Culinary Cues

APRIL 23, 2023

Wine is part of the experience, and it has an impact on the food experience just as the food experience impacts wine. Can others depend on you to keep a level head? [] HAVE YOU EVER BUILT A BUDGET AND MANAGED IT EVERY DAY: Ah, yes, we love to cook and present beautiful plates of food. If you want the title, then work for it.

Seasonal Menu 490

Seasonal Menu Leadership Training Fine Dining 490

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 26, 2020

Serving alcohol has always been the primary profit driver in full-service restaurants and when Prohibition took that option off the table then restaurants were hard put to find a path to profitability. Of course their answer of serving alcohol illegally is not the best approach, but the fact remains that restaurants found a way – they had to.

Fine Dining 480

Fine Dining 2008 Kitchen Safety Customer Experience 480

7 Shifts

AUGUST 12, 2020

Word of mouth is fantastic, but when it comes to scaling a restaurant or reopening after months of closure, you need to rely on more than just the possibility of a customer loving your food and telling their friends about it. Maybe it’s the way you cook or serve the food like teppanyaki restaurants. So, where do you start?

Marketing 418

Marketing 2020 SEO Loyalty Program 418

7 Shifts

AUGUST 22, 2024

A Ghost Restaurant take orders through online apps (like Uber Eats, Grubhub, and Skip the Dishes) and prepare food exclusively for pick-up, take-out and delivery customers. Virtual restaurant concepts only exist in apps, and use ‘ ghost kitchens ’ (aka ‘virtual kitchens’ or ‘dark kitchens’) to serve a virtual menu to virtual customers.

Online Ordering 370

Online Ordering Customer Service Delivery Food Order 370

7 Shifts

JUNE 4, 2021

Food cost percentage. Food Cost Percentage. What is food cost percentage? Food cost percentage is the ratio of the cost of food inventory to the amount of revenue it generates. Why is food cost important? Food and beverage is one of the largest expenses next to payroll in the restaurant industry.

Point of Sale 416

Point of Sale Inventory Employee Relations Customer Service 416

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Employees must be properly trained and then given the responsibility and authority to make those decisions that fit their position. [] SERVE: Respect means that everyone involved in the restaurant is in the service business. That they are to present themselves as ladies and gentlemen, serving ladies and gentlemen (The Ritz Carlton Credo).

Training 361

Training Customer Service Uniforms Leadership 361

Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Your employees will look forward to interaction with this type of leader. [] WHEN YOU ARE NOT SERVING THE PUBLIC DIRECTLY – SERVE SOMEONE WHO IS You can’t be everywhere, so you need to instead focus more on being a coach and a supporter.

Coaching 380

Coaching Restaurant Law Training Article 380

7 Shifts

JUNE 28, 2021

72% of Americans eat food from a restaurant at least twice a week, meaning hundreds of millions of Americans frequently trust foodservice establishments to prepare their meals in a safe and sanitary environment. However, surfaces that touch food not only needs to be cleaned but sanitized. Food Storage. Develop a HACCP Plan.

Kitchen Safety 370

Kitchen Safety Food Safety Food Supply Equipment 370

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 1, 2024

These days, a restaurant's reputation is built on more than the taste of its food. Food quality Food quality plays a big role in your customer’s experience. Serving fresh, delicious, and well-prepared food can make a big difference in how customers perceive your restaurant. Presentation also matters.

Customer Experience 397

Customer Experience 2024 Customer Service Online Ordering 397

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 20, 2024

Whether a quick service restaurant, family dining, food truck, or white tablecloth fine dining operation – there will always be some level of price sensitivity. Serve it in a pot or French press, warm the milk and use quality sugar cubes rather than packets. Do it right!

Fine Dining 399

Fine Dining Food Truck Back of House Pricing 399

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 21, 2023

Beginning with a few flamboyant artisans like Jeremiah Tower, Paul Prudhomme, Wolfgang Puck, and Alice Waters – the chef came out from behind the curtain as the star of the show, the person responsible for over-the-top food that wowed and inspired people of all socio-economic backgrounds. Yeah, sounds like a great battle cry, doesn’t it?

Back of House 397

Back of House Food Supply Government Dine-in 397

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 26, 2024

Maybe, my expectations are unrealistic, but really all I want is a plate of food that reflects caring, effort, decent technique, well developed flavor, and a little thought when it is placed on that plate. It doesn’t need to parallel those outstanding restaurants I mentioned before – just good food, made with a little passion and care.

