chefs

Operations

How well-written recipes can optimize productivity and profitability in the kitchen

Raeanne Sarazen, author of “The Complete Recipe Writing Guide,” shares the secrets every menu developer needs to know.

Leadership

What you might not know about Jacques Pepin

Restaurant Rewind: A chef, educator, author and early TV star, the relocated Frenchman helped to popularize fine-dining. And then there was his time at Howard Johnson's.

Pépin was a founding dean of the French Culinary Institute, a training ground for some of today’s most influential chefs.

Behind the Menu: Hyper-local Wisconsin ingredients and a three-day baking process turn out pastries that are in high demand by hotel guests.

As VP of culinary at the chain, Carl is filling menu gaps by balancing creativity with value.

Behind the Menu: The fast casual uses a mushroom-based meat alternative for its Philly Shroomsteak Sandwich, a new menu item targeted to flexitarians, not just vegans.

The famed Southern chef is ready to grow his fast-casual concept, saying it’s “a great privilege for somebody to make something as simple as a burger and fries and see how happy it makes people.”

The 33-year-old chef and restaurateur has earned Michelin stars and industry cred by constantly striving for excellence and evolution.

Among the vanguard of chefs who redefined French fine dining, Bouley also believed food had an important role in good health.

As senior director of global culinary development, Doherty and Sysco’s 87 chefs develop solutions to ease back-of-house operations.

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