International Restaurant and Hospitality Consulting Group is a team of highly experienced and knowledgeable restaurant, retail and hospitality consultant professionals. Our team members are former Chief Executive Officers, Operators, Owners and Vice Presidents of some of the largest hospitality and retail companies in the world.

The core value of our group has always been to Over Deliver and Exceed our Clients Expectations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kenneth Hoffman  FMP

Founder of International Restaurant & Hospitality Consulting Group

Mr. Hoffman leads our talented team of consultants, educators, administrators and is responsible for all consulting services worldwide.

 

Kenneth Hoffman is a restaurant and hospitality expert with over 30 years of experience leading four of the world’s favorite hospitality brands. Hoffman and his expert advice are featured in many publications, textbooks and videos. One textbook, “Principals of Operational Management” features Hoffman’s leadership strategies, cost saving techniques and profit promoting plans, and is used in most master degree programs around the world.

Other restaurateurs and hospitality companies began seeking Hoffman’s expertise on how to employ the strategies that worked so well for America’s favorite hospitality brands. This led to the birth of his restaurant consulting and business advisory firm “International Restaurant & Hospitality Consulting Group” where Hoffman has formalized and systematized procedures that can help other small and large businesses, especially in the hospitality industry. Over the years, Hoffman has provided assistance to countless restaurant and hospitality-related businesses all over the world.

Recognized internationally for his ability to articulate exact game plans and road maps for operating a successful business, Ken speaks frequently around the world to packed crowds at trade shows, boardrooms, corporate meetings, conventions, universities, concepts and organizations. Hoffman enjoys working with clients of all backgrounds and is equally comfortable engaging with companies on the Fortune 500 list as well as concepts and organizations in their infancy stage.

Mr. Hoffman’s Recent Speaking Engagements:

Recent Workshops Created and Facilitated by Kenneth Hoffman around the world for fortune 100 companies

• Getting To Do- Getting Results
• Safety in the Work Place
• Serve Safe Food Safety
• Performance Management
• Leadership Development (Levels 1 to 4)
• Interpersonal Communication Skills
• Corporate Alignment
• Creating The Army of Giants
• Conflict Management / Conflict Resolution
• Teamwork / Team Building
• Facilitation Training
• Getting Employees to Perform
• Personality Differences in People
• Embracing/Managing or Leadership Change
• Time Management / Personal & Team Productivity
• Diversity Management
• Creative Thinking / Innovation
• Goal Setting & Achievement
• Systems and Processes
• Marketing In The Downturn
• Building Guest Loyalty
• Branding Your Restaurant Business
• Menu Engineering Profits
• Customer Service
• Blowing Away Guest Expectations
• Selling Skills Training
• Corporate Strategic Planning
• Harassment Training
• Hippos & Tigers
• Safety in the Workplace
• Increasing Value Perception
• Creating a Guest Experience Culture

Articles and Books,

• Many blogs and articles for newspapers, websites, magazines

Mr. Hoffman also is a certified business consultant, motivational speaker, corporate CEO (restaurant chain), certified forensic witness expert for the hospitality industry and Chairman of, KickinLickin-Cancer.org (Non-Profit Organization)

Mr. Hoffman is also a Forensic Witness Expert for the Round Table Group and has provided key research and depositions for firms and insurance companies His ability to deliver unbiased opinions and reports as well as impartial testimony at deposition and trial are his hallmarks.

Mr. Hoffman also serves and is recognized by the Gerson Lehrman Group as an educator for the restaurant and hospitality industry.