Kitchen Training

How Yelp and Other Review Sites Can Make or Break Your Restaurant Business

First let’s face the facts. We all search the internet to check out the restaurant scene anytime we visit a new city, or we are looking for a place for a celebration or we just want to try something new.  Put the question in your search engine and the first things that pop up are Yelp […]

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How to Incorporate Food and Beverage into Co-Working Spaces

Co-working space is huge in the modern economy, with an estimated 3.8 million users worldwide by 2020. These spaces provide shared office space to small businesses, freelancers, and large corporations. They tend to charge a monthly fee, have abundant wifi, tons of meeting space, and offer networking events for their members. With a low barrier

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The Pros and Cons of Using an Online Reservation System

Traditionally the rule has been, upscale and fine dining restaurants take reservations and chains and casual dining do not.  Due to evolution, all humans are now born with a smart phone in their hand, so restaurant reservations automatically evolved to online apps to accommodate that new “biology.” But, in the last few years, everything has

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12 Quick Tips for Opening a Restaurant

12 Quick Tips for Opening a Restaurant

We’ve asked our top restaurant consultants what they recommend when opening a new restaurant. They provided such great feedback that we compiled it all into this all-in-one resource for you! So, below you’ll find 12 quick tips for opening a restaurant. Enjoy! Meet Our Panel of Expert Restaurant Consultants: Ray Camillo – Founder & CEO,

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A Panel of Experts: Actionable Tips for Hiring Restaurant Employees

A Panel of Experts: Actionable Tips for Hiring Restaurant Employees

We’ve asked our top restaurant consultants what they recommend when recruiting and hiring for various restaurant staff positions. They provided such great feedback that we compiled it all into this all-in-one resource for you. So, below you’ll find actionable tips for hiring restaurant managers, chefs and cooks, wait staff and host staff, and bartenders. Enjoy!

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How Restaurant Owners and General Managers Can Write a Great Employee Developmental Plan in 5 Easy Steps

For restaurant owners and general managers, the process of creating a restaurant employee developmental plan is very similar to writing quarterly goals – only there are no predetermined categories.  The action steps should have many of the same characteristics as the steps in achieving goals.  They should be SMART – specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound. 

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Restaurant Opening: The Essential Kitchen Training Documents

When opening a restaurant, it seems only right to document and put in place a structured training agenda that will aid your kitchen managers and chefs in the training of themselves and their staff. Perhaps you hire a consultant, like Blue Orbit, or you have someone on your staff who loves documents, spreadsheets and calendars just

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