From time to time, experienced restaurant professionals reach a point where their leadership trajectory, growth potential, or long-term goals require thoughtful evaluation beyond their current environment.

Exploring what’s next — whether senior leadership, partnership, ownership, or a strategic transition — demands discretion, credibility, and deep industry understanding. Traditional job boards, recruiters, and informal networking rarely provide the level of protection, context, or alignment required at this stage.

US Restaurant Consultants provides confidential professional representation and transition advisory services for select individuals and leadership teams within the restaurant and hospitality industry. This engagement is advisory in nature and designed to support informed, ethical, and well-sequenced professional transitions.

This is not a recruiting or placement service.

This advisory engagement is appropriate for experienced professionals with a demonstrated record of operational leadership, strategic contribution, or team leadership, including:

• Executive chefs and senior culinary leaders
• General managers and directors of operations
• Beverage directors and hospitality leadership
• Multi-unit or opening leadership teams
• Professionals exploring partnership or ownership pathways

This service is not intended for entry-level job seekers, hourly placement, or general employment searches. Engagements are selective.

Most engagements begin with a confidential intake and initial discussion to determine suitability, discretion requirements, and alignment. Not all inquiries proceed to engagement.

When appropriate, advisory support may include:

Initial opportunity exploration may be conducted without disclosing identity, allowing alignment to be assessed before exposure or commitment.

Operational experience is translated into clear, market-facing narratives that reflect leadership capability, financial impact, and growth potential — beyond a résumé.

Potential opportunities are evaluated for factors often overlooked by candidates, including capitalization, ownership structure, operational expectations, leadership culture, and risk exposure.

For paired leaders or intact teams, transitions are structured ethically and professionally to minimize reputational risk, contractual exposure, and industry fallout.

Guidance is provided on timing, communication, and knowledge-transfer planning to support professional exits that preserve relationships and credibility.

For professionals considering ownership or partnership, advisory support may include evaluation of equity structures, governance rights, capital risk, and long-term role clarity.

This service operates under strict professional standards:

• US Restaurant Consultants does not solicit talent from active client engagements
• We do not act as recruiters or placement agents
• We do not represent employers seeking to staff positions
• Confidentiality, discretion, and professional integrity are foundational to every engagement

Engagements are structured as advisory relationships, not contingent placement.

Depending on scope and objectives, structures may include:

• Fixed advisory engagements
• Monthly retainers for ongoing representation
• Defined transition or evaluation engagements
• Advisory support related to ownership or equity pathways

Terms are defined in advance and aligned with long-term outcomes rather than transactional placement.

Unlike recruiters or career coaches, US Restaurant Consultants brings:

• Decades of restaurant and hospitality operational experience
• Financial and operational fluency at ownership and investor levels
• Industry credibility to represent opportunities professionally
• Independence from placement-driven incentives

With decades of hands-on restaurant operations and advisory experience, US Restaurant 

Consultants engages operator-to-operator, with discretion, judgment, and intent.

This service is offered on a limited, selective basis.

Most engagements begin with a confidential intake and discussion to determine whether advisory representation is appropriate.

Confidential inquiries are reviewed selectively. Submission does not imply engagement.