CARTALYST FOOD SOLUTIONS / CONSULTING

Bring the ambition.
Give it direction.

Culinary expertise and business thinking, connected by Bobby Kapoor.

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THE PRACTICE

Good ideas deserve
practical foundations.

For new concepts and established food businesses, the work begins by understanding the complete picture: the customer, the food, the brand and the systems behind delivery.

His expertise spans menu engineering, recipe development, operational improvements, supply-chain management, standard operating systems, strategic planning and inventory management.

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01

Concept & brand strategy

A clear point of view. A coherent food business.

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02

Menu engineering

A chef’s eye. A commercial perspective.

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03

Recipe development

The idea is distinctive. The execution is repeatable.

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04

Operations & supply chain

Connect the vision with the everyday.

A STARTING FRAMEWORK

From the question
to a considered plan.

01 / LISTEN

Understand the brief

Define the business stage, the challenge, the people involved and what a useful outcome would look like.

02 / CONNECT

See the dependencies

Consider how the food, guest experience, team, costs and operations affect each other.

03 / DEVELOP

Shape the scope

Agree which concepts, recipes, frameworks or systems should be developed and tested.

04 / REFINE

Learn in practice

Use feedback and practical testing to refine the direction. Exact scope is agreed for each engagement.

THE NEXT CONVERSATION

The first step?
A better question.

Tell Bobby where your food business is now and where you want it to go.