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Damien Neylon returns to Brae in new role

Hospitality Magazine

During this period, he was named the winner of the Hostplus Hospitality Scholarship in 2015, which granted him culinary experiences across the world with chefs including Massimo Bottura, Rene Redzepi, and Andoni Luis Aduriz. The chef says he’s spent the last two years ironing out his career goals, which align with his new start at Brae.

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Modern Twist on a Childhood Favorite (Podcast)

Modern Restaurant Management

The journey from franchisee to franchisor is the focus of this episode of The Main Course as host Barbara Castiglia speaks with brothers Neal and Nimesh Dahya, who purchased Fosters Freeze in 2015. The update was both front of house and back of the house. Now, they focus on growing it.

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The Hive at 52: Boutique B&B in Cheshire

Hotel Owner

But I soon realised that I couldnt really progress without the right qualifications, so I transitioned into front-of-house roles. Dorsch landed his first front-of-house role at the Trust House Forte Cumberland Hotel, a mammoth 900-bedroom property. This decision proved pivotal. Thus, The Hive at 52 was born.

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NLRB Joint Employer Final Rule and America’s Classics

Modern Restaurant Management

The final rule restores the joint-employer standard that the Board applied for several decades prior to the 2015 decision in Browning-Ferris, but with the greater precision, clarity, and detail that rulemaking allows. Yelp Reservations and Waitlist are helping to optimize restaurant operations by improving front-of-house efficiency.

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How Katie Button redesigned their wage model to adapt post-pandemic

7 Shifts

And we opened a Spanish tapas restaurant because my husband Felix is from Spain, and he's our front of house service guy and also idea man. As a chef, Katie was named one of Food & Wine magazine's Best New Chefs of 2015 and has had more than a few James Beard Award nods. And so the weighted tip pool works well.

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The True Cost of Keeping a Restaurant Open During a Pandemic

EATER

In March, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Bay Area, Techamuanvivit was forced to close the original location of Kin Khao, the critically acclaimed Thai restaurant she had opened in 2015 at the Parc 55 Hotel in Union Square. We had one front-of-house person, four people in the kitchen — and then went down to five days.

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HAGS Will Be Queer First, and a Restaurant Second

EATER

Working together at Kimball House in Decatur, Georgia in 2015, they became inseparable. It’s that second part — finding fellow cooks and front-of-house staff that understand the experience of queerness, and how it relates to food — that takes time, care, and patience.