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Restaurant Management and Development Forum in 2023
Boris Zarkov
Founder and CVO of White Rabbit Family.
Founder and CVO of the White Rabbit Family restaurant holding. Co-founder of the international gastronomic platform IKRA. Direct author of all of the holding's restaurant concepts and a recognized trendsetter in the Russian restaurant business.
Evgenia Kachalova - founder and managing partner of the wine bar chain "Wine Bazaar" Winner in the nomination "Restaurant Business and Gastronomy" "Business Women 2018"
William Lamberti
Russian restaurateur, entrepreneur
Russian restaurateur, entrepreneur, TV presenter, brand chef. Since 1990, in partnership with various restaurateurs and investors, he has created more than 10 restaurant projects, including Uilliam's, Ugolek, Nofar, Salumeria restaurants.
Restaurantweek 2023
HOW IT WAS
7 - 9 February, 2023 + Online broadcast worldwide
Restaurantweek headliners
The top restaurateurs you can't help but know about.
Boris Zarkov
Founder and CVO of the White Rabbit Family restaurant holding. Co-founder of the international gastronomic platform IKRA.
Founder and CVO of the restaurant holding White Rabbit Family. Co-founder of the international gastronomic platform IKRA.
Direct author of all the restaurant concepts of the holding and a recognized trendsetter in the Russian restaurant business. Successfully opened 25 restaurants in Moscow, Sochi, and Astana over 8 years. Brought the White Rabbit restaurant to the 13th place in the world ranking of The World's 50 Best Restaurants, and the Selfie project to the 65th place in the top hundred. Nurtured a pleiad of successful chefs and managers, changed the attitude towards restaurant staff in our country, putting the chef in the first place. Created a cool team led by chef Vladimir Mukhin, No. 9 in the Best Chef's Award '19 ranking. "Man of the Year - 2016" and "Restaurateur of the Year - 2017" according to GQ. Best Restaurateur of Sochi - 2017 Recognized by the national award for contribution to the development of the hospitality industry. Over his 25 years of experience, he has developed his own concept of entrepreneurship — the ecosystem of happiness. Believes that for a successful business, everyone should be happy: customers, employees, and partners, and the leader should remain in harmony with himself. Speaker at restaurant and business forums and closed corporate trainings, professional coach, and teacher. Perceives work as a hobby that should bring pleasure — otherwise, it should not be pursued.
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Henrik Winter
President of the restaurant holding "Tigrus" (Bar BQ Cafe, Osteria Mario, Shvili, ZEST). Over 50 restaurants in Moscow, Kazan, Tolyatti, Yakutsk, and Dushanbe.
Since 1983, he has been involved in opening and developing projects in the hospitality industry in the USA and France. He began his professional journey in the Russian restaurant market in 1991. In 2005, together with his wife Yulia Winter, he founded his own restaurant holding "Tigrus". The name reflected the founders' initiatives in wildlife protection: they promised themselves that if the holding flourished, the tiger population would also increase.
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Evgenia Kachalova
Founder and managing partner of the "Wine Bazaar" wine bar chain.
Winner in the "Restaurant Business and Gastronomy" category of the "Business Women 2018" award. Her gastropub Igristy entered the Top 10 in the "Best Concept" category of the national restaurant concept award "Palm Branch" in 2020. The Wine Bazaar bars received three stars in the independent all-Russian wine list award Russian Wine Awards in the categories "Best Wine Bar List" (2017, 2020) and "Best Russian Wine List" (2018, 2020). Wine Bazaar on Komsomolsky. The authoritative guide Gault&Millau named the "Wine Bazaar" on Komsomolsky Avenue a must-visit.
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Denis Ivanov
Restaurateur, owner of nearly forty restaurant projects in Novosibirsk and Moscow.
Restaurateur. He worked in major international companies (Coca-Cola Export Corporation). Since 2003, he has been engaged in the creation and development of his own restaurant projects. Author of the first high cuisine restaurant in Novosibirsk, "Classica". From 2009 to 2010, he served as the Director of the Food Organization Department of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee. Since 2010, he became the Executive Director of the Sochi2014.World Russky Dom ("Russian House") project at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Denis Ivanov's restaurants include Restaurant #SIBIRISIBIR (Moscow, Novosibirsk, Tyumen), Bake Up (Tyumen), Ramen Izakaya Bar [KU:] (Moscow), Krombacher Beer Kitchen (Moscow), Jean Huang Lu, AZIATISH, the Beerman chain of beer restaurants, and the "Cup of Coffee" chain. He was awarded the commemorative medal "For Contribution to the Development of the Novosibirsk Region".
