Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

" Among the key findings: Consumers crave interactive dining : 70 percent are interested in tasting events, 52 percent in private dinners with a chef, and 50 percent in cooking classes at restaurants. 90 percent of fine dining operators say in-person dining is key to their 2025 success.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 17, 2025

What started as a way to help high-end restaurants reduce no-shows has evolved into a comprehensive platform serving diverse hospitality businesses, from boutique wineries to large hospitality enterprises. The hospitality industry has expanded well beyond traditional dining models over the past decade.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Chicago-based Foodhaul is a digital platform that partners with chefs to create menus for delivery-only virtual restaurant brands. Foodhaul vets each kitchen to ensure they are providing the highest level of quality control, service and hospitality. How is Foodhaul working with chefs? Foodhaul has raised $1.25

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 29, 2023

As the couple’s anniversary dinner gracefully glides toward a sweet crescendo, the lead server strides into the kitchen to pick up a beautiful brulee, only to notice the rose-shaped garnish is missing — along with the pastry chef. Who knew that the executive chef ran an endurance race around a volcano?!

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 11, 2021

In this episode of The Main Course host Barbara Castiglia gets the answer from Izzy Kharasch, a Restaurant Coach, Chef, and owner of Hospitality Works. Army before going to chef school. For Izzy, career choice has never been a question. He started in high school and has never been passionate about anything else, Izzy said.

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Foodservice Equipment Reports

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Two manufacturers’ rep firms—4 Star Reps and RC Hospitality—have merged. RC Hospitality, founded by Robin Carmeans in 2012, specializes in tabletop, buffet displays, smallwares, food safety solutions, chef apparel and textiles. “This change for 4 Star Reps and RC… Source

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Have you ever wondered what chefs discuss behind closed doors? In 2018, he launched the podcast, Flavors Unknown, featuring a series of conversations with acclaimed and award-winning chefs, pastry chefs, and mixologists from around the United States. A new book dropping today has some answers. "

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Healthier Hospitals. It wouldn’t be an unusual tally of meals consumed by a patient admitted to a hospital for heart disease or stroke. It’s clearly not health food, yet it’s the type of sustenance offered at hospitals every day nationwide. Council introduced the Healthy Hospitals Amendment Act of 2019.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 2, 2020

With so many passionate and talented chefs, the creativity and execution of diverse menus is amazing. In a word- hospitality. The concept of ‘Safe Hospitality’ or ‘Safe Service’ is the new differentiator. What Exactly Is ‘Safe Hospitality?' What does safe hospitality look and feel like?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2024

The visionary panel that explored dining away from home included members with specific expertise and interest in restaurant dining and the hospitality industry. Chef driven fast casual restaurants feed consumers’ desires for high quality menu items delivered quickly and on the go.

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Total Food Service

APRIL 20, 2025

For over two decades, Marc Spitzer has been the Executive Chef of BONDST, one of the most popular and beloved Japanese restaurants in New York City, with locations in both NoHo and Hudson Yards, as well as Bond Street Lounge in Miami. His journey from chef to restaurant owner is a testament to hard work, creativity, and resilience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Fine dining establishments provide a space for the most creative chefs and the boldest of all hospitality entrepreneurs to experiment, innovate and offer unique and upscale dining experiences–something that’s hard to replicate at regular dining establishments. Food is a business of making people happy.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2024

We'll see the continued shift of leveraging AI to help with other commodity tasks to free up humans to have more time to give customers higher-quality hospitality. Restaurants are already experimenting with using AI to handle drive through orders to allow human employees to focus on customer interactions in the restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

“At Cameron Mitchell Restaurants and Ocean Prime, we encourage our associates to learn as much as they can and grow throughout their careers,” said Corporate Chef Ian Rough. ” A key part of the program is to encourage associates to see opportunities in hospitality careers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

I think it is very important for business owners, in general, to make a statement that our employees matter and so does their voice,” said Hunter Evans, Chef, at Elvie’s in Jackson, Mississippi. ” Sarah Gavigan, chef and owner of Otaku Ramen Photo by Emily Dorio. ” Maneet Chauhan Photo by Amelia J.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2020

2020 has been a challenging year for restaurants and hospitality professionals to say the least. Looking ahead to 2021, there are three trends we see defining the restaurant and hospitality industry. 1: COVID pivots are here to stay for a while longer until widespread vaccination and herd immunity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2020

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature robots in fast food, virtual education and chef-inspired, plant-based ice cream. The goal of the Resetting America course is to help small businesses in the hospitality industry not only stay open but thrive during and after the pandemic. Chef-Inpsired Charity.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2021

