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STEPPING INTO PROFESSIONALISM

Culinary Cues

In a proper kitchen, the uniform is clean, pressed, and complete. Time is the hardest thing to manage – there is never enough, so cooks are busy, but they exude “purpose” and are always cognizant of not wasting steps. They walk with determination, but not out of panic.

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YOUNG COOKS – CREATE YOUR FUTURE

Culinary Cues

It may not look the same and they may have never written it down, but this is their method of operation. [] LOOK THE PART Take pride in your appearance and the sharpness of your uniform. Treat the job as something enormously important and the uniform as a symbol of everything that is good about the profession. Start today!

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THE RESTAURANT ECO-SYSTEM NEEDS HELP

Culinary Cues

A reduction in restaurant business leads to crop waste, unplanted land, and serious cash flow problems for farmers. Directly – those clothing stores that have relied on providing restaurant uniforms have found that their business model is void of customers.

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ACCOMPLISHED COOK – WHEN COMPETENCE ECLIPSES A LACK OF CONFIDENCE

Culinary Cues

Your uniform is right, knives sharp, and the skills you developed over the past two years were second nature. You were introduced to ingredients that were foreign to you, discovered ways to become more efficient, waste less, and use parts of vegetables and proteins that you had previously considered “waste”.

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THE VALUE OF THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS

Culinary Cues

Measure your cuts, look at your waste – improve every day until you are fast and ALWAYS accurate. [] TURN 300 POTATOES PERFECTLY, THEN ASK AGAIN IF YOU CAN WORK THE LINE: Why is it important for a potato to have seven equal sides? Stock is as much symbolic as it is functional.

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Your Go-To Guide for Restaurant Inventory Management

7 Shifts

You'll also be less likely to order too much of any ingredient, which leads to food waste. You should take physical inventory on everything from edible ingredients and cleaning supplies to dinnerware, uniforms, and tabletop items - anything you need to order more of. We'll dive deeper on inventory software below.). The Compare Method.

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Maximizing Restaurant Profits by Routing Out Hidden Financial Risks: A Technology-Based Approach

Modern Restaurant Management

By automating this process through the IoT, brand quality becomes more uniform, limited time offerings are easier to roll out, and restaurants gain an advantage as consumers return for new favorites. This also prevents the waste of costly oil and keeps food quality up to standard.