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How To Start and Run Your Own Restaurant: An Insider Guide to Setting Up Your Own Successful Business (Small Business Start-ups) (Paperback)

by Carol Godsmark (Author)
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  • Paperback: 264 pages
  • Publisher: How To Books Ltd (25 Feb 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1845280199
  • ISBN-13: 978-1845280192
  • Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 17 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 48,642 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Have you ever dreamed of opening your own restaurant? With more people eating out than ever before you would be entering a buoyant market. Running a restaurant is a tough business, but it's also a most rewarding and stimulating one - both on a personal level and a financial one if you approach the business with prudence, professionalism, control, dedication, together with imagination and flair. And of course you have to like people. This book is full of up-to-date information for the aspiring or novice restaurateur, as well as those already in business and striving to meet customer expectations. It covers: * Business and financial planning * Getting planning permission * Planning, designing and equipping the kitchen and restaurant * Dealing with environmental health officers and their required standards * Choosing a name, marketing the business, getting into the guides * Planning the menu and choosing your suppliers You'll find all you need to know for the day-to-day running of the restaurant plus tips from several experienced restaurateurs.

About the Author
Carol Godsmark is a restaurant journalist, critic and chef as well as being a restaurant consultant, Good Food Guide inspector and past restaurateur. So she writes from a broad range of personal experience and most importantly helps you to put yourself in your customers' shoes.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is the one to buy!, 22 Feb 2005
By J. Granger (West Midlands, UK) - See all my reviews
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With a glut of "How to Run a Restaurant" books by American authors available at the moment, Carol Godsmark's book comes as a breath of fresh air for the aspiring UK restauranteur. She takes you by the hand and walks you through the whole business, providing a wealth of practical examples and hints along the way. If you only buy one book on the subject, get this one.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very informative, 22 Mar 2006
I found this book one of the most useful that i have purchased regarding the catering industry.It is an industry that i have just started working in and the in depth information has been invaluable to me.
Everything is clearly set out in the book,easy to find exactly what you want to know and easy to read and take in.
The book doesnt make everything seem rose tinted,you get the facts,running such a business is hard work and this book makes that very clear,all the pitfalls are pointed out,but it is also encouraging in starting up such a business as long as you plan and are prepared.
Recommended.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read, 23 Nov 2006
By Mr. R. K. Brown "Kencancook" (Oaks Restaurant, England) - See all my reviews
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This book is essential reading if you plan on opening a restaurant in the UK. There are a lot of books about, mostly from an American perspective, but this is from someone who has been in the trade and knows what to expect. I wish that this this book had been out when I opened my first restaurant four years ago. Reading this book, makes me realise that the things that you go through are a common experience. This is written from a sensible human perspective.If you read this book and THEN open a restaurant it will pay for itself many times over.
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1.0 out of 5 stars A disappointing take on an interesting subject!
I waited with anticipation for this book to arrive as I thought it would hold within it the secret formula for creating a successful restaurant business. Au contraire! Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ms. F. K. Gerrard

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst book I've ever read - steer clear of this nasty read
Carol claims to be the authority when it comes to starting and running a restaurant, however, simple truth is that she's never started or run a restaurant in her entire life... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
This is a great little book for anyone interested in setting up or buying a restaurant. It covers all the basics although I feel it could have gone into a bit more detail on... Read more
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