Kitchen Leadership Path

Install a working food-cost operating system in your kitchen — architecture you own, not a script you repeat.

Architecture, not certification.

This isn’t certification. You won’t be handed a script to repeat. You’ll be handed the architecture — and the point is for you to make it yours: your kitchen, your judgment, your way of running it. That’s what we’re actually training toward.

Every tier builds Your Operating Plan — one block per unit. Capstone review is Standard and Guided only.

Six units. Leadership framing.

  1. Map the levers Week-one measurement action — see what actually moves food cost in your kitchen.
  2. Install The Five Weekly station OS so cost control is cadence, not an autopsy.
  3. Own purchasing Dock matches P&L — specs, receiving, and ownership at the back door.
  4. Find the drains The Eight Drains — locate where value leaves before the controller asks.
  5. Defend the number One-page story to GM / controller you can stand behind.
  6. Delegate + close Delegation, period close, and prep / banquet as included operating depth.

What you commit to

  • Finish the modules on the agreed timeline
  • Run the weekly blocks in the real kitchen, not only on paper
  • Report progress to the sponsor in one short update every two weeks
  • Tie each improvement to a kitchen result the business can see

Choose your path

Same curriculum on every tier. Everyone builds Your Operating Plan — a one-page plan, one block per unit. Self-Study ends there. Capstone is Standard and Guided only: written analysis of two closed periods, scored by your sponsor against their written goals. Guided adds Lockard review.

Self-Study

$595

Learn it on your own.

  • Includes the full System
  • Full curriculum, your pace
  • Your Operating Plan, built as you go
  • No sponsor, no capstone
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Guided

$4,500

Learn it with Chef Lockard.

  • Everything in Standard, plus
  • Kickoff call with Chef Lockard
  • Mid-point check
  • Capstone review and written notes
  • 20 seats a year
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Standard and Guided can both be employer-sponsored. Every tier credits what you already paid.

Ready to install the architecture?

Self-Study, Standard, or Guided — one inquire path. Capstone is Standard and Guided only.

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