Category: <span>Training & Development</span>
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Hospitality Health: managing anxiety and stress in your team
The pressure on hospitality teams has been immense over the last 2 years, with furloughs, lockdowns, restrictions and now a staff shortage to battle. Now that the Christmas season is upon us, how can you make sure you are looking after your teams, their mental health and their general wellbeing? We spoke to Gordon McIntyre,…
Industry Insight - Training & Development
Hospitality training – upskill your team and attract new candidates
Hospitality training, career development and a clear route to promotion are all key factors in retaining staff and appealing to an ever decreasing pool of candidates. With ‘Staff Wanted’ signs outside most pubs and restaurants, providing the opportunity to improve skills will not only make your workplace more enticing, it’ll also make your team more…
Industry Insight - Training & Development
Announcing a new online Financial Management Course for Chefs
Retaining, training and developing staff, making your team aware of the financial reasoning behind your operational decisions and teaching financial management skills are all hugely important to hospitality businesses as we adapt to a new post covid landscape. With that in mind, we’ve partnered with Russell Partnership Technology to bring individual professionals and businesses a…
Industry Insight - Training & Development
Mental Health Awareness Week – 5 ways to wellbeing in hospitality
This year, Mental Health Awareness Week is focussed on ‘5 Ways to Wellbeing’, a set of pillars which are key to improving our mental health. With an unstable year behind us, and the challenge of recovery ahead, the issue of mental health for those in the hospitality industry has never been more important. We’re looking at…
Allergen Software - Training & Development
Allergen training for your team
With the laws around allergen management and labelling set to change this year, now is the perfect time to make sure your team have up to date allergen training. We spoke to Caroline Benjamin of Food Allergy Aware to get her advice on how businesses can make sure their teams return to the post Covid…
Training & Development
Training and recruitment: getting the best staff, and keeping them | Kitchen CUT
Whilst staff retention can be a challenge in any industry, with an international shortage of chefs, the retention of back of house staff has never been more important for hospitality businesses; from recruitment of the right staff to implementing training and development schedules, there are steps you can take to not only hire the right people, but to keep…
Training & Development
10 Ways to Inspire and Motivate Your F&B Team | Kitchen CUT
So, you’ve recruited a great F&B team. You’ve spared no expense on the time and resources to select, interview and employ the very best applicants for the role. After all, good people are what makes a good business. Yet more and more we are seeing that it’s not just choosing the right people that is…
Training & Development
Communication – the key to every successful business
A skilled business manager/chef must be able to manage his/her teams as well as delegate, spearhead new ideas and assess business successes and failures, whilst managing the figures and controlling costs. However, to be able to do any of this successfully, a chef/manager must be able to communicate. In this article, John Wood looks at…
Training & Development
How to be a manager as Head Chef (not just one of the team)
In kitchens, the same process happens no matter whether it is a large multi-outlet hotel or an individual restaurant. Chefs will work their way up through the ranks to take their first Head Chef position. What many chefs do not realise is that once you step into that Number One position, you have to have all…
Kitchen Operations - Training & Development
Setting Objectives
https://www.kitchencut.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/setting-objectives-from-joinkitchencut.com_.jpg Irrespective of how big your business is, you need to think about setting objectives and outlining a clear vision to ensure that you have something to work towards. It is very difficult to keep track of how far you have come and where you want to go without writing something down for you and the…