Focus On These 3 Vital Pillars, Before Starting Your Health Cafe

The popularity of healthy foods and restaurants has skyrocketed in recent years. Once a niche market is now a burgeoning billion-dollar industry.

But starting a health cafe or restaurant is not easy. There are various things you need to keep in mind in order to succeed in the marketplace. Here are the 3 most important pillars you need to focus on while starting your healthy cafe.

Chef

Customers come to a restaurant for delicious quality food. According to a survey conducted, 58% of diners said the quality of food is more important to them than price, service, and menu variety. Thus, you should hire a cook who will be competent enough to drive your start-up cafe to the pinnacle of success, as a chef can make or break your business.

You should hire leaders in your restaurant kitchen, who can work under pressure. Make sure the chef has an eye for details but also keeps the food costs in mind, as your start-up has a budget and you cannot spend out of your league.

If you can, hire people with experience in the food restaurant and if you're hiring a chef you don't know, make sure that you taste their food. You will have a clear understanding about how much time he takes to prepare a dish, the consistency, presentation and how he maintains the kitchen while preparing.

There are various types of chef and Cooks that are essential in a restaurant kitchen. Some of them are:

-Executive Chef

-Sous Chef

-Saucier Chef

-Station Chef

-Fish and Meat Cook

Suppliers

Cordial Supplier/vendor relationship has always been the key to successful businesses, regardless of industry. Contact various organic fruit and vegetable vendors.  This would help to compare prices, and will also serve as a backup in case some problem comes up with one. Remember this, organic farms are at a premium and playing hardball may not be the wisest option.

It is always preferable to have long duration contracts with the vendor as it helps in maintaining the consistency of your raw materials. In addition, the items must be delivered in the morning and both quality and quantity should be checked every day. Also mak,e sure that you must always have two days worth of stock in case of emergency situations.  

Nutritionist

Holistic wellness is the winning combination of exercise and diet.  As diners become more health conscious, hiring a nutritionist in your health cafe start-up will bring remunerative. They play key roles in fostering health, wellness and sustainability trends that clients and consumers demand today

An in-house nutritionist can play an invaluable role in supporting your kitchen staff will help to develop and integrate menus. This will help in driving more customers to your health cafe as they will have the satisfaction of getting everything under one roof.