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The Mind Theater – How To Bring The Menu To LIFE

Posted on: July 20, 2015 /

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A highly effective Server brings the menu to life for customers to intrigue, compel & finally sell them the food or beverage before its prepared and comes out of the bar or kitchen area. This process takes practice, personality and technique. “The Mind Theater” is probably the most successful tool and method that any wait

How to Properly Take an Order

Posted on: May 27, 2015 /

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Every menu is quite different. It is your responsibility to uncover the nooks and crannies of each menu, where you can search for extra change opportunities. For starters, let’s speak about delivery. Everyone has their very own style, and What really works for one, might not benefit

How Easy Is it to Become a Waiter? (+ BONUS – It’s FINALLY ARRIVED)

Posted on: April 23, 2015 /

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This is one of the most commonly asked questions that I get each and every time I’m being interviewed or speaking about the waiter industry. I suspect it’ll be a more common concern whenever an economic upheaval occurs. I’m speculating that we’re likely to see a growing number of refugees from various other fields as

10 Quick Tips On Upselling

Posted on: March 25, 2015 /

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I just finished coming back from a road trip all across Florida and was actually able to visit various different promising looking restaurants. I also inquired some great information and content from some interviews I hosted with some of the top performers in these establishments. You guys should definitely be looking forward for that. I

Building and Designing The Ideal Dining Experience

Posted on: March 18, 2015 /

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We will discuss the parallels amongst waiting tables and architecture. To construct a prosperous building, the builders and architect need to have a plan. They have to possess the requisite training in order to work raw resources into a finished form. They have to know how the aesthetic can be used not only to provide

How to Deal with Angry Customers and Upset Guests

Posted on: March 10, 2015 /

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Since there are lots of moving parts that keeps the restaurant running there will come a time that something will go wrong. Such occurrence means an unhappy customer. Handling concerns of angry guests is one of the stressful parts in food service but it’s also a very important matter to resolve effectively. What keeps a

Restaurant Key Terms: Fine Dining Language That All Servers MUST know

Posted on: January 28, 2015 /

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If you’ve actually waited tables in the past, you might have been told to possess your waiter/waitress checkbook and wine key readily available at all times. And if you’ve ever endured an initial day waiting tables in a restaurant before, you might have found yourself right in the center of a linguistics lesson situation This

How to Increase Sales: Are you a Sever or a Salesman?

Posted on: January 21, 2015 /

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Whether we decide to acknowledge this or not… waiters are salespeople As servers and waitresses; our task would be to create and keep our personal clientele. We normally get paid a base salary that is modest with the door open for bonuses and commission percentages (tips with chance), we’ve acquired our very own land to

The Pros and CONS of Being a Waiter/Waitress – Part 2/2

Posted on: January 14, 2015 /

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The whole idea around being a waiter or server has a lot of extra commentary with mixed reactions around the topic. You might have a friend that is a waiter and won’t stop complaining about how much he dislikes the customers, how they never tip, and how rude they are or you may have a

The Pros and Cons of Being a Waiter/Waitress – Part 1/2

Posted on: January 7, 2015 /

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Hello to you all, the holidays are finally slowly but surely getting behind us. I must admit it was a bit crazy but now I have more free time to offer value to my fellow waiters and waitresses. The good news is, I have had time to build up lots of fascinating and incredible content

How to Transition from a Restaurant Manager to a Server

Posted on: December 24, 2014 /

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Transitioning from a restaurant manager to a restaurant server is by far one of the more surreal experiences in any waiter/waitresses career. One of my coworkers and proud to say close best friend of all time Daniel Nortman has personally embarked and experienced this transition. I naturally am fascinated by the whole process and have

The Ultimate Waiter Rundown

Posted on: December 10, 2014 /

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Poor service and rude waiters does throw off guests from returning to a restaurant. It may be done through a direct or indirect action and it’s not good because at the end of the day, the restaurant’s business status relies on how good their overall rating is to the public eye. Guests would always be

Fine Dining Tips & Tricks: Infield Tested Tips & Tricks That Work!

Posted on: December 3, 2014 /

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Let me start by speaking to you about something that you may or may not have discovered in our culture on this planet. Humans admire the idea of instant gratification for many reasons. The psychological reasoning behind instant gratification refers to the idea that men and women like to have what they want right

Cleverly Master Your Memory – The Proven Six Step Method to Memorizing Orders

Posted on: November 25, 2014 /

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Waiters and waitresses do have the luxury of not really having to participate it too much manual physical labor. Now that doesn’t mean it’s any easy job, oh it’s far from it my friends. For the little that is required in physical work we compensate by using our mental functionality to strive in our occupation.

The Power Of Trust and Influence

Posted on: November 20, 2014 /

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Trust is the most important component in any business transaction, human interaction, or relationship. It’s a fundamental part to life, and If you cannot trust anyone or in anything, life becomes intolerable—a constant battle against looming disaster and paranoia. See within our occupation it is extremely important in the waiter/guest relationship. The customer is entrusting the waiter

How to Evolve From an Order-Taker to The Ultimate Server

Posted on: November 12, 2014 /

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Would you like to know one of the secrets that has single handily propelled me from a scrub waiter to a food and beverage consultant in an immense way? As my time and experience in this industry progressed I began to add additional strengths into my tool belt that have also increased my overall net worth

How to Serve and Maximize Business Meeting Dinner Tables

Posted on: November 5, 2014 /

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The characters you meet when you immerse yourself in becoming a server as your occupation is very extensive. Of course depending on your restaurant you’ll see couples, old folk, teenagers, kids, at least at my establishment you see just about a bit of everything. Now I want to bring your attention to a certain

How To Keep Growing As a Waiter

Posted on: October 27, 2014 /

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Cocktails, beverages, appetizers, entrees, networking, customer service, deserts, silverware placement, proper etiquette, social skills, excellent memory, the list goes on and on…. One of the beautiful things about being in the industry that we currently are in, is our job is far from being black and white. Unlike a cubical job where you sit in

Be Ahead of The Curb – Leverage Your Menu and Capitalize On The Change of Seasons

Posted on: October 15, 2014 /

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“Autumn…the year’s last, loveliest smile.” [Indian Summer]” ― William Cullen Bryant As we face the transformation of the warming days of summer, to the flood of leaves scattered everywhere falling from trees. The autumnal equinox, day becomes shorter than night, and in anticipation of this change, the plant world starts to move inward during

How to Create Rapport & Connection in a Small Amount of Time

Posted on: October 2, 2014 /

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As a server we know that making a connection and bonding with our customers is a crucial component to having them as a returning customer, leaving you a hefty tip, and having them raving about you to all their friends and family members to come check you out! With that being said, a big

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