David B TownsendJul 8, 20214 min readBasic Wedding Food PlanningMany venues either require a full-service caterer or use of their own on-site kitchen to provide food services. Once you're comfortable with
David B TownsendJul 8, 20213 min readBecome an Event Destination- An Asset to your Community Event Management takes skills in marketing and logistics, If you're a restaurant, B & B or winery potential niche market if you plan ahead.
David B TownsendJul 8, 20211 min readIntroducing: Ambrosia-the food blogDavid Townsend follows restaurants, food products, and marketing trends. His career began on the Monterey Peninsula as a Bartender...
David B TownsendJul 8, 20211 min readRoad Trips- get in on a discount shootGet in on one of my road trips and save up to 50% on a room/lobby or food photo shoot. Several times each year I take road trips and book...
David B TownsendJul 8, 20212 min readLogistics for Outdoor EventsIf you're a restauranteur or boutique hotel looking to expand into the lucrative Wedding / Event business in Northern California, a ...
David B TownsendJul 8, 20215 min readAmazon & Whole Foods- this changes everything in food service-You can't be in the food business and not have prepared, easily combined meal portions "to go." Food service is now about more than seated
David B TownsendJul 8, 20216 min read Off-Site Event Planning- Logistics 101In organizing the event, several steps need to have started days, weeks, or even months ahead of time. It's the “Day-of” the Event that I
David B TownsendJul 8, 20212 min readTownsends Consulting-Feefees are negotiable- travel vs home time is billed at different rates
David B TownsendJul 8, 20211 min readPhotography for Social Mediacreate a dedicated area somewhere that can be preset with good lighting and offer a variety of backdrops, you could plate food and shoot.
David B TownsendJul 8, 20211 min readWeb Design using WIXchoose your best suited template and build the initial site without you having the learning curve of navigating new a software program.
David B TownsendJul 8, 20212 min read10 Priorities in Restaurant Operations-an Evaluationoperations check list for restaurants
David B TownsendJul 8, 20219 min read Branding is just the first step in Marketing a RestaurantVisuals show off your food. Branding has to do with quality of your photo as well as your food.