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William Lamberti
Russian restaurateur, entrepreneur, TV host, and brand chef. He has created more than 10 restaurant projects, including Uilliam's, Ugolek, Pinch, Level2, Sartoria Lamberti, and Lumicino.
He began his culinary career in 1990 at Novotel Milano Est (Milan), where he worked for 12 years. In 1994, he joined the Michelin 3-star restaurant "L'Albereta" with Chef Gualtiero Marchesi in Erbusco, and later that same year, he worked at the Grand Hotel "Quisisana" (Michelin 3-star, Naples). From 1994 to 1996, he worked in restaurants such as Enoteca Pinchiorri with Chef Annie Feolde (Florence, Michelin 3-star), Lucas Carton (Michelin 3-star) with Alain Senderens, and Halkin (Michelin 1-star) with Stefano Cavallini. From 1998 to 1999, he worked in London at the restaurant "TECA". In 2002, he started working on his own restaurant "Casa Bianca" in Italy. In June 2011, in collaboration with the Ginza Project holding, he opened his first Moscow restaurant Uilliam's. In 2013, in partnership with Chef Glenn Ballis, he opened Zupperia. In November, he opened the restaurant Honest U.L. in the Aizel boutique. In December, Ugolek was opened, where William Lamberti acted as a restaurateur and partner of the establishment, as well as a brand chef. In 2014, William Lamberti, Glenn Ballis, and Alexander Oganezov opened their third joint project, the gastropub GlenUill. In December 2014, the restaurant Pinch was opened, where Lamberti also serves as a partner and brand chef. In 2015, William, in collaboration with Bruno Marino, opened the kosher restaurant AVIV at the Jewish Religious and Cultural Center "Zhukovka". In 2016, he opened the restaurant "Severyane". He also launched the online project UillToBe with information about health, love for life, and delicious food. In 2017, William Lamberti, together with Vladimir Davidi, introduced the Italian restaurant Salumeria. In April, in partnership with Novikov, he opened the Moroccan cuisine restaurant Nofar at the Badaevsky Plant territory. In July, together with Bruno Marino, they launched AVIV Express, a kosher food deli at Patriarch's Ponds. In 2018, he opened the Mediterranean cuisine restaurant Montifiori and the French bistro CocoLambert at Patriarch's. In 2019, he opened the restaurant Sartoria Lamberti at the Ritz-Carlton Moscow. In 2022, the retrospective restaurant Lumicino was opened on Bolshaya Nikitskaya.
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Sergey Mironov
Restaurateur, founder of Meat&Fish restaurants. Chairman of the Coordinating Council of the Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers.
Public Commissioner in the sphere of restaurant business in Moscow. Moscow. Member of the Presidium of the Management Board of Opora Rossii. Co-Chairman of the Expert Council of the SME Corporation. Member of the Expert Council of the State Duma Committee on Small and Medium Entrepreneurship. Member of the Council of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Member of the Expert Council of the Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation. Expert of the Small Business and New Employment subgroup of the New High-Tech Economy working group under the Government of the Russian Federation. Member of the Commission of the State Council of the Russian Federation on Small and Medium-sized Entrepreneurship. Co-Chairman of the Moscow Entrepreneurs Council. Senior Lecturer of the Hospitality Industry Management Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. Owner of RestConsult, a restaurant business optimization agency.
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Anna Kuklina
Editor-in-chief of "Afisha-Restaurants"
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Sanzhar Maksudov
Restaurateur with 20 years of experience, entrepreneur
Founder of IT company JOWI and Smart Group of companies
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Oksana Fotya
Founder of the 1st PR-agency in the field of banquet promotion and marketing PRmenu. Gastronomic columnist in business publications.
15 years of experience in PR and advertising. Certified specialist in design thinking methodology. PR portfolio includes more than 50 successful cases of cooperation with gastronomic projects and event venues. Curator of the online resto-practice Guru-Promotion. Marketing for new people. Winner in the nomination Guru - Charisma in the 1st marketing conference "Promotion Guru".
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Andrei Gryaznov
Restaurateur, expert consultant in the restaurant business, presenter and founder of the Restaurateur School program Founder and CEO of GRYAZNOV RESTOGROUP.
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Tatiana Perepelkina
PR specialist LEO Wine & Kitchen, Tunguska, Taigastro Festival, La Poste
PR and food studies specialist. In her portfolio: successful regional cases LEO Wine & Kitchen (Best Regional Restaurant in Russia according to "GQ Restaurant Rating 2019-2020", #1 WHERETOEAT South 2021), Tunguska (Best Regional Restaurant in Russia according to "GQ Restaurant Rating 2021"), Taigastro Festival (Best PR-campaign according to "Palm branch of restaurant business 2021"). Worked on the opening of landmark projects in Moscow - Smoke BBQ by Dreamteam and Atelier de Tartelettes by GT Group. Editor-in-chief of the gastronomic guide SpoonGuide. Author of articles and columns in St. Petersburg and Moscow publications, and a scientific paper "Gastronomic theater in Russia - representation of local culinary traditions".
