Turnkey Staffing

Restaurant Opening Staffing

Opening a restaurant is no easy feat. The team you build before day one determines everything that follows. We make sure you open —and stay open, with the right people in every position.

Full-Team Staffing for New Concepts

Whether you are launching a fast-casual concept or a fine dining destination, we build your entire team from scratch. Management, hourly staff, support roles for every position filled with candidates who match your concept and culture.

Fine DiningFast CasualFull-Service CasualHotel F&BFood HallsGhost KitchensMulti-Unit ConceptsPop-Ups & Events

Timeline Approach

Your Opening Timeline

We reverse-engineer your staffing plan from opening day. Every milestone has a clear deadline and deliverable.

12 Weeks Out

Strategy & Planning

We partner with your leadership team to build a comprehensive staffing plan. We define every role, headcount, compensation range, and ideal candidate profile for your concept.

Organizational chart design
Compensation benchmarking for your market
Sourcing strategy and candidate pipeline buildout
Hiring timeline and milestone mapping

8 Weeks Out

Management Hiring

Leadership hires come first. Your GM, kitchen manager, and FOH manager need to be in place early so they can shape the culture before the rest of the team arrives.

GM and AGM placement
Chef and sous chef recruitment
FOH management hiring
Beverage director search (if applicable)

4 Weeks Out

Full Team Staffing

With management in place, we execute the full hourly hiring plan. Line cooks, servers, bartenders, hosts, bussers, dishwashers — every station staffed and ready for training.

Complete BOH team placement
Complete FOH team placement
Support staff hiring (runners, bussers, dish)
Background checks and credential verification

Opening Week

Launch Support

We do not disappear after placing your team. During opening week, we are available on-call to handle last-minute replacements, no-shows, or additional staffing needs.

On-call replacement guarantee
Day-one readiness check-ins
Immediate backfill for any gaps
Post-opening assessment and adjustments

What Is Included

Our opening staffing package goes well beyond placing bodies in roles. We are your strategic hiring partner from concept to launch.

Complete Hiring Execution

We handle every step of the hiring process from sourcing to offer acceptance, so your leadership team can focus on buildout, menu development, and vendor relationships.

Training Coordination

We work with your management team to build training schedules, orientation programs, and skill checklists so your team is aligned before the first guest walks in.

Culture Building

A new team needs a shared identity from day one. We help facilitate pre-opening team meetings, values workshops, and alignment sessions that establish your culture early.

Employer Branding

We craft job postings and candidate communications that sell your concept and attract the right people. Your opening job ad should be as exciting as your restaurant.

Market Intelligence

We provide data on local labor markets, competitive pay rates, and talent availability so you can make informed decisions about compensation and team structure.

Scalable Team Design

We help you build a team that makes sense for opening volume and can scale as the restaurant ramps. No overstaffing. No scrambling two weeks in.

Opening a new restaurant?

The earlier we start, the stronger your team will be on day one. Let us build your opening staffing plan and take hiring off your plate.

Plan Your Opening (404) 477-4723