“THIS IS the book the industry needed, a clear financial bible for one of the hardest businesses on earth to make money in.”
This 240-page book is packed with actionable tips on every page. Broken into four parts, it’s geared toward independent restaurant owners who want to really move the needle in their business.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CHIP KLOSE is a New York City–based restaurant coach as well as the host of the Restaurant Strategy Podcast. He has amassed more than two decades of operational experience in the hospitality industry, opening Michelin-starred restaurants and collaborating with numerous James Beard Award–winning chefs. He is a contributing writer for Bar & Restaurant and travels the country as a noted public speaker, giving presentations on marketing, operations, technology, and more. He earned his MBA in Food Marketing from Saint Joseph’s University, where he frequently teaches as a guest lecturer.
As a coach he’s worked with hundreds of owners and operators, helping them with everything from budgets and forecasting to developing strategies for properly marketing their restaurants. His mission in life is simple — to help chefs, owners, and operators build more profitable restaurants.
Guests on his podcast have included Martin Lindstrom (New York Times bestselling author of Buyology), Kevin Boehm (BOKA Restaurant Group Co-Founder), Peter Fader (Wharton professor), Steven Hall (founder of Hall PR), Gavin Gaysen (James Beard Award-winning chef), and many, many more. The show is consistently listed on Apple’s Top 100 Marketing Podcasts, and was recently voted as a Top 20 Restaurant Podcast by Feedspot.
“I wish we would have had it when we started Cpk. it could have prevented a lot of mistakes.”
— Rick Rosenfield | co-founder of California Pizza Kitchen
“Clear, tough, and relentlessly practicial, it turns the chaos of running a restaurants into a system you can actually win with.”
— Kevin Boehm | co-founder of Boka Restaurant Group
“It’s hard to get where you want to go without a proper map.”
— Dustin Barnhurst | CPA, MAcc, MBA