Put AI to work in your restaurant

Another supplier price change, an unfinished training guide, a schedule to rebuild, or a week of numbers you have not had time to review. James brings an Operator’s perspective: choose a real problem, build a practical way to use AI around it, and learn how to repeat the work.
 

“I do not know what each dish really costs.”
Organize your recipes, yields and invoice prices into reviewable cost sheets. Flag missing inputs, explain changes and explore pricing scenarios before you make a decision.
 

“Purchasing takes too long, and information is scattered.”
Turn stock counts, supplier information and sales history into an order-review worksheet. Create a repeatable way to check quantities, price changes and questions for suppliers.
 

“I keep rebuilding the roster.”
Use your coverage targets, staff availability and expected business levels to prepare draft schedules and compare labour scenarios. Managers check and approve the final roster.
 

“Everything is in my head, and training starts over every time.”
Turn your approved operating standards into SOPs, opening and closing checklists, role guides and training materials. Teach supervisors how to maintain them as the business changes.
 

“I have reports, but no time to make sense of them.”
Create a weekly review routine from the reports you already use. Summarize sales, labour and food-cost movements, check the underlying numbers and turn meeting notes into actions, owners and deadlines.
 

“Marketing always falls to the bottom of the list.”
Build a manageable content calendar and draft menu descriptions, email updates and social posts in your voice, using your menus, events and photos. Your team reviews each message before publication.
 

“Guest feedback arrives everywhere, and we lose the patterns.”
Group feedback into recurring themes, draft thoughtful responses and create a service-improvement list. A person reviews every guest-facing response.
 

How we work together
 

1. Choose the problem. Discuss the recurring work, your current tools and what a useful result looks like.
2. Build and practise. Agree the scope, create reusable instructions and templates, then work through examples with you or your team.
3. Make it repeatable. Document the steps, review points and responsibilities so the process keeps working after the coaching.

What you take away
A documented workflow, working templates and practical coaching for the people using them. The engagement is tailored to your tools and available exports; direct integrations and automation are assessed and scoped separately.
 

We agree on information access before setup and use sample or de-identified data where practical. Owners and managers check outputs and approve pricing, orders, schedules and communications. Training starts from your approved operating standards.
 

Start with one headache
You do not need to change everything at once. Bring the task that consumes too much time, creates repeat work or keeps getting postponed.
 

Pricing: Custom quote after a discovery conversation.
 

Discuss your biggest headache with James
james@hugheshospitality.ca · 416-450-6170