Chill out Chef!
The tyrant chef, a thing of legend, the jewel of the food network. People seem to love watching a chef humiliate and degrade someone for...
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Brent MacGillivray
Nov 23, 20223 min read
How to Calculate your REAL Menu item Costs.
Labor impacts the cost of food for a dish. The cost is composed of the cost of the ingredients, loss due to spoilage and waste and dishes...
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Brent MacGillivray
Nov 22, 20223 min read
I'm a Chef that loves to Smoke!
Yeah, not that kind of smoking...silly. Todays blog is all about smoking food. I do smoke though, every chef has there issues...lol. ...
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Brent MacGillivray
Nov 19, 20222 min read
Public Mobile Review
Every now and again I feel the need to express my thoughts on things non hospitality related. Let's just call them justified grudges. I...
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Brent MacGillivray
Nov 18, 20223 min read
Why you should not open a Restaurant in 2023
If you’re thinking about open a restaurant, you might want to reconsider. The current climate is not conducive to success in the...
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Brent MacGillivray
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Knives and there Uses.
My old adage about CHEF KNIVES remains the same, I basically need three good knives to do my job. This is the set I'm currently...
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Brent MacGillivray
Nov 15, 20224 min read
How to Open a Restaurant in a few Easy Steps
Etymology The word derives from early 19th century from French word restaurer 'provide food for', literally 'restore to a former state...
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Brent MacGillivray
Nov 14, 20223 min read
Chocolate as a Health Food?
If you’d characterize your relationship with chocolate as “complicated,” you’re not alone. About 45 percent of women in the U.S. report...
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Brent MacGillivray
Nov 11, 20225 min read
THE IMPORTANCE OF MENU DESIGN
THE IMPORTANCE OF MENU DESIGN Everyone has experienced frustration with a menu at some point. Picture it: you get seated and handed a...
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Brent MacGillivray
Nov 9, 20223 min read
Kitchen Organization
In kitchens the world over, the French culinary phrase mise en place has come to mean “everything in its place.” In practice, it’s a...
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Brent MacGillivray
Nov 7, 20223 min read
Tipping, it's not a place in China
A gratuity (often called a tip) is a sum of money customarily given by a customer to certain service sector workers such as hospitality...
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Brent MacGillivray
Nov 4, 20224 min read
HOW TO CREATE A RESTAURANT FINANCIAL FORECAST
Before we dive into this one, I have a few thoughts...like who actually does the following? If more people actually read this before...
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Brent MacGillivray
Nov 2, 20221 min read
Wake up Early? Why should I?
Wake up Early. Develop the habit to get up early. The age old proverb which says: “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,...
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Brent MacGillivray
Oct 31, 20225 min read
How to Live Long and Prosper
The advice for living longer hasn’t varied much over the years: Eat well, get some sleep and exercise, and cut the stress. Science backs...
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Brent MacGillivray
Oct 29, 20221 min read
Almost Three Years and 300 Blog Posts
I can't really recall what inspired me to start this journey, maybe sobriety...lol. I felt compelled to share the first 150 or so, for...
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Brent MacGillivray
Oct 28, 20221 min read
What's your Halloween Scheme?
Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of "All Hallows' evening"), less commonly known as Allhalloween,All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints'...
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Brent MacGillivray
Oct 26, 20223 min read
Restaurants in Crisis 2022
As the labour crisis continues to plague restaurants, we are reminded yet again that there is no simple solution. Many restaurants are...
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Brent MacGillivray
Oct 24, 20223 min read
Prince Edward County Restaurant Review
PEC, the Hamptons of the North or the New Niagara Wine Region. Call it what you will, its an up and coming tourist destination about 2...
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Brent MacGillivray
Oct 21, 20222 min read
The Fall Harvest
So here we are at the start of the festive season, the marathon stretch from now until January 1st. What, with shopping, planning and...
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Brent MacGillivray
Oct 19, 20223 min read
International Chefs Day
International Chefs Day is observed all over the world on October 20 of every year. The day celebrates chefs and spreads awareness about...
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