Some operators need a free tool to confirm what they already suspect. Some need a 3-day kit to find the exact leak. Some need the whole operational engine rebuilt. Here is every option, in order.
No consultants. No weekly meetings. No generic advice. Systems built in a Yukon kitchen, tested on 80-hour weeks, rebuilt from $370,000 in debt.
Most operators enter at Level 1 and move when they're ready. Some skip straight to the Kit. A few apply for consulting before touching anything else. All paths lead to the same place: you know where your money is going.
Not sure which level is right? See the decision guide at the bottom of this page.
"You cannot fix what you cannot measure. These tools give you the measurement."
Three diagnostic tools. Each one takes under 10 minutes. Each one gives you a specific number or score you didn't have before. Industry data suggests independent operators at $800K–$3M revenue have $60,000–$220,000 in annual profit leak exposure across seven operational categories. These tools show you where yours sits.
No email required to see your results. No upsell in the tool itself. Just the number.
Estimates your annual leak exposure across 7 operational categories. Takes 3 minutes. Based on your actual revenue numbers, not industry averages.
Scores your menu's actual profitability using engineering principles. Identifies which categories are pulling margin down. Takes 5 minutes.
Measures how operationally dependent your restaurant is on you personally. High dependency = high burnout risk = high leak risk. Takes 5 minutes.
Find out if your restaurant is ready for outside help. Scores your operation across key readiness factors. Takes 5 minutes.
"The calculator showed you the size of the problem. The Kit gives you the tools to find which specific leak is biggest — and close it this week."
This is not a course. It is a structured 3-day diagnostic process backed by 8 tracking spreadsheets. Day 1: you expose the problem physically — weigh what you throw away, log what you actually have. Day 2: you diagnose the root cause using a 5 Whys framework on the biggest find. Day 3: you write a one-page protocol, brief your team, and start measuring. By Friday you know what the biggest leak is. By the following week you have a system addressing it.
Industry data suggests independent operators in this revenue range lose $2,500–$5,500 monthly across the seven most common profit leak categories. The Kit costs less than two days of that average monthly exposure. If it finds nothing, you spent $197. If it finds one thing, the first week pays for it.
Get the Kit — $197"The Kit closes one leak. The Protocol builds the system so leaks don't come back."
Three weeks. One week to interrupt the operational patterns causing the losses. One week to install criteria-based systems that replace gut-feel decisions. One week to pressure-test every new system under real operational stress — a packed Friday night, a short-staffed Saturday, a supplier that doesn't show.
The 21-Day Protocol is designed for operators running at 60% capacity. If it requires energy you don't have, it doesn't work. Every system in the protocol is built to function when you are exhausted — because that is when the leaks are worst.
Join the WaitlistBreak automatic reactions and comfort patterns. Install a deliberate pause before default behaviors. Stabilize before you systemize. You cannot build on a moving floor.
Replace emotional decision-making with Situation = Action protocols. Pre-decide responses to the eight most common operational crises. Eliminate decision fatigue — the operator's real drain.
A system only holds if it works at 60% capacity during a full house. Every new protocol gets tested against your real operational conditions. Close the "just this once" exception loops that undo everything.
"Not a consultant who visits once and disappears. A German Master Chef who reviews your actual numbers every month and tells you exactly what to fix."
Some problems require outside eyes on your specific operation. Not a template audit. Not generic frameworks. A review of your actual P&L, your actual menu data, your actual SOPs — with specific observations and a ranked list of what to address first.
The retainer model is async. No weekly meetings. No disrupting your service. You share the numbers, Chris reviews them, records a walkthrough, and tells you what he sees. You implement. You come back with questions. The system continues.
This is selective. Limited capacity. If the current cohort is full, you go on a waitlist. Apply first, have a conversation, and find out if it's the right fit before any commitment is made.
Apply for a ConversationIndependent operators at $800K–$3M revenue. You have a team. You're not doing the cooking anymore. You can see the problems but don't have the time, knowledge, or objectivity to fix them without outside eyes.
Four situations. Four answers. If none of these fit, message me directly.
Industry data puts the typical annual leak exposure for an independent operator at $60,000 to $220,000. The free calculator takes 3 minutes to show you where yours sits. Start there.