Top 5 Chef Skills for Successful Executive Chefs
When it comes to the top 5 chef skills needed to be a successful executive chef we’ve got you covered! Being an executive chef is the highest-level role in the kitchen. You’ll report into the owner or MD and from an org chart point of view sit alongside the company’s HR, finance and commercial directors. […]
Starting a Restaurant: Ten Top Tips
Editor’s note: Starting a Restaurant – Ten Top Tips was originally published in August 2021 and updated in May 2022. We’ve heard the word ‘pivot’ a lot over the course of the last couple of years, and for some of us this has meant a complete change in what we do for a living. For […]
Food Photography Tips for Chefs
Editor’s note: Food Photography Tips for Chefs was originally published in May 2018 and updated in most recently May 2022. Being a chef we know that you can cook and present great food, but do you know how to photograph it? Food photography is everywhere across social media. But what are the building blocks of […]
Digital Tips for Chef Patrons
Editor’s note: Digital Tips for Chef Patrons was originally published in November 2017 and most recently updated in May 2022. While there’s still some validity in the older means of advertising restaurants, the world has gone digital. Online marketing now plays a big role in the success of any restaurant venture. Wherever your restaurant is […]
Managing Chef Millennials
Managing Chef Millennials – Gordon Ramsey has become very well known, not only for his successful businesses and culinary skills, but also for his hot and volatile temper (aka Hell’s Kitchen). While this old-school style of managing a kitchen may seem entertaining and undoubtedly keeps the viewers on the edge of their seats, in reality […]
Get a Chef Blog to Land That Next Job
Editor’s note: Get a Chef Blog to Land That Next Job was originally published in March 2015 and most recently updated in May 2022. Blogging your way to new opportunities and job success is becoming more and more commonplace. So let’s consider why you should blog to get that next chef job and how you go […]