Part 3: The Solution – An À la Carte Strategic Chef Partner Introduction: Enter the À la Carte Strategic Chef Partner As your restaurant group grows from 3 to 8 locations, you face a unique challenge: how do you maintain high-level culinary oversight without committing to the high costs of a full-time corporate chef? The […]
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Do You Really Need a Corporate Chef? (Part 2: The Dilemma)
Part 2: The Corporate Chef Dilemma Introduction: Three to Five Locations – The Gray Area As your restaurant group grows from three to five locations, the need for oversight becomes increasingly apparent. This is the gray area where your operations demand more attention than your current kitchen leadership can provide, but you may not yet […]
Do You Really Need a Corporate Chef? (Part 1: The Challenge)
Part 1: When Can One Chef Handle It All? Intro: Independent Multi-Unit Growth Challenges Owning a multi-unit restaurant comes with exciting growth opportunities, but it also introduces a unique set of challenges, particularly in maintaining consistency and quality across locations. As you expand from one to multiple restaurants, a critical question arises: Do I need […]
Do You Really Need a Corporate Chef?
For independent restaurant groups with multiple locations, scaling up introduces a unique set of challenges. Maintaining the same consistent quality that was manageable with one or two locations becomes increasingly difficult as you expand to three, four, or more. Suddenly, you find yourself asking the pivotal question: Do I need a corporate chef? This is […]