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One Restaurant Concept, Many Names: Delivery-Only Restaurant Defy Traditional Definitions

The Restaurant Times

We have heard terms like ‘cloud kitchen,’ ‘dark kitchen,’ ‘ghost kitchen,’ and ‘virtual restaurants’ being used to define this delivery-only model. Are these definitions of the same model? Or are they different? Briefing The Delivery-Only Restaurant Format.

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Crieff Hydro’s trainee managers secure permanent managerial roles

Hotel Owner

It also definitely helped having my mum’s guidance, she is without a doubt my biggest role model. There were definitely some departments I was more nervous about working in than others – the kitchen being one of them. The advice and support we received from the leadership team throughout was utterly invaluable.

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Winter 2019 F&B Legal Update

Modern Restaurant Management

The bill generally prohibits a third-party delivery service from delivering food produced by a microenterprise home kitchen operation, with a limited exception for customers with disabilities. Additionally, the bill prohibits microenterprise home kitchens from producing milk or milk products, including cheese and ice cream.

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Dark Kitchens Dubai: To Partner With Food Aggregators Or Not

The Restaurant Times

The food delivery segment in the UAE is expected to grow by 23 percent annually with the rise of dark kitchens. Physical restaurants will be outnumbered by virtual brands operating out of dark or cloud kitchens in the next five years, says Deliveroo Dubai. . Dark kitchens operate behind the curtains and have no dine-in services.

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Architaste Specializes The Art Of Creative Design And Concept Development For Restaurants

The Restaurant Times

In an exclusive conversation with The Restaurant Times , Christian Abell, Founder, Architaste, talks about the impact of a good restaurant design and how restaurants can make the most of their kitchen operations. Making the Most of Kitchen Operations and Design.

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What’s It Like Working in a Ghost Kitchen? We Couldn’t Get Close Enough to Ask. 

EATER

Having previously collaborated on a fast-casual chicken sandwich restaurant called Chicken Guy, the mogul and loved/loathed chef Guy Fieri recently teamed up to launch Flavortown Kitchen. For his part, Franko was shockingly honest when pressed about labor in ghost kitchens. “I I want the franchisee making money,” he says. “So

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5 Key Profitable Strategies for Cloud Kitchen Businesses in the UAE

The Restaurant Times

The low cost of experimentation and low-risk factor is further encouraging both new as well as established restaurateurs to venture into the cloud kitchen business. Several cloud kitchen operators and kitchen as a service (KaaS) providers have already come up in the UAE.