Looking for your first job - whether it is part-time or full-time - can seem like an overwhelming task. Finding a job is hard enough to begin with, but when you have not had any…
The Line Starts Here: Finding a Job While in High School
Legal Stuff: Limitations and Opportunities for Working High School Students
There are a LOT of laws which regulate how managers hire, employ, and terminate their workers. While most restaurants and restaurant chains have policies and procedures which closely follow the laws, it is not uncommon…
Marketing ROI – What it is and how to figure it out
Restaurant ROIs can be scary things if you don’t know what they are all about. Let me explain how ROIs are used to make marketing decisions in a way that doesn’t make you hate everyone.
Thinking big picture from the beginning: How to complete a SWOT analysis (on a restaurant which doesn’t exist yet)
Creating a SWOT analysis for a restaurant is a challenge – creating one for a restaurant that hasn’t even opened? That’s a real trick. Let’s me show you how.
Restaurant Marketing Jumpstart: The Basics
In order for your restaurant to make money, you've got to profitably provide a product (food and drinks) or a service (catering or event management) AND there must be a group of people who desire…
How to Keep Your Restaurant Making Money: Cost Control 101
What makes a restaurant a success? Is it the menu? Or having a dynamic chef? Or is it having an incredible front- of-the-house staff? All of these are important factors, but the bottom line is…
Menu Design – How to Make Your Concept a Reality
A restaurant’s menu is its biggest magnet. In order to build a loyal group of patrons, restaurants need to create a unique, fairly priced menu that offers fresh and reliable food and drink options. According…
Building a Successful Restaurant: Understanding Sales Mix Analysis and Menu Engineering
The key elements of menu mix and sales analysis applied to initial menu design
The Generous and Genuine Cuisine of Italy
The history and heritage of the world’s most popular cuisine; Overview of Italy’s 5 Culinary regions; Key flavors and products
Universal Studios’ High School Culinary Arts Competition: Handheld Foods
Public version of rules coming soon. See Chef for private version sent by Universal and UCF Rosen.