Team leadership
High Standards Start With Clear Expectations
Before calling it an employee problem, ask whether the expectations were clear.
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From the kitchen.
For the operator.
Honest perspectives on leadership, hospitality and the work behind every plate. From Buddy Foy Jr. and the PlatePrep team.
FEATURED / RESTAURANT AI
Restaurant AI: Answers When They Matter
If your chef needs an answer at 7:15 p.m., what good is finding it in tomorrow’s report?
Read the articleTHE DINNER RUSH7:15p.m.
Your team needs an answer.
Not another interruption.
More from the operator’s side of the table.
LEADERSHIP · HOSPITALITY · OPERATIONS
Hospitality & margins
Great Hospitality. At What Cost?
Making a guest whole doesn’t always mean making the whole meal free.
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Owner perspective
The Lesson of 8,000
The jeans were discounted, not comped. What repairing that relationship taught me about making things right in hospitality.
Read the articleLESS REPEATING YOURSELF. MORE ROOM TO LIVE.
You built a restaurant.
Build a life, too.
Let’s look at what keeps pulling you back into the restaurant.