SERVICES

Food Management & Production

  • Meal Prep & Food Production 

  • Menu Development & Food Cost Management

  • Dough Production 

  • Full Catering services

  • Our Food Production team is led by an internationally trained chef and a Neopolitan certified baker that can produce anything from simple breads, focacce, pizza dough crusts, naan and flatbreads, to your wildest specialty items like custom flavoured pastries, deliciously prepared or cooked meat, seafood, vegetarian, vegan, macrobiotic or gluten-free creations in fresh & frozen formats!

    We can develop and create these food items in your facility or have partner facilities where we can operate and provide to you as an outsourced food prep team when needed.

  • Menu Development may seem simple, but to be effective and help grow your sales, it needs to be tactically planned, provide a variety of nutritious foods, and ultimately be great tasting!

    We have developed a proprietary process to assess the effectiveness of any existing or proposed menu. We review your foodservice operational plans, your supply chain systems, your food production capabilities, the kind and amount of equipment and personnel you have and then make recommendations that will lower food costs and improve profit margins.

    We can even compare your current food cost to the food cost necessary to purchase the shortest list of menu items needed to satisfy the vast majority of customers.

  • Still making pizza dough or baking bread from scratch? Always short on production or baking staff? Want to reduce your food costs while making your operations easier? No capital to invest in new equipment? In our current partner facility, we have over 10,000sf. of space ready to prepare and supply over 25,000 fresh or frozen dough balls per week for all your baking needs.

    Save time and money by scheduling your next batch of fresh or frozen dough with us. From start to finish, we make everything simple.

  • We’re experts in corporate & private catering. From fun and casual appetizer tables featuring a selection of artisan bread, cured meats, and specialty cheeses that are great for lunch meetings & office parties to full-on event coordination – from buffet style, live food acts like a make-your-own-pasta station, family-style dining, or plated courses – we can turn your food ideas turn into food experiences!

Retail Strategy 

  • Retail Setup

  • Market Expansion

  • Marketing & Social Media

  • Financial Analysis

  • To set up and open a restaurant concept is hard. We have helped many companies set up new concepts based on their operational strengths. We do a full review of the organizational structure, managerial strength and operational procedures to determine the company’s retail abilities. We advise and recommend changes when you have personnel strengths, technical capabilities and brand awareness that can capitalize on timing of consumer market trends.

  • Once a concept has been established, it will need to expand to grow. We will help you identify areas with the strongest demand for your product or service, find out what is driving your sales and then find areas with the lowest competition so you can dominate the landscape. If you already have a network of stores, then we will look for opportunities to re-organize, re-merchandise or re-model your existing locations to maximize sales and minimize relocation and renovation costs.

  • Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and many other social media channels are simply a part of daily life for everyobe across the globe.

    Social media plays an integral role in your digital marketing strategy, giving you full access to an untapped audience of billions of users. Social media marketing can be a powerful tool for businesses looking to find their fans and grow their brand. By leveraging a strong social presence, these major social platforms will give your brand the space you need to foster an online community, start real conversations, and build lasting relationships with your customers, followers, and prospects.

    We can help you to find success and drive engagement with a social media strategy that delivers results.

  • Financial Analysis is very important to testing your business assumptions BEFORE you start a new restaurant concept. We evaluate your business over a 10-year period, based on expected sales, construction costs, lease rates, product mix, labour costs, and provide you with a realistic determination of future success. We model different scenarios and then do a cost-benefit analysis to compare your investment choices based on their return.

    We can tell you IF or WHEN you will make any money - even before you start!

Restaurant Development 

  • Concept Design

  • Site Selection & Leasing

  • Tenant Fit-Out

  • Facilities Management

  • Every concept starts with a great idea. Taste The Art uses professionally designated design, architectural, and general construction partners to help bring your idea for a restaurant to life as your perfect little store or a concept ready for mass expansion.

  • We find the right location and negotiate the right deal to deliver the right results! By drawing on our knowledge of global real estate markets, extensive dealings with intricate real estate transactions and our relationships with national landlords, Taste The Art will find a location that best suits your unique concept.

  • After signing the Lease, Taste The Art can help you during the construction process, so you can focus on doing what you do best – food! We offer a full suite of customized project management services including budgeting & scheduling, utilities coordination, competitive bidding, trades management, on-site supervision and contract and payment processing to ensure your project is finished on time and on budget!

  • Taste The Art is a single source for restauranteurs looking for facilities management support. Our large partner network specializes in sourcing new & used equipment, mechanical & HVAC equipment optimization, and building control automation. Throughout your restaurant lifecycle, our team can provide real-world experience and capabilities to manage, repair and effectively maintain old equipment or aging facilities.

Operations Deployment

  • HR Hiring Support

  • In-class or on-line Learning & Training 

  • Food Safety, HACCAP and SERVE certification

  • Vendor & Inventory Management

  • Every great concept needs great people. Taste The Art is connected with many recruiting organizations and employee partners that provide experienced and trained labour for all positions within your organization. We can generate and deliver leads to find you the right body every time!

  • Successful operations are based on proven systems for partner training and retention. We can build training modules for in-class or on-line learning and train new partners on new systems, or re-calibrate current staff on existing modules to re-enforce proper procedures and deliver measurable results! We make sure your staff are ready, engaged and capable to work.

  • Food Safety is seriously important, and depending on your needs, Taste The Art will ensure all staff have the proper food handling and preparation, HACCAP and SERVE training and certification necessary to be productive in your facility.

  • The best way for new concept to manage cashflow is to establish and build critical supply chain relationships with key vendors to source quality products at the best prices and at the right financial terms. Taste The Art partners with many small local-authentic and large multi-national vendors and distributors that are willing to support new start-ups and seasoned concepts with a constant supply of fresh products for their operations.