111. The Lost Art of Restaurant Orientation

The Cutting Onions Podcast · Jun 26, 2026 · 36m

On today’s episode of The Cutting Onions Podcast, Myles and I continue to the conversation about the basics of the business and talk about the lost art of restaurant orientations.

This is a basic fundamental of the business that is crucial to having engaged, inspired, and excellent team members.

Here is some of what we talked about in our conversation:

Technology (LMS, onboarding software) is a useful tool, but cannot replace human conversation, eye contact, and culture transfer

The industry has drifted toward mistaking the administrative package for a real orientation

Orientation is the…