Apr 26, 2019 | Food Service
Food and service mistakes are quite common in the hospitality industry. Just go to Trip Advisor for reviews, and you will find complaints of all sorts. Generally, people can be forgiving of these mistakes. Especially if the management is responsive and in tune to what...
Apr 16, 2019 | Food Service
Is your business prepared for a power outage? In January alone, Australia has experienced a power outage in several cities. Here in Perth, unseasonable rain caused widespread power outages. The rain caused arcing in the electricity network’s insulators, which...
Mar 14, 2019 | Food Service
In the restaurant industry, it’s not surprising that you come across various food requests as people are more and more developing interesting dietary preferences. This can include request for raw meats. Raw meat has many admirers all around the world. There are...
Mar 6, 2019 | business, Food Service
It’s true what they say about finding treasures in somebody else’s trash. In this case, you don’t need to look far. Look into your own restaurant kitchen and find more valuables that you never thought you have. Perhaps at this time, you think it requires imagination....
Feb 27, 2019 | business, Food Service
Is your business slow during summer? Here in Australia, we are fortunate to experience the warmer season for most of the year and our summers are certainly very busy. There is a lot of travelling and migration that happens. But being a busy season, it does not always...
Feb 12, 2019 | Food Service
Ah, summer – clear blue skies and hot, humid weather. Not to mention, the bugs. And yet, people still enjoy having parties/events or functions during the summer. Here in Perth, it is no exception. People enjoy summer or tropical themed events that allow them to...
Feb 5, 2019 | business, Food Service
Food allergies are silent menaces. Looking at a person physically, you will not be able to know if that person has a food allergy, let alone WHAT kind of food causes the allergic reaction. Which is why it makes planning events a complicated task. How do you hire a...
Jan 22, 2019 | business, Food Service
Today, I am taking a more serious tone. In recent years, talks about mental health is slowly creeping in at the forefront of the news. Several known personalities took their own lives after battling with depression and only after knowing the sad incidents was it known...
Jan 14, 2019 | business, Food Service
Launching a brand-new restaurant is such an exciting event! Here in Perth, being a small cozy city, the vibe is old school and homey. Most people in the industry know each other, and although realistically, each restaurant is a direct competitor of another, there is a...
Jan 3, 2019 | Food Service
For a business to stand out, I believe that it has to offer something unique that most do not provide. Recently we found out that our company, Anytime Chefs, has become known to be the only short-term chef staffing agency in Perth Australia to have pizza chefs all the...
Dec 27, 2018 | Food Service
As a chef for hire based in Perth, I have met and worked with startup companies or newly established businesses in launching their events. Working closely with clients has sometimes made me privy to stories of event horrors, be it their own from past events or someone...
Dec 18, 2018 | Food Service
I often get asked why I started my short-term chef staffing business, Anytime Chefs. Cooking is my life, and it eats up a lot of my time. Isn’t that enough? As a chef with more than 15 years of experience, I had the experience of cooking and managing hospitality...