Let Us Help You

Are you a chef looking for a jumping-off point? Maybe a restaurant looking for opportunities to reach more customers? A food truck looking for recipe or menu development? A new idea looking to get started?

Culinary Playgrounds consults with all facets of the food and beverage industry. We work to turn hobbies to businesses that can sustain.

Recipe Development

Looking for a new menu with items that sell? We develop recipes that are unique enough to grab attention and comfortable enough to sell, catering to the specific needs of your restaurant and customer base.

Menu Design

From the moment that your customers see your menu, expectations are set. Everything from the way your menu is formatted to printed can effect how expectations are managed. We create physical and virtual menus that further establish your restaurant's image while building excitement at the table.

Hospitality & Experience

When your customers walk into your restaurant, every interaction with your team is crucial to a positive experience. We create personalized trainings to keep your team on top of their game and keep customers coming back.

Branding

The tone your business expresses creates memorable experiences. With this comes the need for consumer engagement, ranging from social media to e-lists. We develop a brand voice and marketing approach for your business that can be used in the restaurant and across channels.

Business Strategy

Balancing the joy of cooking with the challenges of running a business can be taxing. We develop the day-to-day business functions of your restaurant, ranging from food costing and pricing to management structure and brand alignment.

Customer Retention

One of the most challenging parts of the restaurant industry is getting your customers to come back again and again. We develop strategies and approaches to encourage loyalty, ranging from tailored discount programs to strategic opportunities for community engagement.

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FAQ

  • The team at Culinary Playgrounds more than just works in the restuarant industry, we grew up in it, watching restaurants face challenges and studying they way they found success. At Culinary Playgrounds, we find success by thinking through decisions from business and consumer perspectives and finding ways to keep fun and excitement intact in a draining industry. Hop on the phone with us, you will hear our passion for great food.

  • With the tight margins of the culinary industry, we try to cater packages to your specific needs. Comprehensive packages and single project packages are both available.

    Many of our clients with comprehensive packages opt to pay a percentage of sales as that way there is little up front cost and we make money when you make money.

  • As of now, Culinary Playgrounds is most actively able to consult in California, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois. We often do hybrid consulting with quarterly in-person visits and virtual assistance with availability via email, text, call, and video meetings.

  • While every consulting agreement is different, our process usually includes four primary steps:

    1. Understanding the Current Business. This may include sitting in the restaurant to understand current services and processes or meetings that work to discover where successes are. The goal is to develop actionable insights that don’t detract from the good parts.

    2. Recognizing Opportunities: we work to find clarity on where we can be of the most service or assistance with your overall goals in mind.

    3. Culinary Playground Stage: We like to test things and get involved in figuring out what works for you and your customer. This may include testing new menus with specials, adjusting processes to scale feedback, and more. Think of this like educated trial and error, understanding numerous quantitative and qualitative factors.

    4. Ongoing Assistance: We know the restaurant industry is largely driven by trends and shifting customer perspectives. Through continued national trend analysis and seeing shifts in your restaurant, we can continue to keep things fresh and novel!