Ultimate Resource Guide to Start Your Restaurant Business

Hospitality Staffing

• CES Search: Executive restaurant recruiters.
• Cypress Hospitality Group: National Hospitality Executive Search Firm
• Waiter Training Tips:
• HR Bartender:    A Friendly Place to Discuss Workplace Issues

Restaurant Equipment & Supplies

These companies distribute more than what is listed below, but they are known for certain supplies.

• J.B. Prince: Slicers, Mandolines, Disposable Pastry Bags, Pans
• Cuisine Classique: Slicers and Mandolins
• Kitchen Conservatory: Cake Pans
• Sur La Table: Egg Cutters/Toppers, Pans
• Chef’s Choice: Meat Slicers
• Cuisipro: Kitchen Accessories, Skimmers, Rasp Graters
• Williams-Sonoma: Terrine Molds
• Specialty Bottle: Bottles and Jars
• All-Clad: Cookware and Appliances, Slow-Cookers
• Cucina Pro: Pasta Machines
• Emile Hentry: Cookware
• Kuhn Rikon: Accessories, Utensils, Flame Tamer Heat Diffuser
• Rösle USA: Accessories and Utensils
• Staub: Cast-Iron Cookware
• Bridge Kitchenware: Lidded Terrine Molds
• Broadway Panhandler: Cre ê pe Makers and Bread Pans
• The Container Store: Glass Crocks
• Mr. Take Out Bags: Take Out Boxes and Bags

Tableware and Presentation Pieces

• Heath Ceramics: Ceramic Tableware
• Ileoni: Dining and Culinary Pieces
• Match: Pewter and Betri One of A Kind Cutlery
• Sagaform: Innovative Table Sets
• Heritage Culinary Artifacts: Antique Table Pieces
• Sonoma Country Antiques: Antique Decor
• Korin Japanese Trading: Decorative Sushi Picks, Chef Knives

Specialty Ingredients

These companies distribute more than what is listed below, but they are known for certain ingredients.

• D’Artangnan: Smoked Chorizo, Duck, Foie Gras, Squab
• Hudson Valley Foie Gras: Foie Gras
• Kosher.com: Israeli Couscous
• Sun Grown Organics: Micro Greens and Herbs
• Gourmet Mushrooms: Speciality Mushrooms
• Gourmet Food Store: Frozen Porcini
• Asian Food Grocer: Panko Crumbs
• Pennsylvania Macaroni Company: Pasta
• Guistos Vita-Grain: Pastry Flour
• Just Tomatoes: Dried Fruit
• Vanilla Saffron Imports: Iranian Saffron
• India Tree: Sparkling Sugars
• Zingermans: Herbs and Spices
• Market Hall Foods: Honey
• Marshalls Farm Natural Honey: Artisan Honey and Honeycomb
• Nielson Massey Vanillas: Vanilla Paste and Extract
• Perfect Puree: Cherry Puree
• Purcell Mountain Farms: Asian Black Rice
• Rancho Gordo: Heirloom Beans
• Sabatino Tartifu: Tondo Balsamic Vinegar
• Sparrow Lane: Assorted Vinegars
• Valrhona: Cocoa Powder
• Wholesome Sweeteners: Molasses
• Nirmala’s Kitchen: Garam Masala, Creen Cardamom Seeds
• Kalustyan’s: Tandoori Powder, Rose Syrup
• Salt Traders: Viking Sea Salt
• Terra Spice: Freeze Dried Corn
• Potironne Company: Canned Wild Burgundy Snails
• Salumeria Biellese: Garlic Sausand and Assorted Charcuterie
• True Foods Market: Almond Flour and Organic Ingredients
• Morse Farms: Maple Syrup
• Urbani Truffles USA: White and Black Truffles, Caviar
• La Tienda: Boquerones Anchovies From Spain
• Import Food: Kaffir Lime Leaves, Thai Basil

Fine Cheese

• Dibruno Bros: Fresh Mozzarella Curd
• Röth Kase: Gruy è re Cheese
• Bellweather Farms: Artisan Cheese

Meat & Poultry

• Jamison Farm: Grass Fed Lamb
• Fra’ Mani: Sweet Italian Sausage
• Hobb’s Maplewood Smoked Bacon: Bacon
• Sonoma County Poultry: Duck
• Burger Smokehouse: Country Hams
• Niman Ranch: Beef, Lamb, and Pork
• Elysian Fields Farm: Lamb

Seafood

• Dean & Deluca: Caviar, Foie Gras, Herbs
• Marky’s Caviar: Caviar, Squid Ink
• TSAR Nicoulai: Caviar
• Penn Cove Shellfish: Oysters, Mussels and Clams
• Gary’s Seafood Specialties: Frogs’ Legs
• Monterey Aquarium: Resources on Sustainable Seafood
• Tokyo Fish Market: Asian, Seafood
• Max Hansen Smoked Salmon: Salmon
• Pearless Fish: Crawfish, Skate, Monkfish and Sole

Restaurant Software

• EGS Enggist & Grandjean Software SA (EGS SA): Develops Intelligent and Advanced Recipe Management Solutions for Food Cost Control and Standardization.
• ChefTec: Recipe & Menu Costing, Inventory Control, Purchasing, Ordering, and Nutritional Analysis software.

Food Distributors

Wood Fruitticher Food Service is an independent broadline distributor of food and other restaurant-related products. (Southeast US)