With more than a decade of experience, Eight Armed Chef has the knowledge and insight to improve your restaurant or catering business. Whether you want to update day to day functions or are chasing Michelin stars, with Eight Armed Chef you will see improvements immediately. At the Eight Armed Chef we are for the betterment of food operations everywhere. With our goal to improve the food quality available to all peoples at the forefront, our price is always competitive and adjustable. Let’s talk about what you want to improve and what your budget is. Enjoy the assistance of true dedicated culinarians and reach your goals.
From finding the space that’s right for you, to developing the menu and organizing vendors, to hiring and training staff. All the way through to your first public service and working out the kinks. Our ground up program is a start to finish package that will help you create a space and brand that your guests will enjoy for years to come.
Estimated Time Required: About 3 Months
Maybe you have an operation but want to improve your brand image and presence. We work to create a social media presence you can be proud of, new exciting logo and brand imagery, website development and verbiage, or advertisements. With clear and concise branding your customers will be more likely to trust your operation and your operation will stand out in a crowd.
Estimated Time Required: 20 hours to 2 Months
Menu Design
Maybe you want assistance with your food program but don’t need culinary training. We can help you develop an exciting menu tailored to your clientele and locale. Whether a specific culinary region, food type, or atmosphere, we will design a menu to best fit your restaurant’s goals. Don’t know where to start? Let’s chat about your vision and see where that takes us.
Estimated Time: 10 to 40 Hours
System Creation
SOPs or Standard Operating Procedures are the heart of all great restaurants. We can help you tighten up your current practices or can design them all together. With many potential operations to evaluate, the required time to develop these changes varies heavily. We offer the ROPE system, which organizes your recipes, ordering systems, prep schedules, and layout, as well as evaluating the equipment necessary for these tasks. We specialize in sanitation procedures and general cleanliness training. As well as optimizing station layouts and flow of service.
Estimated Time: 10 to 40 Hours
Staff Training
Have a concept and menu lined up but need to train your staff? Let us groom your hires into culinary machines. From dishes, prep and line cooking, we will raise efficient and accurate employees to create your dream restaurant. We don’t stop within the back of house either! Whether it’s customer service training or general service training we can help you feel more confident when it comes to service or deescalating a tense situation. Need help vetting and hiring too? We have you covered, let us interview and screen your would-be employees.
Estimated Time: 60 to 120 Hours
Food Costing
Maybe you haven’t cost your menu in a few years, maybe you need to cost your prospective menu for the new concept. We will show you how to cost your menu and hit your food cost percentage. You will get our costing sheets for future use, as well as costing algorithms for more flexible menu costing. We can cover general utility costing as well as labor costing and adjustment.
Estimated Time: 10-60 Hours
Contact us and let's talk about your goals.
Your consultation is always on us.
Email: eightarmedchef@gmail.com
Phone: 530-616-1700