Dine-in 365

Dine-in Training Seasonal Menu Sports 365

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Let’s take the guesswork out of starting your food business and set your establishment up for success. However, the systematic gathering and analysis of data serves to lay a solid foundation for your business. Do you want to find out which food items your customers love the most? Start by deciding what you need to know.

Marketing 370

Marketing Social Media SEO Customer Service 370

Culinary Cues

APRIL 6, 2020

Since fire was first discovered – we have enjoyed and developed the skills to cook, eventually season, and finally plate prepared food to please other people. Today, restaurants serve a multitude of purposes that has brought this industry to a status of importance that is impossible to deny.

Travel 448

Travel Back of House Customer Service Small Business 448

Culinary Cues

MARCH 15, 2021

Everything will change for the better if we (the food industry and the culinary schools that provide the talent) change as a collective group. LACK OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE BUSINESSES THEY SERVE. Just as the restaurant industry evolves, so too must the industry of education.

Education 548

Education Food Supply Training Communication 548

Culinary Cues

MAY 18, 2020

Know that the degree or certificate is more than an acknowledgement of the skills and knowledge that you have gained – it represents your level commitment and discipline that will serve you well. Make sure that you seek out opportunities that involve food. This will likely be the case for some time.

White Paper 520

White Paper Certification Food Safety Food Supply 520

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The anxiety building up to a full house in the hotel packed with a series of food events has made it impossible to relax. The event wall was filled with clip boards, each holding the food function of the day. Since the group would fit lunch between breakout seminars, we only had a little over 90 minutes to serve 300.

Front of House 407

Front of House Back of House Seating Food Truck 407

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 9, 2021

We may complain about the guest who is taking loads of pictures of their food and posting them on Instagram, but deep inside we get a bit of a rush when it happens. Chefs, managers, and owners should live by a simple rule – “If you are not serving the guest directly then it is your job to serve those who are.”

Front of House 474

Front of House Customer Experience Dine-in Training 474

Social Hospitality

JANUARY 5, 2022

For most restaurants, the focus remains on delivery and pickup to serve customers. Even remote parts of the world embraced restaurant and food delivery apps like never before. Mobile chatbots equip restaurants and food delivery apps to do many things. Restaurants would always adhere to food safety standards.

Mobile Ordering 459

Mobile Ordering Customer Service Food Safety Delivery 459

Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Yes, it’s true – when the Michelin Guide decided to recognize some exceptional street food vendors with Michelin Stars, they broke the barrier of snobbery noting that excellence can happen outside of traditional fine dining. If fine dining is your objective, then make the commitment knowing what’s involved. Excellence attracts excellence!

Fine Dining 363

Fine Dining Front of House Dine-in 2016 363

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The food service industry is forecast to reach $1 trillion in sales this year. We’re seeing younger buyers investing in dining experiences that blend food, convenience, and atmosphere with their values as shoppers. Dinner continues to evolve with work from home and hybrid work, with food carryout and delivery growth expected.

2025 180

2025 Fast Casual Food Customer Experience 180

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 19, 2023

Many, saw restaurants and taverns to be American while exposing others to their food, beverage, and style of hospitality. Prohibition and the Speakeasy: Prohibition from 1920-1933 made it illegal to produce, distribute, serve, or consume alcoholic beverages except as a sacrament in the church and for medicinal purposes prescribed by doctors.

Hotels 345

Hotels Influencer Compost Recycling 345

Culinary Cues

JUNE 3, 2024

In the kitchen you MUST depend on others and the synergy that exists because of mutual respect and a helping hand. [] RESPECT THE INGREDIENTS At its core, cooking is all about serving the ingredients we are given. At some point in time, every experience will serve as a reminder or even a potential solution to a challenge.

Uniforms 344

Uniforms Point of Sale Coaching Small Business 344

7 Shifts

JULY 16, 2021

Do they serve just coffee or small foods as well? These elements include the following: Number of guests you expect to serve in a day. Many food businesses have gotten their start through sites like Kickstarter , Indiegogo , AngelList , GoFundMe. Food Handler's Permit. But, don't limit your research to just that!

License 459

License Hiring Equipment Small Business 459

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Even the difference between restaurants that serve three meals per day vs. one that focuses entirely on dinner will be an entirely different ballgame. Always a specialized space for members, the club setting maintained a market space for food that was based on tradition, classic preparations, and to a large degree a “food cost free zone”.

