John Sanei

Training workshops restaurants, front line service training, restaurant detailed analysis, brand refreshment.

• Restaurant training via the workshop "the show must go on"

• Restaurant consulting one on one

• Restaurant strategic and marketing plans

• Restaurant rebranding and refreshing

• Guest house and Hotel one on one consulting

More about John >

Started my professional life as a waiter at the age of 15. Moved to London at the age of 19 where I managed some very very busy bars (you know how the English can drink).

Moved back to South Africa at 23 and opened my own restaurant at the age of 24, and a further 5 in the next 8 years. All in all I have been involved in the opening of over 30 restaurants, ranging from silver service set ups to take away stores in high traffic areas in and around taxi ranks.

John Sanei by numbers: During my professional career owning Italian restaurants in 8 years I roughly sold:

• 500 000 pizzas

• 250 000 cappuccinos

Utilising:

• 150 000 litres of Italian whole peeled tomatoes

• 10 000 litres of olive oil

• 100 000 litres milk

And having turned in excess of R100 million

So in brief, I have done a few cash ups in my days, trained a few Ambassadors, made a cappuccino or two, been to the CCMA so often they used to keep my own chair, the thing that worried him is that they kept trying to plug it in :-)

Currently a successful hospitably fundi (expert in the new age lingo) and proudly associated with Retail Inc. Our sole purpose is to help new and existing restaurateurs to increase profit and reduce costs through inspiring and thought provoking workshops, audits and training.

I am passionate about leadership within restaurants and building sustainable working solutions for our clients.