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CHEFS FACING THE CHALLENGE OF CREATIVITY VERSUS BUSINESS DECISIONS

Culinary Cues

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?

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WHAT WOULD ESCOFFIER SAY

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However, before doing this he would observe and analyze the operation to make sure controls were in place and that the reason for raising prices was not a lack of efficiency or caring on the part of his cooks. [] A GROWING INTEREST IN DELIVERED MEALS OVER RESTAURANT DINING: Again, Escoffier the innovator, would have looked to this as an opportunity.

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Restaurant Revenue Management: 3 Killer Strategies to Boost Sales

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It was used in the airline and hotel industry to significant effect, with some companies reporting sales increasing of between 2 to 5%. It's now becoming more common in the restaurant industry because restaurants embody many of the same business characteristics of airlines and hotels that made revenue management so successful.

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TEAM COMPETITIVENESS IN THE KITCHEN

Culinary Cues

Charlie Trotter, in many chefs’ minds, defined what fine dining would become in America. The same can be said for numerous other companies like Walt Disney, IDEO, Porsche, Bose, Oxo, Daniel Boulud’s Dinex Group, Thomas Keller’s restaurants, Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality, and Ritz Carlton Hotels.

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DON’T SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRITY

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These are the Ritz Carlton’s of the hotel business, the Tesla’s of electric autos, the Wegman’s of the grocery business, the Apple’s of computer hardware and electronics, the Harvard’s of business schools, and the French Laundry’s of the restaurant industry. Mediocrity has no place in their vocabulary. It is your job to SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF.

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Rethinking the Future of Dining Through Technology

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While Noma’s run as a Michelin restaurant is now at an end, there are many reasons why it doesn’t spell the end of fine dining cuisine as we know it. There’s a high cost in running fine dining restaurants, but the value rests in their place in society.

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7 Restaurant Management Book Recommendations

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Without Reservations: How a Family Root Beer Stand Grew into a Global Hotel Company. ?? Hotel tycoon J.W. Topics: Find dining; restaurant management; finding suppliers. ?? Anyone interested in fine dining (or audacious characters for that matter) will love Kitchen Confidential. Published: 2012 ?? Author: J.W.

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