As a leading authority on healthcare nutrition services, restaurant foodservice industry operating efficiencies, school nutrition services, corrections nutrition services, menu development, new restaurant start-ups and results-driven training programs Louisiana Culinary Specialists is a unique food service consulting and educational company.

 

At Louisiana Culinary Specialists all our work is geared toward creating a successful finished product, whether it’s a one-of-a-kind meal or an entire food service organization operating at peak efficiency. Our distinct passion for food inspires every aspect of our consulting practice. It truly takes a group of individuals working as a team to bring inspired cuisine to life. Every person at every stage in our foodservice operation consulting firm applies their unique strengths and important perspective to generate stronger and achievable results for our clients.

 

Our founder John Hickson has played a crucial role in evolving food and beverage into the industry we know today. By designing practical solutions gained from early culinary experience cooking for discerning clientele at renowned restaurant operations, John developed innovative strategies and tools that have become widely accepted as industry best practices. Now, as one of the top sought-after foodservice operation consultants, he continues to elevate industry standards, applying innovation and insight to create proven strategies that help food service organizations of all sizes stay sharp.

 

At Louisiana Culinary Specialists we specialize in the development of all aspects of foodservice operations, from business concepts, kitchen design and layout, menu development, recipe standardization, front of the house layout and design, culinary training, Food safety management training to include ServSafe, NEHA, FSP, and Prometric, and operational management training through our partners IFSEA and the Global Foodservice Institute, as well as many other food service operational concerns you may have. Today we preform quality and food safety audits for multiple chain restaurants, healthcare organizations and school districts. Consulting and performing contract management services for several clients. Develop and instruct professional certified training programs for other clients, such as the Louisiana Nursing Home Association. Perform onsite operational consulting services to restaurants and healthcare food service operations, providing culinary training, managerial training, customer service training, operational analysis, and support.

 

At Louisiana Culinary Specialists, we are passionate about what we do. With more than forty combined years of hands-on restaurant management and foodservice operations development experience, Louisiana Culinary Specialists provides you with the tools, business experience and expertise you need.

 

We look forward to working with you and your team in providing all the tools necessary to keep your establishment running smoothly and operating at an exceptional level, all while helping you keep your foodservice operation free from food borne illness and teaching your staff quality food safety practices. We can help you plan, locate, develop, and launch your restaurant or food service establishment, build sales, improve training, reduce costs, and maximize your Return on Investment.

 

The formula for a successful business includes an entrepreneurial spirit, passion and creativity, and some good old challenging work. It also includes lots and lots of paperwork. Whether you need to pay vendors, recruit and train employees, market to future or existing customers, or handle hundreds of other routine business tasks, you'll need to fill out a form or use a manual to do it. At Louisiana Culinary Specialists, we have done a lot of paperwork for you. We have ready-to-use training manuals, forms, checklists, and work-sheet templates to keep you organized and efficient. This resource is worth thousands of dollars and saves you many painstaking hours. Just ask us and we will be glad to share our secrets.

 

Consistency is also essential in the restaurant and food service industry if you want to be successful. Customers want to know they will be receiving high quality service, food, and beverages every time they enter your establishment. Using and implementing tools to accomplish consistency in your establishment will help you create systems and procedures to make your restaurant successful while providing greater customer and employee satisfaction and help in controlling operational costs.

 

Our company's positive outlook continues as we partner each day with large and small companies to provide a full range of food and beverage consulting services and certification training needs.

 

Our operational analysis conducted by an experienced professional Consultant consists of two full days on site in your establishment evaluating, digging, and probing into every aspect of your operation. Then, your highly customized written report will be created just for you. On the final day, you and your consultant will sit down and go over the incredibly detailed Operations Analysis report. Every question you have will be answered and the report will be fully explained. We’ll even include step-by-step instructions on how to get your operation back on track. If you want, for an additional fee, we’ll help you get the necessary systems developed and put them properly into place. For those that are experiencing severe operational or profit related problems, this is one of the most powerful tools that you can use! Nothing passes our scrutiny.

 

We can help you with the following.

• Business Plans.
• Design and Development.
• Menu Development.
• Employee Training.
• Management Training.
• Budget Planning and Development.
• Inventory Controls.
• Recipe Standardization.
• Food and Safety Audits.
• Nutritional Analysis.
• Culinary Training and Support.
• Employee Staffing Plans
• Job Duty Schedules.
• Company Policies
• Procedure Manuals.