BUSINESS SERVICES

Seacoast Culinary Concepts is a food service management company driven to assist, develop and improve all aspects of your hospitality business needs. With three decades of experience in the industry and specialties in business management and the culinary arts, Chef Brent Hazelbaker provides hands-on consulting services, uniquely contracted to your business requirements. 

Every contract begins with a one-hour consultation to review the business needs and the expectation of each client, but also to make sure our Chef is a good fit for you and your business. Compatibility and communication are critical to the success of each project. He will craft a personalized outline for each job, including a rough time frame and overall budget for each project. We offer our services and consultation at an hourly rate in the following three tiers:

Tier One

Short-term assistance to redirect and develop the business. Our Chef is hired as a consultant to observe, evaluate and fine tune the business. Not intended to work full time, but as needed.

Services include but are not limited to:

  • Staff training and education

  • Menu / recipe development

  • Profit and Loss evaluation

  • Overall business alignment

Tier Two

A more intimate approach to business development where our Chef consultant is required to perform more extensive business restructuring and works more hands-on with the culinary team. Hours will fluctuate from part time to full time by job demand.

Service include but are not limited to:

  • All of the Tier 1 services, though more onsite presence is expected of our Chef

  • Hands-on redevelopment

  • Kitchen Outlining and Optimization

    • Line management and timing

    • Restructuring of the line for more efficiency and better flow for service

    • Systems development and documentation

  • Identity Curation

  • Small-scale marketing and advertising

  • Staff hiring and training

Tier Three

Full-service restaurant build-out and start up. Our Chef becomes a member of the staff and fully designs, develops and coordinates all aspects of the kitchen and the restaurant development. 

Services include but are not limited to:

  • Contracted / Full Time

  • All of the Tier 1 and Tier 2 services

  • Kitchen design and layout

  • Equipment and smallwares purchasing

  • Contractor acquisition and management

  • Onsite building coding & inspections

  • Staff Brokering; GM, Chef, supporting team, etc.

  • Menu development, recipe documentation and training

  • Purveyor acquisition and food costing

  • Opening launch and marketing