Food quality and safety should be the primary focus in commercial kitchens. A food-borne illness can cause serious harm to a guest and destroy a restaurant's reputation.
Labour costs are the largest expense for most kitchens and for seasonal venues this can blow the budget very quickly during peak periods if staff are not managed efficiently.
Work visas, employee contracts, drugs and alcohol policies, health and safety regulations, and even data collection laws – nobody ever said hospitality SMEs have it easy when it ...
It seems the nation's restaurants are firing on all cylinders as far as satisfying diners, having been named Australia's best industry sector among others – including hairdressers ...
The key to managing the workflow in the kitchen smoothly is to have well developed processes in place for dealing with the jobs that come up on a regular basis.
Chefs rely on a wide range of kitchen equipment from simple tools like spatulas and tongs to industrial-sized food processors and programmable steamer-ovens, and so it is important ...
The menu is the most important marketing tool for any restaurant or café, and at the same time it is the vehicle for the chef to express his creativity and culinary skill.
Hundreds of products are used in a busy kitchen during the course of a busy week and while they may all be vital to the smooth running of the establishment, sometimes little thought ...
Hospitality is a competitive industry and commercial kitchens run on very slim margins that make careful management an essential part of running a profitable business.
Restaurant managers have a significant impact on the success and profitability of a restaurant. Despite being one of the most important hires in the industry, many owners conduct a ...
Large and small businesses alike strive for maximum exposure from their marketing efforts, and hospitality marketing in particular requires creativity to attract notoriously fickle ...
For the six weeks in the lead-up to Christmas, charity organisation against homelessness, StreetSmart, partners with restaurants to ask diners to make a small donation of $2 or more ...
The Savour Australia Restaurant & Catering HOSTPLUS Awards for Excellence visited Pyrmont in Sydney on Monday 22 September to announce the best local restaurateurs, caterers and café ...
The Savour Australia Restaurant & Catering HOSTPLUS Awards for Excellence took place in Brisbane last week (8 September) to celebrate the best restaurateurs, caterers and café ...