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11 March 2024 | 6 replies
I am a corporate chef for a convenience store brand, and besides buying my home, I have never been in the market or industry.
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12 March 2024 | 105 replies
And you look at the back of any kitchen on the west coast restaurants and its dominated by sous chefs from Guatamala and of course all the other ethnic restaurants especially in CA.
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9 March 2024 | 261 replies
It's like everyone wants the five-star meal without paying the price or even tipping the chef.
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8 February 2024 | 11 replies
One just purchased and put in place a postal franchise; the other teamed with a locally well known chef and put in a restaurant, and a franchised day spa.
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3 February 2024 | 36 replies
How about asking the chef for a few tips while at his restaurant?
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25 January 2024 | 7 replies
People want to make their STR stand out so they want to provide daily cleanings or maybe a chef to make some meals.
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22 January 2024 | 16 replies
If you start providing "significant services", like personal chefs, car or boats, daily cleaning etc.
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20 February 2020 | 14 replies
On the other hand, you don't want too many chefs in the kitchen.
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26 August 2016 | 6 replies
Going with hard money or a similar setup could get you in the game much quicker and avoid the problem of having too many chefs in the kitchen (Which is a legitimate issue).
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13 November 2018 | 1 reply
I'm recently US.Army retired and a chef.