RAVI BALAKRISHNA

Ravi Balakrishna has more than two decades of hospitality experience spanning restaurant leadership, operations and consulting. With significant corporate restaurant experience, Ravi is adept disseminating standard operating procedures across multiple locations and training team members for consistency and brand cohesion. With additional experience in independently owned restaurants, Ravi has also helped build and streamline front and back of house processes, led manager in training programs and overhauled restaurant audits to improve food costs, labor costs and inventory accuracy. Based in Nashville, Ravi supplements his leadership skills with a strong work ethic and commitment to quality, motivating his teams by setting an example. He is adept when it comes to curveballs during a busy restaurant service, guiding a team to the finish line through both experience and instinct. This level of leadership has led to longevity with team members, who have moved along with him as his roles have changed. His work as a consultant allows him to use his experience across all processes. He excels at consultation by using his experience across all processes, bringing fresh insight and proven procedures to operations in need of improvement. He also carries strategy for new restaurant openings that require every aspect of a startup, including manager hiring and training, recipe development, operating systems and vendor relations.