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Students plan takeover of Devonshire Fell Hotel

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John Holden, who leads front of house training in the college’s Academy restaurant, said: “Our learner’s study at the college and to work in a well-regarded hotel such as The Devonshire Fell really helps to equip them with the knowledge and skills that they will require for full time employment in the future. .

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To Mitigate ‘The Great Resignation’ Refocus on the Employee Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

89% of operators cited employee retention as a top concern in 2021, up from 69 percent in 2017. A recent survey of restaurant operators by the University of South Florida School of Hospitality found that hiring and turnover was their number one challenge. And according to Technomic, Inc.,

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We’re in the Age of Food Talent. Whetstone’s New Agency Wants to Represent It.

EATER

Hone Stephen Satterfield’s food origins-focused media company hopes to help emerging food talent access the opportunities they want A lot has changed since 2017, when Stephen Satterfield launched Whetstone as a magazine about global food origins. Reem Assil, Femi Oyediran, Christa Barfield, and Alicia Kennedy.

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Designing a Next-Gen Teaching Facility

Modern Restaurant Management

For example, the host stand was custom-built to allow for multiple people to operate the front of house simultaneously and the 3,000-bottle wine cellar rises two stories high and serves as the backdrop for the school’s wine appreciation class. The facility opened in 2022. How is the project multi-functional?

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Four Reasons to Consider a Virtual Kitchen Now

Modern Restaurant Management

Even before COVID-19, the food delivery industry was expected to grow from $43 billion in 2017 to $467 billion in 2025 – now it's expected to be $1 trillion by 2030. In fact, according to The Washington Post , it’s one of the only areas in the restaurant industry seeing growth right now.

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Vaccine Flair Could Be the ‘It’ Accessory in Restaurants This Summer

EATER

It’s not mandatory — “This isn’t Office Space , you’re not required to wear flair,” Bililies says — but he says the staff has been really excited about the pins, with front-of-house workers adding it to their aprons and back-of-house workers adding it to their hats. “I

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David Chang’s Memoir Fails to Account for the Trauma He Caused Me

EATER

The book, co-written with food writer (and Eater contributor) Gabe Ulla, focuses on Chang’s years building Momofuku, 2004 to roughly 2017, although it briefly explores his formative years, from his “certifiably average” childhood in Virginia to his time in culinary school and as an inexperienced young cook at NYC institutions Craft and Café Boulud.