Ruffins

NC BBQ trail http://www.ncbbqsociety.com/trail_map.html If you need a consultant, I have a lot of BBQ knowledge (my family ran a successful BBQ restaurant for several years). Email me and maybe I can help.

What I am going for is small local, or start-up chains (or chain hopefuls) that are not yet big enough to invest in having a fulltime corporate chef… Or small independents that don’t have the knowledge or ability to look inward or to move with the changes. Chef driven restaurants are not who I am going for…because they have chefs working for them, and if it’s not working out they need a new fulltime chef, and not me. There are many restaurants with 4 to 8 stores that do not have anyone working for them that have basic culinary knowledge and need some to rework recipes, match their appliances with their menu, evaluate there staff etc. We have all been to those restaurants. Some are on the verge of being very good.

I am trying to get my consulting business formalized. I have done freelance consulting on and off for many years in-between my “real job”. My specialty is menu R&D and recipe development, kitchen design. I know that I need to come up with a great business name, get a logo, letter head etc. In essence, I need to present a more professional first impression. I have been thinking for weeks on a good name for the business and have not come up with any that are worthy. I don’t (think I) want it to include my name, or have a regional sounding name. All suggestions are greatly appreciated.