OC Business Journal

Juggling Lessons

— Christopher Trela

As busy as Ron Salisbury is, he found time in 2020 to write a book called, “What They Don’t Teach You at the C.I.A.” (Culinary Institute of America), available on Amazon.

It’s packed with short anecdotes and lessons from a lifetime spent in the restaurant business.

“It’s more than just restaurants, it’s common sense for life,” Salisbury notes. “The book has taken off.”

A sample excerpt called Can You Juggle:

“A skill you absolutely must master is becoming a great juggler—and I don’t mean of objects. At any given time you must be aware of everything happening everywhere in the restaurant. This means food in the kitchen, diners’ experiences, is the valet smiling and delivering cars promptly, are the restrooms immaculate, is the music level appropriate, are dishes coming out of the dishwasher clean, are the hosts quoting proper wait times, and on and on and on. … If you can’t, find other work because most likely you’ll fail.”

And this one titled Passion, Practice, Perfection, People:

“After 80 years I’ve finally figured it out (I think). It comes down to this. To be great in this business you need four basic things: Passion (actually obsession), Practice (at all times doing and learning things that continually make you better), Perfection (nothing can beat it), and People—our guests, the ones we work with, the people we associate with—are to be maximized. Those four basics will produce profit.”

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2023-03-27T07:00:00.0000000Z

2023-03-27T07:00:00.0000000Z

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