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Maxim Grebennikov
More than 10 years in internet marketing. Attracted over 400,000 subscribers to a VKontakte community in 6 months without advertising. In September, with an investment of 100 thousand rubles, helped a restaurant from the region earn 900 thousand. (In total, we helped them earn more than 4 million.)
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Sergey Lebedev
Owner and founder of Chico Rico.
Marketer, strategist, mentor, market leader in his niche 6 years in internet marketing and 3 years in restaurant business. Project: CHICKO - Korean street food chain Turnover of Moscow chain for 2022 amounted to 560,245,000₽ Conducted 200+ personal reviews and consultations for restaurateurs, entrepreneurs and experts
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Polina Yelshina
Development Director of the communication agency "Appetite Marketing"
Over 18 years of experience in media, brand communications, events, promotion, digital and PR In the portfolio of projects Hilti Corp., Richemont Group (Cartier, Piaget, Montblanc), Crocus Group (Nobu, Nina Ricci), Diageo (Johnnie Walker, Baileys, Captain Morgan, The Singleton), MegaFon.
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Svetlana Sokolova
Co-founder and CEO of MYGRIBS Co-founder of Mushrooms Creative Group
(No. 1 PR in the Runet ranking FOR 2021 TOP-3 SMM in Runet rating FOR 2021)
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Alexander Tsymbal
Financial Director of Zavidovo Spa Village vacation residence Founder of FinPrisma project group.
Ex-financial director of the Chaykhona No. 1 restaurant chain (RTL) Speaker and expert of industry forums (Fig-2019, Restaurant-2019) and online events, regular speaker of the Small Business of Moscow GBU platform.
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Natalia Vostrikova
Psychologist, certified coach, member of the international association IPACT
Leading t-Games Head of the federal security school "Stop Threat" Kirov Ex-manager of the first Greek restaurant "Symposium" in Kirov.
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Sergey Khitrov
Head of RBC Market Research Analytical Group
Sergey started his professional career in 2010 in ROSBIZNESKONSALTING CJSC. Over the course of his career, he has managed a large number of projects dedicated to market research. He has repeatedly participated in conferences and forums and presented RBC's research results. Sergey specializes in quantitative research and has knowledge and skills in using a wide range of economic and statistical methods. He develops his own approaches, which are used in many marketing reports produced by RBC.
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Valeria Morozova
Head of b2b marketing Yandex Food
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Roman Vavilin
General Director of Polyana Restaurant Company and Head of WDF in Samara
We manage 11 concepts and 18 restaurants, including Dom Nino, Hokku, Rusiko, Where We Are Not and others, as well as the regional delivery aggregator Polyana Delivery Every year Polyana restaurants are included in the top 100 best restaurant concepts of different years.
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Elena Pobedonostseva
HR consultant, co-owner of the consulting company UnoDosTres, business coach and coachee
More than 12 years in the restaurant business, including leading business coach of the restaurant chain of Food Retail Group Holding and HR director of the coffee chain "Ideal Chashka". He conducts trainings and consults companies on HR management in restaurants and hotels, business management and strategy. Author and presenter of public trainings for restaurateurs, HR managers and trainers. Author of dozens of articles on restaurant HR management published in leading industry magazines. Curator of business education at the School of Chef's Art "SVCH", St. Petersburg Author of the book "ALL THINGS ARE IN PEOPLE. Your restaurant: how to make a team out of your staff"
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Alexander Ivanov
Founder of digital agency May Communication, specializing in complex work with HORECA objects.
Experience in advertising and marketing - 10 years. Owner of a major gastronomic blog about Moscow restaurants with an audience of over 300,000 people on a currently banned social network. Formerly a columnist for Marie Claire and Beauty Hack. May Communication's portfolio includes more than 200 successfully realized cases and work with gastronomic projects of different formats: from food market corners to premium Fine dining restaurants.
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Evgenia Makhneva
Founder of Management Factory, a consulting company for owners and managers in the restaurant business Speaker at RMA Business School
He has numerous publications and expert commentaries in such media as Restaurant Vedomosti magazine, r_cast podcast, Welcome times, RIA Novosti.
