As the holiday rush approaches, it’s crucial to keep your restaurant crew motivated. Discover effective strategies to boost morale and ensure smooth operations
Building Tomorrow’s Restaurant Teams: A New Approach for Hiring in 2025
November 22, 2024The transformation starts with a shift in mindset. Instead of viewing new hires as pairs of hands to train, we need to see them as potential stewards of our vision. This isn’t just idealistic thinking – it’s a practical response to our industry’s challenges.
8 Tips for Attracting & Retaining Restaurant Staff
May 30, 2023When employees feel respected and appreciated, it can improve the overall quality of your restaurant. Happy employees are more effective workers, have less turnover, and can help keep your restaurant running efficiently.
Episode 71 – High Tech Hand Hygiene with Christine Schindler
February 17, 2023We’re talking to an engineer and inventor who’s taking restaurant hand hygiene to a whole new level. Christine is and entrepreneur, engineer, and inventor who focuses on using technology to protect businesses and their customers from the threat of illnesses and outbreaks.
Tips for Tackling Restaurant Labor Shortages
October 24, 2022It goes without saying that the industry is facing labor challenges like never before. Here are a few tips to help simplify back-of-house prep and improve efficiencies in your establishment.
Episode 66 – Workforce Development with Derek Fassett
January 19, 2022Derek Fasset, the new Workforce Development Director at HospitalityMaine, recently took the reins of a multi-year workforce development plan. His top priority is building momentum by creating self-filling pools of hospitality workers across the state.
4 Ingredient Whoopie Pie Filling
January 7, 2022Out of your regular whoopie pie filling? No worries! 10-5 minutes and 4 ingredients is all you need! Butter, fluff, powder sugar, and vanilla extract will be back on track and on your way to scooping and filling whoopie pie shells.
Eggplant, Finding Beauty Beneath the Blemish
January 7, 2022Most of us purchase and use eggplant for traditional preparations, such as eggplant Parmesan, grilled and stuffed with ricotta for an Eggplant Roulade or perhaps even a breaded eggplant version of a French fry. But ultimately, there will come a time when you find a handful of eggplant within the case that are looking less than desirable.
Making Dye with Your Dying Beets
November 3, 2020Beets are one of the most versatile root vegetables on the market. Beet juice is an all natural food dye that can add a layer of brilliant color to many dishes.
Menu Claims Help Increase Profit
October 19, 2020To earn the trust (and repeat business) of their guests, it’s necessary for operators to equip staff with menu talking points so they can clearly communicate the selling points of their ingredients and dishes.
Reopening? Here are 4 Ways Restaurateurs Can Reset the Table
July 22, 2020While uncertainties still loom, restaurants can consider a few ideas to ensure safe, hygienic, and resourceful operations.
Making the Most of Downtime in Foodservice
April 1, 2020In this video 5 foodservice professionals share their thoughts and advice on how restaurants and foodservice operations can make the most of their downtime.
The Thyme to Save Your Herb Stems is Now
March 25, 2020By simply submerging your herb stems, thyme, oregano and rosemary work best, in a container of vinegar you will soon have (after a resting period of a few days) an herbal infused vinegar…
Bacon, Rendering Phat Flavor
December 9, 2019Most establishments use bacon in some capacity. Those who do know there is normally a considerable amount of fat remaining from the rendering (cooking) process; in some cases nearly 20% of your bacon is rendered to the form of fat…
Episode 56 – Teamwork Makes the Dream Work, with Chef Tim
November 26, 2019In this episode Chef Tim shares one of the very first lessons he learned in foodservice. A story about teamwork from the unteachable point of view of a dish-pit newbie.
Restaurant Server Training Tips, Techniques, and Best Practices
October 3, 2019By properly training new employees, you can reduce turnover and increase employee satisfaction, and it will help your restaurant exceed your guests’ expectations.
Training is Broken in the Restaurant Industry: Here’s How to Fix It
October 3, 2019Here are three key mistakes restaurant brands are making in onboarding, upskilling and preparing their labor force for work, and a few ideas on how to fix it.
Feelings on Peelings
July 8, 2019There comes a point when we as restaurateurs need to evaluate all aspects of every product used within our business. This holds an important value when many kitchens produce a plethora of menu items from scratch…
To scale or not to scale?
May 20, 2019Gain tighter control of your costs by practicing good scaling. Allowing your scale the opportunity to eliminate guesswork will help keep profit where it belongs… within your operation.
Scrape It, Don’t Scrap It!
March 18, 2019It’s safe to say we have all witnessed containers brought to the “dish pit” with a substantial amount of product remaining within the holding vessel. Although the remnant may appear to some staff as minimal, and not worth the time and effort to scrape the container, in my opinion it’s a wasteful practice…
Vegetable Stalks, More than Stems
February 11, 2019For many operators, cauliflower and broccoli stalks are looked upon as waste, using only the florets while discarding the stalks and leaves is a common practice…
Give your Leftovers a Frittata Facelift
December 28, 2018Frittatas are an egg-based Italian dish similar to an omelette or a crustless quiche, baked with additional ingredients such as cheese, vegetables, cooked meats and herbs – making them an extremely versatile way to reinvent leftovers…
Waste Not, Want Not: Checking the Can
December 21, 2018Chances are, if you take a good look deep within your restaurant’s can (the garbage can) there is a good chance you will find that your money is being thrown out.
Episode 42 – It Pays to Have Well Trained Servers, Memorial Day Facts & New Products
May 25, 2018In this week’s episode we’re talking about how well-trained servers can help your business grow, things to know about Memorial Day and this week’s new inventory additions…
Are Your Restaurant’s Checklists Up to the Task?
October 11, 2017The business of running a restaurant can be fun and even frazzled sometimes. Establishing clear processes, like checklists, help keep restaurant operations running and profitable.