Concept and feasibility
Positioning, location, capacity, investment budget and projected P&L: we check that the project can make money before any works begin.
Project founders, chefs, groups and investors: CHR Consulting runs your opening from the first floor plan to the first plate served, with a single point of contact.
Poorly designed flows, an undersized kitchen, a budget that drifts, teams hired too late: these are the most common causes of difficult openings.
Ouverture 360, the firm's signature offer, covers the four phases of an opening: concept and feasibility, pre-opening, opening and stabilisation. For more than 25 years, Florian Poirson has run and opened venues, while advising in parallel through CHR Consulting, which he founded in 2012.
Positioning, location, capacity, investment budget and projected P&L: we check that the project can make money before any works begin.
Public-access building rules, accessibility, fire safety, food hygiene, licences and operating permits are planned from the design stage.
Kitchen sizing for the menu and volumes, layout, forward flow, storage, extraction and utilities.
Reverse schedule, coordination of works and equipment, supplier selection, POS and management tools.
Organisation chart, recruitment, standard operating procedures, training and service standards.
Soft opening, adjustments, then ratio tracking over the first weeks: cost of goods, payroll, prime cost.
CHR Consulting's Ouverture 360 offer covers concept and feasibility, pre-opening, opening and stabilisation, with a single point of contact. Support can also cover a single step (feasibility, kitchen, recruitment).
It depends mostly on the condition of the premises, the scale of the works and the permits required. The reverse schedule is set during the feasibility phase to fix a realistic opening date.
It depends on the floor area, the condition of the premises, the kitchen and the positioning. The budget is built during the feasibility phase, together with the projected P&L that checks the project's profitability.
Consulting is tailored and quoted after a first conversation. For a first opinion, the Expert session (one hour by video with Florian Poirson) costs €150 incl. VAT.
Let's talk about your concept, your premises and your timeline, in confidence.