Restaurant People
Nine Details To Look For When Recruiting Restaurant Managers
Welcome back!By Richard Averitte
“Details, Details, Details!” That’s what my boss used to tell me when my sales were down when I was store manager for Smithfield’s Chicken ‘N Bar-B-Q. I may have thought I was hitting the “big three” (great food, great service, clean restaurant), but in reality I was overlooking some important details. Is [...]
Lona, Wine, & Sinatra: Vines Grille & Wine Bar - Orlando
“I feel sorry for the people who don’t drink - when they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they are going to feel all day.” — Frank Sinatra
The above quote appeared on the menu of our restaurant of choice in Orlando, so at least the owner has a sense of humor. [...]
Kids & Healthy Eating: A Chef at War
It was almost ten years ago that we (Restaurant Report) were ranting and raving about the subject of childhood obesity. We knew then that we were systematically raising an entire generation hooked on fast foods. We knew then that both the parents and the schools were failing miserably as they sat back and [...]
Chef Bernard on Restaurant Survival
I have always enjoyed any conversation with Chef Bernard Ros of New York’s Meli Melo Restaurant. It was a hot August day, and while we talked about one of my least favorite subjects (the economy) Bernard can’t be anything but interesting. He brings a very simple viewpoint [...]
How many times must a man look up and pretend that he just doesn’t see?
I’m not sure who or what is more powerful, Alice Waters or 60 Minutes. I do know that Ms. Waters appeared on the Sunday night show and suggested that there should be a children’s garden at the White House. Within a few days, the White house announced plans to place an organic garden on the [...]
Marketing Your Chef
It’s one of the great mysteries of restaurant life. An owner seeks a highly qualified chef to take the restaurant to the next level. The owner pays the chef a boatload of money, and not unexpectedly, the restaurant is better than ever. The place even has the potential to go way beyond the next level. [...]
Restaurant Superchefs: Do You Know Where Your Chef Has Gone?
I am a big fan of chef driven restaurants. If the chef is in the kitchen, it’s going to be a great experience. If, by chance, the chef is somewhere else that evening, it may or may not be a great experience. I understand that almost all chefs will assure you that [...]
The Last Meal…
When it comes to the media coverage of chefs, it never stops (and that’s a good thing). It’s one clever concept after another and of course the Food Network has so much to do with this. “Boy Meets Grill”; “Chef at Large”; “Chef at Home”; “Dinner Impossible”; “Kitchen Nightmares”; “The Iron Chef”; etc., etc. [...]
