Restaurant Concepts:
We take your idea and turn it into reality, from the very first design on paper right through to the opening day we can be with you every step of the way putting your ideas into practice.

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Kitchen & Restaurant Design and Planning:
We offer an independent design and planning service coupled with impartial advice and our specialist 3D design systems are the best available.

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Menu Design and Development:
Are you ready for a change in direction? Do you have the right concept,? Will it work? What are you putting on the menu, will it make money? How can I maximise profits while minimising the contents of my fridge? Need a re-vamp? We can help.

Recipe Development:
Be it one off recipes for retail or foodservice or a complete set of recipes in a manual for your staff to follow. Recipe and Product Development is very much at the heart of what we specialise in as a result of Ian McAndrew’s enviable reputation as a chef, author and restaurateur. Ian’s experience as a top class chef is second to none having held a coveted Michelin star for many years.

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Cookery Courses:
The Culinary Consultancy Company has been holding successful cookery courses for many years now, be it on a one to one basis in your own home, to a group as a demonstration or even hands on, for a corporate event as this sort of activity is perfect for team building, on the village green as part of a fete or the village hall to the WI .

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Food for Photography:
As an accomplished and best selling author Ian McAndrew has extensive experience in preparing food for photography as can be seen in his many books. Ian is able to work with any photographer on any type of project. Ian has also had extensive experience on both TV and Radio.

Stand-in Executive or Head Chefs:
Need someone to cover in your chefs absence or feel that you could do with the services of an Executive Chef but do not need one full time? We can help, Talk to us as we have provided this service for many types of establishment. Restaurants, hotels, contract catering. Where the chef is good but young and inexperienced that little bit of guidance one or two days a week or even twice a month can make a lot of difference. Looking to gain accolades but unsure how, we can help.

GP Management Systems and Advice:
Losing money when you think you ought to be making it? GP unattainable? Costs running away? Not making as much as you think you ought to be? Are you carrying too much food for what you are using resulting in too much waste? Do you suspect a theft problem? If the answer is yes to any of these you probably need a control system in place. We can offer a variety of solutions and more importantly find out what is going wrong in the first place!

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Demonstrations/Product Demonstrations:
We are available for demonstrations of all types, be it for corporate events, demonstrations of your products be they food or equipment, cookery demonstrations for every occasion. We have demonstrated at the BBC Good Food Show, The Restaurant Show, Hotelympia, Skills for Chefs, The Art of Game Road Show and many others.

Budget Preparation and Planning:
Budgeting – a necessary evil to many but do you know what you plan to make this year? Are you up or down on last year? Do you care? Well you should! After all isn’t the goal to make more this year than last?

We can help you in all aspects of this difficult area.

Mystery Shopper and Customer Care Monitoring:
We have carried out many different, mystery shopper services for customers designed to evaluate the overall dining or hotel stay experience from a guests perspective. After all it is the guest that matters, it is them that we have to satisfy. Your mystery shopper evaluation comes with recommendations so you get to know the problems and how to solve them too.

Organisational and Operational Reviews:
Are you receiving best value from your staff or contractors? In the process of managing change? Considering contracting out or even reverting back in house? Need to measure the quality and performance of your contractor? Is your training all it should be? We can carry out skills audits, operational analysis, quality audits and improvement plans, help with personal development plans.

Housekeeping Solutions:
Often a mystical area, one where the old housekeeping methods died along with your last housekeeper? Need solutions to cleaning problems? The art of the housekeeper seems to be a dying one. We can help with specialist hands on training and systems.

Restaurant Operation and Service Training:
Too often restaurant staff are not properly trained, they are in fact often considered only to be semi skilled workers and as such are just thrown into the deep end in a sink or swim situation. The harsh reality is that an untrained waiter/ress can and probably will cost you more money in time, energy, money, loss of sales etc. Training your staff is a vital part of your business and is crucial to its success.