students became impossible to compartmentalize. In Paris, it was nearly impossible for me to find a pastry stage. Was it because I’m Black? I could pass by 10 different shops that all excelled in feuilletage, the art of puff pastry.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

A fine-dining steakhouse & upscale designer fashion brand. General manager Nicholas DeLuca shares that the bar staff currently receives a discount at the store for purchasing uniforms, and in return Alexander’s hosts their annual holiday party. Alexander’s Steakhouse and John Varvatos.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

This is why, come gift-giving season, we hope someone will buy us the slightly bougier, not exactly “necessary” items we’re prone to talking ourselves out of getting: the knife that we want because it’s cute; the sheet pans that are objectively better than our crooked ones; the vegetable cutter from TikTok that we can’t get out of our head.

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Embrace the Suck

JUNE 13, 2022

I had a couple of events, private events, corporate dining events, and there were two more left on the book. Brian always has a unique understanding and view of the world. The topic for this talk was how Restaurant Culture is in Crisis. Donald Burns: Hey, welcome to the Conquer Online Restaurant Summit. they had very, very strong opinions.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

As the camera pans across a steel blue dining room, a small coterie of tech bros, celebrities, political power brokers, and food obsessives walks to their tables, past a kitchen where a team of identically uniformed chefs are working with almost military precision. It’s also part of a long lineage of horror films all about eating.

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EATER

JANUARY 23, 2025

But with the rising cost of dining out, and my own desire to strengthen my culinary prowess in the kitchen, I decided to attempt making hand-ripped noodles at home. For the purpose of creating imperfect noodles, this worked out just fine. Instead of dozens of threads, biang noodles are one long ribbon, split in two.

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KaTom

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Before its demise, Pan Am set the bar high for air travel by serving Parisian-inspired meals midflight on tables set with linen tablecloth and fine china, comfortable seats with generous space in between, and an upstairs first class section. Experience an Authentic Pan American Flight at Air Hollywood. View this post on Instagram.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

A fine-dining steakhouse & upscale designer fashion brand. General manager Nicholas DeLuca shares that the bar staff currently receives a discount at the store for purchasing uniforms, and in return Alexander’s hosts their annual holiday party. Alexander’s Steakhouse and John Varvatos.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

A fine-dining steakhouse & upscale designer fashion brand. General manager Nicholas DeLuca shares that the bar staff currently receives a discount at the store for purchasing uniforms, and in return Alexander’s hosts their annual holiday party. Alexander’s Steakhouse and John Varvatos.

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Marketing Uniforms Fine Dining Events 60

Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The uniforms. Daily operations might seem fine but don’t settle for “fine” when “excellent” is right at your fingertips. Their compact size allows more freedom of movement in crowded dining rooms. The signage. Over time, they all end up needing an upgrade. This flexibility mirrors the needs of customers today.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 14, 2024

When you walk through the dining room and observe service and interactions between staff and guests, what do you see? We can take impeccable care of our chef uniform and careless about washing our hands for 20 seconds. When you watch finished plates slide down the pass ready for service, what do you see? It’s that simple.

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Lavu

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

It allows you to: Keep tabs on inventory levels at each location Move stock between restaurants when needed Maintain consistent recipe costs, ensuring uniform pricing and margins Analyze usage trends to fine-tune ordering The system’s data analysis tools offer valuable insights into inventory performance.

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The Restaurant Times

MAY 30, 2021

For example, quick-service restaurant, fine dining, pub, food truck, etc. This section also includes details about the uniforms of the staff. This section also includes details about the uniforms of the staff. Setting up a restaurant business in the UAE can be complicated. Introduction. Business Overview.

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The Restaurant Times

AUGUST 31, 2020

For instance, in a self-serving QSR, the staff is not expected to greet guests and seat them, but in a fine dining restaurant, this gesture must be followed religiously. . Offering a remarkable customer service constitutes one of the critical success factors of running a restaurant business in a growing market like Saudi Arabia.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants (TSFR) is celebrating its 40th anniversary along with the anniversaries of employees that have been with the company for 20 years or more. “This milestone is significant and we could not be prouder for the contributions our team has made to our success. . Sandy Reinhardt joined Schostak Brothers & Co.,

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A Wine Story

MAY 18, 2022

It would be the first time international wine journalists and Tuscan producers would see one another in the two long years since COVID, and everyone appeared in a mood of celebration. Michelangelo’s David Giving a Warm Welcome. I could almost detect a friendly smile on the statue’s face and even a wink, welcoming me to the festivities inside.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

But what I’ve got on today is basically a version of my uniform which takes into account the changing weather. And what is making up today’s uniform? Ylenia Cuéllar. After two years of inside time, how do we dress to go out these days? Want to see what diners are wearing in Brooklyn and Philly? See all of our Best Dressed series here.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Combining our backgrounds in tech, automation, and culinary fine dining, we knew we could fill this void to give more people access to healthy, high-quality food.” World’s First Mobile Restaurant Powered by Advanced Robotics. Ono Food Co. Ono Food Co. Within 60 seconds, blends are ready at Ono’s pick-up area.

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7 Shifts

JULY 20, 2024

This saves time and ensures a uniform appearance. For example, casual dining restaurants might post 3-4 times a week, while fine dining establishments might post 1-2 times a week. Discover why restaurants must have a social media strategy and 20 effective ways to boost your social presence online.

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