Dear Todd: My wife and I are both big fans of your The Olives Table cookbook, your television shows, and your Olives restaurant in Las Vegas. We most recently had a chance to enjoy the wonderful pizzas at your Figs…
You might have seen Part 1 of my Lean viewing of the Fox show “Kitchen Nightmares.” I watched the second half of the show, so here is the rest of the story. As the show progressed, improvements are made, basically…
Fox TV Website I’ve only watched the first half of the premiere episode, but I am (at least temporarily) riveted by the new Fox show “Kitchen Nightmares” with chef Gordon Ramsay. I never tried the show “Hell’s Kitchen” where he…
Chris Bianco: ‘Pizza has been good to me’ | Operations | Pizza Marketplace I’m back in Phoenix for a few days, a city where I used to live from 2001-2005. My wife and I got back to our favorite restaurant,…
Source: shmula » Shmula Eats a Donut: Lean at Krispy Kreme My friend Peter Abilla runs an interesting blog (www.shmula.com) that discusses business, operations, and industrial engineering topics, among other things. His post today is about the Lean operational aspects…
WSJ.com – Dunkin’ Donuts Tries to Go Upscale, But Not Too Far I haven’t seen one of these first hand, but the parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts has experimented with triple-branded restaurant buildings (a move they are backing down from).…
I’m working from home this week and have a bit of a “kitchen kaizen” kick, as evidenced by my “lean oatmeal” post. Last Christmas, I received a new all-in-one “grind and brew” coffee pot from Cuisinart. I’ve ground my own…
I’m often challenged by people (including my wife sometimes), “why don’t you apply lean concepts at home, Mr. Lean?” I haven’t shadowed my kitchen items (that would look bad), but I do apply some general 5S concepts, including keeping most…