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Natalia Zharova
Founder of 4banket.ru. E. Agalarova, manager of the banquet service of the restaurants
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Nina Makogon
Founder of recruitment agency Rabotarestoran.ru, co-owner of online services RabotarestoranBot and RestoCVBot
Top restaurant recruiter, co-founder of RabotarestoranBot/RestoCVBot online services and FOODIKA lifestyle magazine. Head of the Information Policy Department of the FR&O
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Kirill Romaniuk
Heads one of the leading consulting companies in the HoReCa sector. Regular clients include both large chain customers and single projects from Russia, CIS countries and North America. Expert in building service and management systems in the hospitality industry. He has implemented more than 40 restaurant concepts and projects, conducted more than 1,500 consultations on business organization in Russia and abroad. Participant and presenter of business forums dedicated to the restaurant industry and entrepreneurship development.
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Natalia Patoka
Head of the guest community of the family cafe chain "UnderSon".
Under Natalia's leadership, the department team builds the guest community, is responsible for the digital direction of the network, and handles objections and all guest feedback.
In 2021 they created a community of guests, which became a priority for the network. Working with the community has shown effective financial results and a new level of guest loyalty. Previously: 2019 - Head of SMM 2020 - Head of Guest Relations and Loyalty Building
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What Conference 2023 was like
What was it like, what did we talk about and what impressions did the guests leave? Find out by watching these photos and short reports from the Restaurant 2023 conference
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In 2023, an experience was shared with you:
Boris Zarkov
Founder and CVO of the White Rabbit Family restaurant holding. Recognized trendsetter in the Russian restaurant business. Co-founder of the international gastronomic platform IKRA.
Russian restaurateur, entrepreneur, TV presenter, brand chef. He has created more than 10 restaurant projects, including Uilliam's, Ugolek, Pinch, Level2, Sartoria Lamberti, and Lumicino.
Restaurateur, founder of Meat&Fish restaurants. Chairman of the Coordinating Council of the Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers. Public authorized representative in the restaurant business in Moscow.
Restaurateur, expert-consultant in the restaurant business, host and founder of the Restaurateur School program Founder and CEO of GRYAZNOV RESTOGROUP.
Restaurateur, owner of almost forty restaurant projects in Novosibirsk and Moscow. Author of the first haute cuisine restaurant in Novosibirsk, Classica.
Restaurant standards. What they should look like and how to control them.
Why we need standards in the first place.
"We can't - manage what can't be measured. - demand what we haven't been taught. - scale what is not prescribed."
The process of creating a library of standards - an effective tool in the overall quality management system and a critical element in organizing employees. Where to start and what to pay attention to
How to include each employee in the system of standards work, keep them up to date. Control over the implementation of standards should facilitate the work of an employee, not vice versa
It is important to balance between the absence of standards and bureaucracy, how to find this ideal point.
Just about anything complicated. What is marketing?
The impact of the pandemic and crisis on the personnel market and on human resources within the company: stages, management principles, outcomes.
Approach to recruitment - clear criteria at the entrance / check for compliance with the company's values. "We do not hire, we invite to build a career in the restaurant business".
Training and non-material motivation of employees: unifying mission and values. Approach to management as a learning process. The principle of continuity of training and development.
Restaurant director - director - original approach to management.
Disciplinary policy: what is wrong in the usual perception, examples of correct use.
At the heart of any restaurant trend is economics, and more recently, politics as well. A lot of things will depend on it.
The fashion for world and global trends is not going anywhere. We will still be looking at how the restaurant business is developing around the world and what trends are relevant.
Tourism in our country, as a reference point, is very important. Where the people of Russia are traveling now and what kind of cuisine they are getting used to, that is where we should invest.
How do you promote now, stay on trend and make record queues?
The secrets of the ever-hyped concept. How to motivate people to visit a restaurant again and againHow to increase reputation and sales with the help of heath and criticism
How to assemble an ideal SMM-team and build its well-coordinated work
How to effectively promote a restaurant in 2023. Recipe from Chico's, which has 90,000 subscribers in the Telegram channel
TickTock is working? The only working way of posting to a Russian audience.
Personal brand formation is based on: individuality, expertise, impact, thoughtfulness of actions, naturalness, dedication, and systematicity.
Social networks as a tool for creating and promoting a personal brand.
What you need to do to make a personal brand work and bring results.A personal brand provides new ways not only to develop in the professional sphere, but also to promote your product.
VKontakte as the primary channel for fully seating guests in a restaurant.
VKontakte tools to increase LTV in a restaurant
How, with VK, to make full seating even on a non-running day
How to use modern VKontakte to digitize guests in a complete and stress-free way
Testimonials. How to maximize their number and handle feedback.
How for a restaurant to run word of mouth using VK. Without contests, raffles and tambourine dancing.
Automatic birthday mailings to guests and their second halves with an open rate of over 87%. How to load a restaurant with at least three celebrations per day?