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American Culinary
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METHOD
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PREPARATION FOR RESTAURANTS
 Consult a Chef is a website that has been developed specifically to help the Restaurateur/Food and Beverage Director/General Manager or Chef run their daily operations without the hassle of spending countless hours on a computer trying to recreate the wheel.

It has been developed to enable YOU to MOP up your profits using the website as a consultant instead of paying top dollar to have a consultant onsite daily for extended periods of time. By using our proven worksheets, you can effectively make the important business decisions that will ultimately increase profits, food quality and overall guest environment.

Allow Consult a Chef to do the leg work for you, let us help you in your business to make it a hassle-free, fun business that you can profit from. Work smarter not harder. Be proactive, not reactive. We have over 50 years combined experience in the industry at your disposal, so don’t wait join now  and let the fun begin!
 
Center of the Plate
MAKE CHANGE AND MAKE MORE MONEY!

                                            Eight steps to success

1.Create a budget: 2 hours a year.
2.Cost out your menu: Your distributor
3.Weekly inventory: 2 to 3 hours a week.
4.Understand food cost: follow steps 2, 3, and 8 and read food cost .
5.Track labor: 30 minutes a week and 10 minutes a day.
6.Set guidelines: 8 hours one time.
7.Train and motivate your staff: 8 hours 1 time and 15 minutes twice a day.
8.Join Consultachef.com  and down load work sheets and templates to help you manage every part of your business: 5 minutes.

In about eight hours a week you can be in complete control! The beauty of this is that the eight hours a week should be shared by all of your managers. You do the math. The work sheets help you understand your costs and pinpoint problems and the act of completing them helps you manage your managers. This system will give you time to focus on the 4 things  that are most important!

BUDGET?
Budget- simply put is a forecast of what your operation expects to achieve. A budget helps you understand how to plan and save to protect your future and ensure longevity.

1.Revenues and expenses
2.Fixed and variable costs
3.Controllable and non-controllable

The first step is to look at the CAC worksheets and choose the items that are relevant to your operation.  (Learn more)

budget spreadsheet
Costing out your menu!
Changing inaccurately priced menu items is the easiest way to have an impact on your bottom line! You owe it to yourself to cost out your menu to be more profitable! Download Now!
Let’s face it, is what you pay for product always changing? What does each item on your menu represent in dollar figures? The menu is the most important part of your business. Failure to manage pricing, menu items, portions, and item placements- can be devastating to your business! (Learn more)
WEEKLY INVENTORY!!!

We know for sure that your food and beverage purchases account for at least 50% of all of the money you spend in a week. We know that tracking and understanding these #’s will allow you to pinpoint problems in your operation.
Catching fluctuations in your inventory weekly will allow you to make changes before more money is lost. In two hours a week you can have a complete control over your products and the condition of your facility.
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JOB DESCRIPTIONS
Job descriptions are the maps of success that you create to share your performance expectations with your employees. Employees perform on a daily basis. Creating thorough descriptions allows you to hold each employee accountable for their job. Job descriptions help employers find potential candidates and can be used for evaluations and progress reports. Having accurate descriptions empowers your employees to do their jobs and take care of the guests. In today’s business all positions in your restaurant need an outline which will become the first step of training. (Learn more)
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