Kitchen Leadership Path

Install a working food-cost operating system in your kitchen — architecture you own, not a script you repeat.

Architecture, not certification.

This isn’t certification. You won’t be handed a script to repeat. You’ll be handed the architecture — and the point is for you to make it yours: your kitchen, your judgment, your way of running it. That’s what we’re actually training toward.

Every path builds Your Operating Plan — one block per unit. Capstone review is Standard and Guided only. Self-Study has no capstone.

Bring your kitchen with you

Six units. Leadership framing.

  1. Map the levers Week-one measurement action — see what actually moves food cost in your kitchen.
  2. Install The Five Weekly station OS so cost control is cadence, not an autopsy.
  3. Own purchasing Dock matches P&L — specs, receiving, and ownership at the back door.
  4. Find the drains The Eight Drains — locate where value leaves before the controller asks.
  5. Defend the number One-page story to GM / controller you can stand behind.
  6. Delegate + close Delegation, period close, and prep / banquet as included operating depth.

Standard & Guided

Same curriculum. Capstone is Standard and Guided only. Self-Study enroll ($595) opens when the full catalog launches.

Guided

Learn it with Chef Lockard.

  • Kickoff call with Chef Lockard
  • Mid-point check
  • Capstone review and written notes
  • 20 seats a year
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Standard and Guided can both be employer-sponsored. Team ($997) is listed only on this page and Inquire.

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