by Rob Wade | Aug 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Menu engineering is much misunderstood. Videos like this one from BBC world service being case in point. The idea that menu engineering is about moving dishes around a menu in some sort of tricksy psychologically motivated way has taken hold, and we occasionally work...
by Rob Wade | Mar 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Whom the Gods wish to destroy, they first call promising. Cyril Connolly Understanding The New Manager Halo has helped our clients to take a more balanced and strategic view of their new hires, rather than the more knee-jerk and reactive approach that can be common in...
by Rob Wade | Jan 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
I absolutely love to see fantastic restaurants expand successfully across the capital and the country. More opportunities for me to eat great, reliable food! But It is always a sad day to visit the second or third outpost of a beloved restaurant and discover...
by Rob Wade | Aug 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Many years ago, I spent some time working for the Soho House group. One day the mighty Nick Jones came to the restaurant to meet with the head chef. During a slightly heated debate the chef asked Nick “do you want to just surround yourself with yes people?” To which...
by Rob Wade | Aug 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Having to close your restaurant must truly be the bitterest of pills. So it’s easy to understand why restaurateurs would search around for reasons outside of themselves for why things didn’t work out. Brexit and the global pandemic did indeed call time on restaurants...
