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50 Years of Culinary Excellence: Celebrating ICE’s Anniversary

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“Our mission has always been to provide focused and sophisticated training that helps students find their culinary voice—their way of expressing their identity, taste and imagination through food—and prepares them for successful, long-term careers in the industry. ."

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Two

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Investing in teamwork, internal training, and career development—such as structured in-house wine education—creates a sense of belonging and shared growth. In addition, the state carved out a special 45 percent increase to $20 per hour for fast-food employees. This has driven up all wages because a cook being paid $16.50

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Improving School Cafeteria Lunches Starts With Who’s in the Kitchen

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California’s $45 million program to train more cafeteria aims for better, healthier meals — but labor shortages remain a significant challenge This story was originally published on Civil Eats. During the pre-apprenticeship, Flores trained at one of the district’s middle schools. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.

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McDonald’s Considers Radical Concepts Like Emergency Childcare to Entice Workers

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The service staffing crisis has some restaurants attempting extreme means to attract workers — you know, like the basic human rights that should have been there all along The reopening phase of the pandemic is long underway in most parts of the country, but fast-food operators are still struggling to find enough workers to staff their restaurants.

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Predictive Scheduling: What It Is and How To Implement With Success In Your Restaurant

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Retail and fast food operations with 500+ employees globally, and full-service operations with 500+ employee and 40+ restaurants globally. - . - 14 days' notice for schedules - Written estimates of minimum shifts per month - If on call and not required, employees must be paid 2-4 hours - At least 3 years of shift records.

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Pastry Chefs Aren’t Disappearing — We’re Evolving

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A cottage food operation allows people to produce foods in their homes that aren’t seen as hazardous, such as bread, pastry, and jams. Moua is looking forward to opening her cafe and bakery, where she will blend traditional Hmong home cooking with French pastry technique, combining her heritage and her classic training.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Bad Ass Gets Bigger and New Prototype for Bagel Boss

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. “We are happy for the Boistures who are longtime Owner/Operators who see the potential to increase profits while offering guests a chance to stay a while, watch a game, have fun on the patio while enjoying barbecue with new beverages” says Laura Rea Dickey, CEO of Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc.

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