Successful restaurants will create a customer experience that features abundance and the elevated hospitality that will make the experience memorable. Management should ensure their processes are the most hospitable they can be by regularly completing their facility’s own online ordering and delivery process. The Human Touch.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Now chefs at every level of the hospitality industry are using it. We’re using science to enable chefs to recreate the ideal result every time. Restaurant managers, and chefs, are better prepared to face a down-turn when they have more of what really counts: time and money. Evolutionary Method. Cost Savings.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The survey ran between October 23 and November 13, receiving more than 250 responses from chefs, representing independent restaurants and operators and 44 states throughout the country. While diners are paying more, chefs are making less. Pastry is Back Consumers are saving room for dessert as chefs roll out inventive confections.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 25, 2021

For this reason, the culinary, tourism and hospitality industries need to evolve and expand their brand by offering plant-based protein alternatives on menus. Don’t overlook what your chef is already capable of creating. A simple switch in protein, if done correctly, is an easy and cost-efficient surrogate.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 9, 2025

Most recently, he co-founded Sammy's Sliders with chef Sammy Gianopoulos. At Sammy’s Sliders, we see AI as an opportunity to enhance – not replace – human hospitality. For more than two decades Sam Ballas, Founder of East Coast Wings + Grill, has focused on brand building in a smart and sustainable manner.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

Paul Wahlberg is Chef/Co-Owner of Wahlburgers, a casual dining restaurant and bar founded by the chef and his brothers Mark and Donnie. Chef Paul Wahlberg. The firm has approximately 60 restaurants and food service operations. Kyle Collins. There are now 32 locations throughout North America and the U.K.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2020

shows that consumers feel safer when hotels and restaurants raise their cleaning protocols to include hospital-grade disinfectants and third-party audits. Hotel guests said they feel “extremely safe” knowing a hotel room is cleaned with hospital-grade disinfectants compared to leading consumer brands1.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2024

Chef Richard Sandoval’s fascination with bees and their critical role in food sustainability began years ago, rooted in a deep respect for nature's intricate balance. “One in three bites of food depends on pollinators.”

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Food Management

OCTOBER 3, 2024

UNC-Wilmington’s Chef Ryan Andress and Aramark Collegiate Hospitality VP of Marketing Deb Parnigoni share behind-the-scenes stories from regional to national competition and beyond, with culinary sneak previews for the fall semester.

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Food Management

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Chefs from six hospitals in the Endeavor Health System competed during the summer to create the most popular BBQ meal.

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Food Management

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Celebrity chef founded hospitality company teams up with Aramark Sports + Entertainment to bring its services to a larger audience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 9, 2024

The team at Hospitality HQ, lead by Chef Akhtar Nawab has been switching up the food hall model by launching projects designed to emphacize culinary exploration and community connection in markets including Silver Spring, Maryland, Charlotte, North Carolina and Orlando. Chef Akhtar Nawab How is the food hall model evolving?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 15, 2020

CNN's piece on a Seattle chef temporarily closing restaurants. A Reuters article on the UK hospitality market. Times on meeting and eating in a pandemic. This Eater article about economic impact in Seattle. A Florida cafe Coronavirus case study from the Wall Street Journal. Ways people can support local restaurants from Vice.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

San Diego Entrepreneur and Mission Beach area residentn Brad Hunter is disrupting the luxury hospitality industry with an entirely uncharted concept: AQUAlounge , an floating nautical experience slated to debut in San Diego, California in fall of 2020. Send news to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Success for hospitality businesses will depend on getting unique, yet on-brand, holiday experiences live early, so guests can book them. Whether it’s a holiday Chef’s Table, a festive tasting, or a wine pairing with the restaurant’s sommelier—now is the time to plan and promote.

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the CAMBRO blog

MARCH 7, 2025

For many chefs, the kitchen is more than just a place to cookits home. This rings especially true for Victoria and Robbie, the dynamic duo behind By Two Chefs, a catering and private dining business built on passion, hospitality, and a love for creating unforgettable culinary experiences.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 24, 2023

Designed by The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry, the facility provides real-world experience for the next generation of chefs and hospitality leaders. The doors to this private room can slide open and fully connect to the kitchen, transforming the space into a feature chef’s table.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 7, 2024

History will show that COVID was the line of demarcation for the hospitality industry in the 21st century. Here are a few early observations of what 2025 could bring to the hospitality industry. It also means fewer chef-driven creative specials and more management-driven menu items. Fasten your seatbelts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

There was nothing to smile about and Guidara and chef Daniel Humm needed to do a lot of work to climb the ranks of the world’s most sought-after fine dining experiences. After the prophetic mission statement drafted on that napkin, Guidara introduced his now-infamous philosophy, “Unreasonable Hospitality.” And work they did.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2023

That lets servers find a better balance between tableside hospitality and administrative tasks. All they have to do is say: "Here are a few wines our chef recommends with that dish." The server doesn't need an encyclopedic knowledge of wine.

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