Hospitality, Leadership & Profitability Workshop

8:00 am to 6:00 pm Los Angeles, California

The Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo hosts the Hospitality, Leadership & Profitability Workshop on Saturday, August 27 from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Los Angeles Convention Center.  Darren Denington, founder of Service with Style Hospitality Group, and David Scott Peters, founder of TheRestaurantExpert.com, will present a jam-packed day providing independent operators with the tools on how to drive sales by using the right systems, strong leadership and the perfect hospitality team. The Workshop will precede the Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo taking place August 28-30 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

David Scott Peters
David Scott Peters

Attendees will learn fool-proof systems for reducing food cost, understanding the root of great service and how to apply it, how to cost out recipes to make money on every menu item, how to use labor dollars in the right department at the right time, tips to understanding and lowering employee turnover, the hospitality leadership traits required to run a successful operation, and much more. Registration for the workshop includes access for two attendees to both the full day education series as well as the Western Foodservice Expo and systems and training tools from both presenters. Each paid workshop participant is encouraged to bring one colleague for free in order to share the knowledge with a team member and receive twice the benefits. Click here to register for the Hospitality, Leadership & Profitability Workshop or visit www.westernfoodexpo.com/HLP.

Following the Saturday Workshop, attendees will have full access to the Western Foodservice Expo and additional education courses being offered as part of the Ferdinand Metz Foodservice Forum.  Education sessions will include the fifth-year anniversary of the Foodservice Council for Women – a newly revamped format and panel and introduction of new Beacon award to Kelli Valade, President of Chili’s Grill & Bar; the Torch Award presentation to Thomas Keller; The Rapid Fire Appetizer Competition as well as sessions covering the viability of traditional gratuities alongside California’s minimum wage increase; Rock Government Regulations and Food Safety; Restaurant Social Media Marketing and much more.
 
The Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo gathers thousands of restaurant and foodservice professionals to gain experience and knowledge on how to become more informed, more educated, more competitive, and more profitable in the industry. The tradeshow and conference, started in 1936 is produced by Urban Expositions (www.urban-expo.com) and sponsored by the California Restaurant Association (www.calrest.org). The 2016 event will take place August 28-30 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. For more information, visit www.westernfoodexpo.com.