Beverage 495

Beverage Events Food Order Website Management 495

Culinary Cues

MARCH 3, 2024

group’s function contrary to common purpose except to add oxygen to their group-serving purpose of discord and animal gratification. What teams seek to find is leadership in this regard and not the subservient desire to be led. On the other hand, teams are the lifeblood of accomplishment.

Leadership 378

Leadership Restaurant Law Social Media Sports 378

Culinary Cues

JUNE 9, 2024

In the commodities world, the driving force is efficiency and cost savings (not that these initiatives are bad) oftentimes at the expense of what it means to cook, serve, and create memorable experiences. But ask yourself this: how do you feel about the product you serve and the service that you provide? Food for thought.

Customer Experience 349

Customer Experience Café Customer Service Training 349

Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

We should applaud competition, welcome it, and learn from it. [] DON’T PUSH ASIDE FOOD TO GO, FOOD DELIVERY, GHOST KITCHENS, OR CURBSIDE PICK-UP JUST YET: Yep, it saved many restaurants and our customers embraced it – now we can’t forget it.

Food Supply 426

Food Supply Employee Relations Kitchen Safety Social Media 426

Culinary Cues

MAY 4, 2022

The end result of great food, satisfied guests, and a profitable restaurant rests on the shoulders of the group working in unison. THAT SANITATION CLASS WAS VERY IMPORTANT. [] BE COST CONSCIOUS – THE KEY TO BEING NOTICED: Restaurants work on very small profit margins.

2022 382

2022 Education Coaching Kitchen Safety 382

Culinary Cues

MAY 12, 2022

These are the restaurants where dining is much, much more than just consuming food. If they don’t see the value, regardless of how tasty or beautiful that plate of food might be, then why would they return? Search through the more than 700 articles on the business of food. That $100 meal took them four hours work to pay for.

Pricing 362

Pricing Consumer Goods Training Customer Experience 362

Culinary Cues

MAY 20, 2024

He has been one of my primary motivators and reference points throughout my career in food. Sacrifice nothing and then a chef can sleep at night. [] THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF PROCESSED FOODS AND RESTAURANTS THAT THRIVE ON THEIR USE: Escoffier once stated: “ Great cooking is about using the freshest, highest quality ingredients.”

Hotels 280

Hotels Front of House Fine Dining Back of House 280

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 6, 2021

TV dinners, box mixes, frozen and canned goods, and restaurant take out became the basis for the new American food culture. It is often expected that we only use the English language, we dress as American fashion dictates, and we eat what is assumed to be American food. So, what is American food and where is its story?

Influencer 373

Influencer Customer Experience Dine-in Training 373

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 2, 2024

There are automated food labeling systems that make it easier for businesses to stay in compliance. There are even light-based decontamination technologies to help keep food contact surfaces or clear liquids safe. As a restaurant manager, maintaining food safety is your number one responsibility. So, how exactly do you do that?

Food Safety 110

Food Safety Management Management Kitchen Safety 110

Culinary Cues

AUGUST 22, 2022

The food was, of course excellent, but more importantly reflective of the region and its history and the experiences of the chef. This is where people met to talk about their families, local events, a bit of politics, a love of music and art, and laugh with reckless abandon over a plate of magnificent comfort food. author unknown.

Seating 450

Seating Front of House Back of House Cash Management 450

7 Shifts

AUGUST 2, 2024

When hiring restaurant accountants, your primary consideration should be those who understand the complexity of the food and beverage industry—both front-of-the-house and back-of-the-house operations and management. This number is essential because it helps you determine the price of your food and beverages.

Point of Sale 397

Point of Sale Inventory Seasonal Menu Cash Management 397

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

It means guests love the food you serve so much that one location simply won’t cut it — and you get to serve more customers, generate more revenue , and expand your business. Expanding your place in the food service industry happens in one of two ways — developing a new restaurant concept or replicating an existing one.

Management 370

Management Management Document Hiring 370

Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Sitting in a neighborhood restaurant after the recent election I was struck by the balancing act that food establishments have played for hundreds of years. These were often locations to where mail from across the pond would be delivered and serve as a source of information and discussion over a pint of ale.

Front of House 343

Front of House Back of House Sourcing Travel 343