FAQ

 An advisor is an independent professional chef who, for a fee, helps a business owner or key decision maker to define and achieve specific business goals through the use of additional resources not normally available or unrealized by the business.

We are “change-agents” who can focus on helping the business move forward rather than reacting to the day to day business of managing the operation.

A business owner sometime needs an un-biased and fresh perspective on how to solve problems or to expand their business. A CCS chef consultant can provide an outside analysis of the situation and “tell it like it is”, while suggesting improvements, new ideas, creating excitement and driving the business forward.A business owner needs and wants an advisor to perform specific technical tasks for the business as they may not have the human resources or skills sets and time to perform presently. It is generally more cost effective to engage an advisor for a limited term project than the costs related to hire and train a highly skill employee on a full time salary.Finally a business owner might just need somewhere to turn to bounce ideas off and talk to a confident who has their best interests in mind.

Our clients range from high volume off-premise catering companies who specialize in weddings, galas and drop-off corporate catering and global food manufactures to individual family owned restaurants that are looking for help in the unique and unprecedented economic times.

We are committed to listening to our clients to understand their unique business from the inside and from where it matters most, their day to day operations. We provide leadership and help mentor you and your chefs and culinary team.We create solutions that are specifically designed to improve and optimize your menus, recipes and presentations with the result of great food for your targeted customers and clients.Our approach is a long term relationship with our clients and their kitchens that provides a place to turn and talk about food, solutions, creativity and to applaud the success of their business.

The initial introductory visit and analysis is free of charge to make sure that this is the right path for your buisness as well as to connect with a like minded business person like you.Customized Culinary Solutions fees are based on a variable hourly or project based cost structure depending on the scope of the project.The On Call Facilitation and Support Fee is a mutually agreed upon number of hours per week billed monthly for the advisor to provide “hands-on” on site assistance and telephone support when ever needed.When a Project Based Agreement has been arranged, Customized Culinary Solutions will provide a written estimate of the hours needed to meet the documented key goals established for each particular project. Hours will be billed monthly based on documented actual hours spent on the project.All documents created are the clients and are provide with digital back-up as part of any project based agreement.

 

What are the benefits?

 

How do we start?

Contact Us and we will schedule our first meeting to make introductions and do a review of your scope of work.After the initial meeting and operation analysis, the client is presented a customized proposal which contains A Work Agreement, Written Estimate and Project Management Outline detailing the mutually agreed upon projects to be completed. After receiving the client’s signature on the Work Agreement and we can begin the exciting process of moving the business forward.