Let us help
From Front of House to Back of House, and even in the office, we’re prepared to help you get your operations where you need them to be. Below are a few of our areas of expertise, but we have extensive experience and chances are, if you need help in any area, we have some insight to offer. Please click below to start a conversation with our experts.
Training Programs
We’ve been hands on with several high-profile restaurant openings in a variety of neighborhoods in Chicago and are no strangers to building systems and procedures along with training programs from scratch. We have also held positions as both Head Chef and General Manager, which means we speak the language of both FOH and BOH. We offer comprehensive secret shopping reports with feedback and training guidelines on everything from ambiance, to service, to menu offerings and execution. In addition we can build a food or beverage “bible” complete with food photography, comprehensive ingredient lists, allergy concerns, and methods of cooking. We know what it takes to build a training program that translates your chef’s vision into your service staff’s goals and to build systems that put support staff in the right place at the right time allowing you to make the most of every guest visit.
Menu Development
With a degree in the Culinary Arts from Chicago’s own Kendall College, paired with 15 years of experience in everything from fine-dining restaurants, to gastro pubs, to catering and special events, we are well-suited to help you develop or make adjustments to your menus. Having built comprehensive beverage lists for notable Chicago bar programs as well, we can inspire your creativity, or “trim the fat” and keep your costs in line. No matter the type of menu you need, we’ll help you delight your guests and inspire your staff all with cost, execution, and training in mind.
Financial Tools
Managing statistics on a daily basis is taxing and time consuming. What’s more, the only employees you have that are equipped to manage the numbers at the end of the shift are your most expensive. With fully automated and custom built spreadsheets you can manage responsibilities like tipouts and inventory in a fraction of the time, reducing expensive labor costs while all but eliminating human error. No more having your management team create spreadsheets that require hours of consolidation at the end of every pay period. Have all the information when and where you need it. We can also create costing worksheets that make it quick and easy to build new dishes or new cocktails and know exactly what your food and beverage cost percentage is. Whatever your administrative needs, we can put together the spreadsheet to keep it organized and accurate.