Summary:
Recipe For Success profiles new food-based businesses from start up through the first year and beyond. The show has featured such diverse businesses as a pizza shop in Ohio, a gourmet bakery in New York City and a 1950s themed diner in New Jersey. Anyone thinking of starting a restaurant should check out a couple of these episodes.Show Times:
Saturday
10:00 AM
Food Network (check your local listiings)Why it's Good for a Restaurateur :
There are so many aspects of starting a new business, especially a restaurant, that it can be very overwhelming. Recipe For Success goes through a lot of the steps budding entrepreneurs face. A common problem faced by many of the businesses featured on Recipe For Success is bringing existing buildings up to current health and safety codes. Nearly every business owner interviewed tells some story of how their restaurant lost money early on, because of delayed openings due to health code issues.What You Can Learn From It:
Recipe For Success is a half hour so it doesn’t go into a lot of details, however it does give the story behind each business, including why the owner wanted to start it, how they decided on a concept, menu, location and how they got financing to fund their dream. Although the problems they encounter are glossed over due to time constraints, the show gives a good picture of what it is like starting your own food-based business.
