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Restaurant Staff Training 101

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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. Let’s say you run a fast-casual restaurant.

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CLOSING THE RINGS OF THE TOTAL RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE

Culinary Cues

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. For the past six months I have been committed to an exercise regimen thanks to my Apple Watch.

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WHAT WOULD ESCOFFIER SAY

Culinary Cues

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. He has been one of my primary motivators and reference points throughout my career in food. He would ask: “What are you doing to excite and inspire the next generation of cooks?

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How to Manage Multiple Restaurants and Locations

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Switching from a fast-casual concept to fine dining can allow for a nice change of pace. You won't be able to refer to your previous restaurant opening playbook and follow it to the letter. Table of Contents. New Concept or Replicate? Create Consistency with Your Operations. Delegating Responsibilities. Keep Your Team Connected.

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

Modern Restaurant Management

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. The robotic kitchen runs on batteries instead of a diesel generator.

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17 Restaurant Job Interview Questions (and How to Answer Them)

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Are you a restaurant owner looking for question to ask potential candidates? Check out this blog and video on the top 9 interview questions to ask as an owner. There are a lot of jobs available in the restaurant industry. But there's one thing between you and the role you want: the interview. Plus what kind of questions to ask the interviewer.

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Restaurant Tip Outs Guide: Methods, Tip Splitting, Pooling, and More

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However, servers are not the only ones who contribute to a guest's dining experience. A tip out ensures other employees working in the front of the house share in gratuities, such as: Barbacks. There's a lot of confusion surrounding the process, structure, and laws regarding restaurant tip outs. Table of Contents. Bartenders.