Laurent Chevalier
Hospitality Consultant Greater China
Laurent started his career in Paris and was Assistant General Manager Place des Vosges at La Guirlande de Julie, sister restaurant of La Tour d’Argent before moving to New York in 2000 where he worked for established Chefs such as François Payard and Daniel Boulud as a General Manager. While working for Daniel Boulud, he helped opening his restaurants in NYC, Miami and Montreal. He was then offered a position of Operations Manager for the MARC group where he supervised its four restaurants in the US including Michelin starred A Voce restaurants in Manhattan. After 14 years in the US, his fascination and appreciation for Japanese culture led him to join Alain Ducasse Entreprise in Japan as General Manager of Beige Alain Ducasse Tokyo in July 2014. …Laurent est maintenant à Hong-Kong depuis avril 2016…as Director of Amber restaurant and bar, Mandarin Oriental Landmark Hong Kong.
Depuis peu :
Dear all,
I just launched a hospitality consulting company called “Top Notch”.
Here is in a nutshell what I can do for you:
– Give advice on pre-opening concepts
– Provide forecast template
– Provide job descriptions
– Review marketing plan
– Help with menu engineering and pricing
– Assist with interviews
– Review and give advice on pre-opening budgets
– Help clients to achieve Michelin standards
– Provide client with SOP’s and sequence of service
– Provide hotel and restaurant critical paths
– Follow-up visits followed by reports about the experience and give advice as of what needs to be corrected
– Can propose brands to work for glassware, chinaware, flatware and linen and share connections with client
Please feel free to share this with anyone potentially interested.
Thank you.
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