SUPER SESSIONS
MONDAY, MARCH 8 • 1:00–2:00 PM
The One Minute Manager's Place in the Restaurant World
Chris Weinberg, CEO/President, BarFly Group
A third generation restaurateur, and leading restaurant consultant, Chris Weinberg will discuss the fundamentals of navigating and balancing the business climate in our changed environment. Focusing on the three most important aspects of our business, People, Sales and Profits, you will learn best practices and “a ha!” tips to keep each side in balance.
MONDAY, MARCH 8 • 1:00–2:00 PM
Increase Food and Beverage Sales Without Raising Prices
Izzy Kharasch, President, Hospitality Works, Inc.
Join Izzy Kharasch the master of menu presentation, superb customer service and
menu trends as he presents opportunities to increase sales without raising prices.
MONDAY, MARCH 8 • 2:15–3:15 PM
Re-educating the Restaurant: Using What You Have to Increase Profits, Visibility and Longevity
Chef Donna Marie Desfor, There’s a Chef in My Kitchen, LLC
TUESDAY, MARCH 9 • 10:00-11:00 AM
Finders Keepers: How to Recruit, Engage and Retain a Top Team
Tim Kirkland, CEO, Renegade Hospitality Group
In these highly competitive times, good help is hard to find...and even harder to keep. More than any other factor, WHO YOU HIRE, HOW YOU TRAIN THEM, and HOW LONG THEY STAY affects your top line, bottom line and every line in between.
Everyone sells food and beverage...differentiate your operation by selling unique guest experiences, service and relationships. Great marketing will drive the first visit, but it takes great people to turn that visit into big sales and an army of loyal regulars. Stop working with people that make your job harder, and learn how to stock your business with committed sales engines and customer magnets!
In this idea-packed session, Tim Kirkland, best-selling author of The Renegade Server, will share dozens of impactful suggestions on how to find, train, motivate and hang on to top-level managers and front-line crews including:
• 6 ways to make your company the employer of choice for driven, goal-oriented applicants.
• How to revamp your interview process and learn to ask the right questions and find high-performing
sales maniacs.
• How the emerging, “iGeneration” workforce has changed—and how to adapt your training style to
how they like to learn.
• How to reduce turnover and increase profits by making sure your superstars stay longer.
TUESDAY, MARCH 9 • 11:15AM –12:00 PM
The Latest Culinary Trends: Brand New Ideas to Dazzle and Delight Your Customers
Presented by Nevada Restaurant Association
Moderator: Chef Heinz Lauer, Le Cordon Bleu
Panelists:
Carlos Guia, Executive Chef, Country Club, Wynn; Sean DiCicco, Executive Chef, Mandalay Bay; Rick Moonen, Executive Chef/Owner, RM Seafood; Jet Tila, Executive Chef, Wazuzu, Encore; Pascal Sanchez, Chef de Cuisine, Twist, Mandarin Oriental; and Luciano Pellegrini, Executive Chef/Partner, Valentinos
Restaurant customers are more savvy and discerning than ever before: Celebrity chefs, TV cooking shows and trendsetting restaurants show them just how to magnificent a meal should be, and it’s up to you to deliver. This panel of top Las Vegas chefs will share their views on the hottest trends and help you identify inventive ways to incorporate them into your menus. Exotic flavors, ethnic twists, small plates, organics, bite-sized desserts- if it’s hot, we’ll cover it in this high-powered foodservice forum.
TUESDAY, MARCH 9 • 1:00–1:50 PM
Five Steps to Building a Food & Beverage Sales Machine
Jon Taffer, President, Nightclub & Bar Media Group
Jon Taffer has assembled a very special program that will forever change the food and beverage sales performance of your restaurant. This Super Session provides Taffer Dynamic’s proven tactics and secrets to:
• Easily engineer and design a menu that sells your most profitable items!
• Increase your average check by over 5% using amazing food merchandising tactics.
• Develop powerful new customer marketing programs that attract business every time!
• Implement proven guest frequency programs that can increase guest traffic up to 12%!
• Language training that will increase sales by over 6%.
Do not miss this special opportunity to learn from one of our industry’s best teaching what
they do best!
Tuesday, MARCH 9 • 2:00–2:50 PM
Invest to Produce Revenue
Paul Snyder, VP of Portfolio Operations, Intercontinental Hotels Group
Join Paul Synder for this informative Super Session on investing to generate revenue.
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