These are a few more quick tricks that you may or may not be using. Several of these are common, but some may be new to you. If you missed the first batch, you can find it by clicking here. Steaks by Color: We have all had it happen.  A guest orders a steak medium […]
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Foil To-Go: The Swan
So I was watching Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmare’s the other night and saw a server make foil swan. Â I fully expected Chef Ramsey to lose his mind, but he seemed to really enjoy it. Â It is a waste of foil and not a particularly good way to package food. Â Chef Ramsey enjoyed it though which means […]
Five Simple Tricks
Sometimes you catch a coworker doing something so brilliant that it makes you wonder why you had not thought of it first. Even after 15 years, I still see things that would have saved me hours of time if I knew them sooner. Being willing to adopt better practices and form new habits is the […]
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David Hayden was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He took his first serving job in 1996. Since that time, he has worked for over a dozen different restaurant companies. He has held both hourly and salaried positions at independent and corporate restaurants. He has waited on over 100,000 guests and trained hundreds of servers. He has been named "Best Server in Kansas City" the last three years by the local weekly paper.