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Some of you may view online restaurant rating sites as
helpful entities that capture word-of-mouth and accelerate its benefits
by disseminating it online. Others think of them as rogue entities
looking to sabotage their business unless, in on case, they pay them a
fee and play along. Still others may simply be grateful for the blizzard
of patron feedback these services provide, negating a need to hire a
secret shopping service or bother with comment cards. But whatever you
think of Yelp, Chowhound and Zagat, give a listen to what their
representatives say in public about how they relate to restaurants.
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Guess again if you think those one-shot cruise line gigs
are as cushy as it gets for high-profile chefs. The Ojai Valley Inn &
Spa Celebrity Chef Classic is setting the new standard. The five
participating culinarians in this three-day (11/13-15) event will assume
the role of golf pros, meaning that customers will pay $1,450 per person
to golf and otherwise rub shoulders with them during the weekend. If you
like to hit the links in your spare time away from the kitchen—and we
know many chefs do—this gives you something worthwhile to shoot for
next year.
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With more than one million immigrants joining the ranks of
U.S. citizens each year, it’s probably no surprise that sales of
ethnic foods are exploding. According to a new report from Mintel
International, sales of ethnic eats should grow about 20 percent in the
next four years.
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