Ever wonder what you can do as a restaurant owner to make your staff more productive? Doing so will not only make your restaurant run more efficiently, but will increase both your profits and that of your wait staff. This will keep your wait staff more satisfied, resulting in less turnover and higher profits. Check outFIND OUT MORE |

  If you own a restaurant, you know that you need a variety of employees to make the operation run. In addition to your kitchen staff — line cooks, sous chefs, and expediters — you need the right people to take care of customers. Even if your food is the best in the world, ifFIND OUT MORE |

If you want to get serious about cooking, you need to start where the action is: Your cooktop. There are three types of ranges you can choose from: Electric, Gas, and Induction. Each has their own benefits, as well as downsides, and choosing which is right for you depends on several factors. Sometimes, you don’tFIND OUT MORE |

When you think of an apron, you probably think of cooking, but aprons are used in all types of industries. Think about the main purpose of an apron: to keep your clothes from getting stained. It sounds like an inexpensive tool that does a simple job, but depending on what you’re doing in it, anFIND OUT MORE |

If you have a small kitchen, you don’t want to clog up your cabinets and drawers with single use items, especially if you don’t use them often. Even if you do have space, why store something if it doesn’t prove to be extremely useful? Luckily, many kitchen items can do more than one thing, andFIND OUT MORE |

If you’ve never spent a lot of time in a restaurant kitchen, you may think that the culinary uniform is outdated, stuffy, and pointless, but you could not be more wrong. While the look of the traditional uniform is, in fact, stark and severe, the usefulness of it is not. Each piece serves a specificFIND OUT MORE |

  Dried herbs and spices are expensive, and jars of premade seasonings are even more expensive. When you buy those packets of seasonings for things like tacos and fajitas, you’re not only paying a premium, but you’re getting additives and preservatives that you may not want. Luckily, it’s easy to make your own spice mixesFIND OUT MORE |

Ever wonder what chef clothing does besides making you look like a chef? Statistics show most people aren’t aware that chef clothing serves many purposes. It protects from heat, prevents hair and sweat from getting into food, and more. Check out this infographic to see all the interesting facts about chef clothing and why youFIND OUT MORE |

Working in a commercial kitchen is much different than it was centuries ago when Escoffier paved the way for professional chefs everywhere. With modern equipment, air conditioned kitchens, and technology that allows the cook to see exactly what guests have ordered without speaking to anyone, a lot has changed. What hasn’t changed however, is theFIND OUT MORE |