Professional Development
RESTAURANTS

 

 
 
 
How to Open a Restaurant
Brian Buckley
3 session(s)
 
course meets
start day
start date
time
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consecutive days
Fri
6/23/06
10:00 AM-2:00 PM
6/24, 6/25
consecutive days
Fri
10/27/06
10:00 AM-2:00 PM
10/28, 10/29
 
Tuition Fee: $350
Prerequisite: None
 
This unique course advises those interested in opening a new restaurant and helps students to develop the proper business and service instincts required to succeed in this challenging environment.

Planning a food-service operation
Writing a business plan
Raising the money
Real estate and insurance issues
Financial and legal requirements
Hiring other professionals to help you
Design and construction
Business systems and daily calculations
Food, beverage and labor costs
Ordering and maintaining inventory
Why some restaurants fail and others succeed
Menu development
Fundamentals of good service
Personnel Management
Promotion and advertising
What do/don't customers want

Brian Buckley, a 20-year veteran of the restaurant industry in New York and San Francisco, operates a restaurant consulting service specializing in customized front-of-the-house training, trouble-shooting and implementation of restaurant business systems, involving both planning and operations. He also consults on the development of wine programs, devises and tests menu items and instructs on the establishment and maintenance of proper sanitary procedures. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today and has appeared on the NBC News. In addition, Brian Buckley teaches the restaurant management course to the Institute's professional culinary students.
 
 
Location: 50 West 23rd Street

 

How to Open a
Successful Bakery
Dan Leader
2 session(s)
 
course meets
start day
start date
time
other dates in course
consecutive days
Sat
9/16/06
10:00 AM-2:00 PM
9/17
 
Tuition Fee: $230
Prerequisite: None
 
Bakeries are not limited to one concept---you can choose to sell fancy French pastries or organic vegan muffins, as long as your business plan is solid. Master baker and bakery owner Daniel Leader will guide you through the many steps to launching your own business, from identifying a winning concept for your community to deciding on appropriate benefits. This unique class is jam-packed with practical information, including:

• Selecting a winning concept
• Finding a location
• Writing a business plan
• Finding financing
• Costing out everything, from ingredients to labor
• Designing your workspace
• Selecting equipment
• Planning your menu
• Choosing software
• How to determine your true overhead
• Where to find staff
• Addressing salary and benefit issues

Daniel Leader is the owner and baker of the Bread Alone Bakery in New York’s Catskill Mountains. He graduated at the top of his class at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, and worked as a chef for some of New York City’s hottest restaurants, La Grenouille and the Water Club. Then, after eight years of cooking food “too fancy to eat,” he became obsessed with the idea of creating something wholesome, timeless, and beautiful. Great bread and Bread Alone were born. With two wood-fired brick ovens, he produces fifteen tons of fresh bread per week.
 
 
Location: 50 West 23rd Street