Kitch(en)gine

• Free 60-90 minute meeting

• Meet with ownership and/or leadership

• My credentials

• My offering: Tools and Processes

• Q&A

• Pricing

• When and how to follow up

• Evaluate: 

  • Prime Cost​

  • Food Cost

  • Labor Cost

  • General Kitchen overview

  • Prepare a summary for review

  • Schedule the Prep List Meeting

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• Present the summary

  • Explanation: specifics about the process​​

  • Estimated timeline

  • Estimation of new prime cost goal

  • Estimation of cost

  • Contract proposal

• Establish a working partner/a contact​​

• Create and Action plan

• Establish a meeting rhythm

• Establish weekly accountability

• Establish a weekly To Do list

• Establish a Scorecard

• Begin the work

• Doing the work and continued monitoring:

  • weekly meeting for accountability​

  • To do lists

  • scorecard 

  • And building the processes

• It's Done!

• Processes are set

  • Weekly meeting rhythm​

  • Maintaining the scorecard

  • Kitchen is organized

  • Grocery acquisition is simplified

  • Menu is costed and priced 

  • Inventory rhythm is established

  • Staff hiring, training and maintenance is in place

  • Prime Cost is being monitored weekly

• Quarterly and Annual Meetings are set

• Update and refine processes

• Update menu costing and pricing

• Staff reviews

• Annually: 

  • Big ideas and goals​

  • Menu overhaul

  • Update and refine

  • Staff reviews