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Our services

Mentoring, coaching & tutoring

Mentoring, coaching & tutoring

Mentoring, coaching & tutoring

Over the years, we have worked with numerous individuals in the workplace, developing their skills, knowledge, and abilities, which is natural for me. It's a one-to-one learning partnership transferring wisdom. Be it an Exec Chef, F&B manager, Head Chef, General manager, Procurement or Directors and facilities' seniors

Capex v Opex

Mentoring, coaching & tutoring

Mentoring, coaching & tutoring

With regards to outlet designs, we can help you optimise your financial performance and maximise staffing costs.

Efficiency solutions and productivity are often driven by time, space, and the suitability of equipment and distance.


Food ethos & values

Food ethos & values

Food ethos & values

Creating and verbalising your strategic beliefs that reflect your company's values and ethos is tricky. 

We provide advice on how to develop and share this with your workforce and customers.

Menu creation

Food ethos & values

Food ethos & values

Precise tailored dish development of the essential menu, together with the recipe and dish design content and style, is paramount. The devil is in the details and the training to consistently deliver high-quality dishes time after time.

Our services

Performance

Our expertise will help you develop and implement strategic planning to deliver improved F&B business performance. 

We will discover bleeds and financial leakage and share our suggested solutions.

Operational systems

Operational systems, procedures and structure are vital to any successful  

F &B business. Building and creating the details of these can be a challenge and often requires a forensic review and redefined details.

Catering tenders

Catering tenders

Reviewing or creating an RFI or RFP for a Catering F&B tender can be a challenging task, often requiring additional expertise. 

We have supported several hhigh-profileclient businesses, including Stadia,  often worth £100m plus in value.

Catering tenders

Catering tenders

Reviewing or creating an RFI or RFP for a Catering F&B tender can be a challenging task, often requiring additional expertise. 

We have supported several hhigh-profileclient businesses, including Stadia,  often worth £100m plus in value.

Change

We offer customised organisational change management solutions that will help you navigate complex changes whilst you continue operationally and achieve your business goals.

Leadership

Our leadership development, mentoring and tutoring are invaluable. Sharing our wealth of industry knowledge and skills alongside select individuals from your business is a worthwhile investment. This can be done remotely,  face to face or a combination of both.

NPD

New Product Development is often referred to as NPD. 

We have vast experience in developing products for both the commercial and domestic markets. From Nestle Chocolate to Walkers Sensations Crisps, to Amoy Foods, and onwards to Vegan 'Plant it foods' Foods.

Healthcare

Catering F&B in healthcare for staff, leadership, and patients is so essential. As one of a select handful of chefs, our involvement was as one of the original Chef members conducting a review of the food within the NHS with Loyd Grossman (Better Hospital Food Initiative). During this I visited 48 hospitals in the UK, many years I was involved with the Prue Leith review in 2023.

Equipment design

Concept creation's development

Concept creation's development

We have worked with manufacturers for many years to give an operational viewpoint to the design and functionality of professional Chefs and kitchen equipment.

We also have complemented this by working with several kitchen distributors on design suitability and what is fit for purpose.

Concept creation's development

Concept creation's development

Concept creation's development

Whatever the Food sector, we work with various associates to design implement and conceptualise new creations.

Be it Retail Supermarkets, Cafes, Pub Restaurants or360-degreeHeritage Arts, or 360-degree Heritage Arts, we can create a 360 experience with complete turnkey solutions. 

Mystery shopper visits

Concept creation's development

We undertake, in a structured and pre-agreed fashion, visits to your outlets and eateries to review, audit and experience the offering, service, drink and Culinary offer.

Our findings are then collated and presented, outlining our view of WWW (What Works Well ) and EBI. 

(Even Better If) with findings, including commendations. Suggestions and solutions to improve further.

Kitchen Design

We offer a service and support function focused on Kitchen and CPU layouts, ergonomics, equipment specifications and the critical time and motion.

We clarify, understand, and appreciate the type, style, and concept of the food offering, along with the staffing numbers and budgets required. We provide experience to support your ambitions. 

Recruitment, search selection

New builds, new project openings

We work with clients to assist with:

  • head hunting
  • staff recruitment, search selection, and interviewing
  • analysis and team development.

We often support with agreeing job descriptions &  person specifications; assist with creating awareness of the position, then sift to the required standard using initial telephone contact chats. 

New builds, new project openings

New builds, new project openings

Having been involved in over forty new openings (or relaunches). 

We understand and appreciate the need for and provision of essential project management, including agreed-upon timelines, roles, responsibilities, and the necessary mobilisation support or possible operational project leadership. Our ability to become hands-on and part of a team is an essential component of this success.

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if you deal with F&B Business LTD then you will deal with John direct with no substitute's or juniors.


John is an Elected Master Chef of Great Britain for over thirty years 

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