Who is walking with you
Fifty-three consecutive years. Not one of them easy.
Chef at Da Vinci at twenty. Maître d'hôtel by 1979. Partner and co-owner by 1991. In 2001 he opened Bis, his own room, and ran it until he sold it. Along the way: wine importation, food sourcing, menu design, bookkeeping, and several thousand nights on the floor.
"In fifty-three years I never once walked in thinking I knew everything. The day you know everything is the day you put the key in the door."
- 1972–1979Chef, Da Vinci Restaurant
- 1979–1991Maître d'hôtel, Da Vinci Restaurant
- 1991–1998Partner and co-owner, Da Vinci Restaurant
- 2001Opened Restaurant Bis — owner and maître d'hôtel
What we'd cover
Bring the problem. We'll find where it actually starts.
Menu development
A menu that reflects your concept and still makes money. Design, costing, organisation, profitability.
Cost control & budgeting
Food cost, labour, overhead. The daily numbers that decide whether you own a business or a job.
Wine program
A list built for your menu and your room, drawing on decades of importation and supplier relationships.
Sourcing & importation
Better products, better relationships, better prices. Knowing who to call is half of it.
Staff training
Hands-on training for kitchen and dining room, built around how your operation actually runs.
The full walk-through
Aldo walks your restaurant the way he walked this one, and tells you what he sees.
Sessions and rates
Three ways to work together. Pick one and book it.
How it works
Three steps. No packages, no retainer.
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Tell me what hurts
Two minutes on the form.
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We sit down
One working session.
- 3
You leave with a list
What to change, in what order.
Before you ask
The things restaurant owners ask me first.
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Book a working session
Tell me what's wrong. I'll tell you where to look.
Fill this in and you'll get times that actually work. The more you tell me now, the less of the session we spend on background.
Sessions in English, French or Italian. Functional Spanish.