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What Your Chef Should Actually Be Doing Feb 10, 2026

 If your chef is talented, respected and well paid but your food cost is still a mess, this is for you. I see this problem most often when restaurant owners are not cooks. They hire a chef and assume that is what they need in the kitchen and solves everything. The chef then defines their own role an...

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Do You Treat Your Chef Like a Manager? You're Supposed to! Mar 04, 2025

Are you treating your chef like an artist instead of a manager? If so, you're making a big mistake. Let’s talk about why your chef isn’t just a cook — they need to be a leader.

A lot of restaurant owners make the mistake of treating their chef like a creative genius, someone whose primary job is to...

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What to Expect from Restaurant Leadership in the Kitchen Feb 07, 2023

Is it better to hire a chef as a restaurant manager in the kitchen? The short answer is that there's only one difference between a chef as a manager in the kitchen and a manager with general kitchen knowledge. Regardless of which type of restaurant manager you hire for the kitchen, here are the skil...

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