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Read More »Why Spreadsheets Are Your Restaurant’s Best Friend
I would have to rate a computer as a must have for a Chef, second only to a good set of quality knives. While utilizing a POS (Point of Sale) System and knowing how to use it can be enormously useful to a chef, I think spreadsheets are the cat’s …
Read More »Chefs: How To Decide Between Apprenticeships or Culinary School
Having a formal education is a wonderful thing to be able to put on a resume. Training under an experienced Chef can also teach you just as much practical information. There are pro and cons to both. Culinary schools are more structured environments. Apprenticeships are more unstructured environments. If you …
Read More »POS Systems: Love Them, Learn Them, and Please Don’t Ignore Them
I didn’t learn to program my first Point of Sale (POS) system until I actually become a head Chef at a restaurant and the POS system impacted my food cost. I taught myself how to use it, as there was no operating manual and none of the waitstaff or the …
Read More »Beg, Borrow, Or Blow Your Food Cost
In a restaurant, especially a newly started or taken over one, it is highly recommended you get to know the other area food facilities and develop good relationships with them. While this may seem quaint, sort of like moving into a new neighborhood and making nice with the neighbors, there …
Read More »Culinary Alumni Unite!
Alumni Helping Alumni, a place where New England area culinary alumni can come together and help each other in business. Two culinary alumnus have joined together to create an online public marketplace to help fellow New England area, culinary alumni network and take advantage of the skills and offerings that other …
Read More »A Review Of Klick Kitchen By Chef Forfeng
The following is a great review of Klick Kitchen by an industry insider with a lot more personal experience in the food service industry than I have. I came across Klick Kitchen last year and while the concept was intriguing, the price at the time was not. Since then they …
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