Smart Kitchens
A space for chefs, restaurant owners, and hospo leaders.
Smart Kitchens isn’t just another course…
It’s a powerful community for chefs and hospitality professionals who want to run smarter, more profitable kitchens.
It’s where education meets connection.
Inside, you’ll learn the strategies that actually work and join a crew of chefs who’ve got your back every step of the way.
The Course Every Chef Needs
Making money from food is one of the biggest challenges in hospitality today. These courses are built from 20 years of experience from Michelin-star restaurants to bakeries, pubs, and cafés.
You won’t learn what to cook, but how to run a more profitable, sustainable kitchen.
Reduce waste. Control your food cost. Build better systems.
That’s how you run smarter kitchens.
Smart Kitchens is the heart of it all, a place to connect, learn, and grow.
Inside, you’ll find Michelin-star and hatted chefs, restaurant owners, and hospitality pros sharing wins, swapping systems, and solving real problems together.
Like a running club or a gym class, you’ll grow faster surrounded by people on the same journey.
Learn faster. Stay accountable. Build stronger, smarter kitchens… TOGETHER.
Where Chefs Grow Together
Who Will Benefit from The Courses?
This course aren’t just for head chefs and restaurant owners, it’s for anyone working in a kitchen.
Because when every cook understands why food cost, waste, and systems matter, the whole kitchen runs better, and the team steps up together.
And if you’re a cook with dreams of leading one day, there’s no better time to start thinking like a head chef than right now.
What you’ll learn?
The community is your foundation but the courses? That’s what makes it real
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This course shows you where to save without touching the guest experience. You’ll learn how to make small changes that protect your margins, without compromising on flavour, presentation, or portion sizes. It’s not about cutting corners, it’s about being smarter with what you’ve got.
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Systems are what keep your kitchen running when you’re not there. We’ll show you how to create ordering lists, par levels, prep schedules, stocktake calendars and more so your team knows exactly what to do and you don’t have to constantly chase your tail. Less chaos, more control.
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We’ll help you dial in your portions, reduce over-prep, track waste and cost your menu the right way with real-life examples from kitchens that did it wrong (and then fixed it). Because every offcut binned and every gram over-portioned is money down the drain.
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Great kitchens run on great communication. You’ll learn how to set clear expectations, train your team consistently, and build habits that stick, whether you’re managing 5 chefs or 50. The better you lead, the stronger your kitchen becomes and the less you’ll carry on your shoulders.
Smart Kitchens Was Created by Guillaume Zika
Guillaume is a chef with over 20 years of experience in some of the world’s top kitchens. He trained in 2 and 3 Michelin-star restaurants across Paris, London, and New York, working alongside icons like Thomas Keller, Mauro Colagreco, Claude Bosi, and Guy Martin.
He’s also spent time in bakeries, pubs, and large venues for 7 years doing thousands of covers a day, managing teams of over 60 chefs. In between this I also had my own restaurant for couple years.
Guillaume built these community to share the systems, tools, and mindset that helped him run profitable, consistent, and sustainable kitchens, without burning out or stressing every time he stepped away for a day off.
Today, he’s helping chefs and restaurants around the world do the same.
The Risk You’re Taking
Trying to improve your food costs and systems on your own can be costly. Without the right strategies:
You risk making expensive mistakes that eat into your margins.
You could burn out trying to carry the entire load yourself.
And it often takes much longer to hit your goals.
The truth is, going it alone wastes time, energy, and money. Just one strategy from the courses has already saved restaurant owners thousands, and it could do the same for you.
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• Head chefs who feel overloaded and need systems to delegate
• Restaurant owners who want to understand what’s really happening in the kitchen
• Line cooks and sous chefs who want to start thinking like head chefs now
• And anyone frustrated and struggling reducing their food costs
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The course includes 8 short, practical videos, and can be completed in under 2 hours.
You can watch it all in one go or break it up over a few shifts, whatever suits your schedule.
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You’ll get 8 practical videos packed with real kitchen strategies.
Each video comes with extra tips in the captions, written guidance to help you take action, and downloadable checklists so you can implement the changes in your kitchen straight away.
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Not at all. The lessons apply to any food business: cafes, pubs, bakeries, catering, high-end venues, or even food trucks.
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Absolutely. In fact, we encourage it. Running a kitchen is a team sport, and this course is a great training tool.
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Because results come from more than videos. The course gives you strategies, but the community gives you the tools, support, and accountability to actually apply them. That’s where the big wins happen.
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Yes, and here’s the best part: with the $79 one-off payment, you get lifetime access to all current and future courses, and the community instantly.
No subscriptions, no expiry, no renewals.
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That’s exactly what the community is for. You’ll be able to post questions, join live Q&As, and get support from Guillaume and other chefs and restaurant owners who are working through the same challenges.
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In most cases, yes. If the course is directly related to your work in hospitality, it can be claimed as a work-related self-education expense.
Check with your accountant or tax advisor to make sure it applies to your situation.
FAQ.
Hospitality isn’t dying, it’s Evolving
This community gives you the tools to run a kitchen that’s financially strong, sustainable, and built to last. You don’t need to burn out to run a successful kitchen.
Learn the systems that keep you in control and save thousands while you’re at it.