Posts by ALynch

Dear Chefs and Industry Professionals: I wanted to tell you about an organization that has touched my family personally. Last week my wife and I celebrated the birth of our first child. Shortley after his birth we were devested to...

ChefTec, it's expensive $900 for the basic version but I love it. It does both nutritional analysis and menu costing, as well as inventory.

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Last Night..... " I'll have the mushroom ravioli. Hold the pasta, and the mushrooms."

I went to culinary school and took out $35,776 in student loans to do it and it took me 42 months to pay it all back following the Dave Ramsey Plan. Real Debt Help - Get out of debt with Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover Plan. The...

Recipe for perfect Chef Whites 1/4 cup Cascade Dishwasher Detergent Powder 1 cup Liquid Tide with Bleach 1/2 cup Downy Fabric Softener 5 dirty Chef Jackets 5 sweaty T Shirts 1 Bounce Dryer Sheet Add Liquid Tide to...

I am no longer in off site catering, but when I was the people I worked for faced similar problems with the "competing with Costco" crowd. Unfortunally our market size was not large enough to raise the minimum price point. We...

Kuan, I know what you mean about being careful what vendors I drop. The two broad lines I am keeping have several board members and both of their presidents are members of my club. Stephen, I did not know about the Club Manager's...

We did $2.1 million last year, but here's the kicker since we are a private club and membership dues get factored into the equation I operate on a 50% food cost. As for the vendors I am going to sit down with each one this week, and...

Thanks for all the advice Let me clear up the reasons for dropping the vendors 1: Minimum orders: Most of the guys require $500 or more minimum orders or there is a shipping charge of $25-75. We are averaging $150 a week on...