• Train Through Personality – The Integrity Training Institute will show you how - www.integrity-training.com
• Red Balloon Day - Reward your staff with these amazing ideas - www.redballoondays.com.au
• Work buddy – online rostering solutions for larger organisations - www.workbuddy.net
• Success Corner – Motivate your staff with inspiration! - www.successcorner.com.au
• Staff Motivation – low cost ideas plus more - www.nelson-motivation.com
• Waiters world – everything you wanted to know about waiters - www.waitersworld.com
• Hospitality Speak – List of phrases and lingo used in hospitality - www.dinersoft.com
MANAGEMENT
• Barmetrix - Unbeatable beverage training & stock control systme- www.barmetrix.com.au
• DLook – Informative On line Business Directory - www.dlook.com.au
• True Local – Great local business search website - www.truelocal.com.au
• Great Small Business Information & Resource Website – www.totalbusiness.com
• Food and Beverage Manager – Information, articles and resources from America - www.ranw.com
• The Restaurant Doctor – Bill Marvin’s informative website - www.restaurantdoctor.com
• Sullivision – building performance and profit in hospitality - www.sullivision.com
• Profitable Hospitality – for complete staff and operations manuals and more - www.profitablehospitality.com
• Eldred Hospitality – reference information and articles in Australia - www.eldtrain.com.au
• National Restaurant Association – promoting and educating the American Hospitality industry - www.restaurant.org
• Foodservice design and operational consulting - www.cinilittle.com
• Restaurant and Catering Australia – official website of the national hospitality association - www.restaurantcater.asn.au
• Restaurant and Catering NSW – our states official website - www.rcnsw.asn.au
• On-line hospitality employment site - www.vocationh.com.au
• Close Encounters hospitality brokers - www.closeencounters.com.au
WORKPLACE TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT
• Access Group Training - www.accessgrouptraining.com
• Good Taste Company - Melbourne based training and consultancy mecca- www.goodtaste.com.au
• Kazbar Chefs Training aids, CD's, DVD's, and videos - www.kazbar.com.au
• Thinq Learning & Development - www.thinqonline.com.au
• Training resources – Articles and information for the trainer - www.training.com.au
• National Training Information Service – Training and government database - www.ntis.gov.au
• Resource generator – For trainers and educators - www.resourcegenerator.gov.au
• National Training Authority (ANTA) – Government training statutory authority - www.anta.gov.au
• Chic Hospitality – American Hospitality training consultants - www.easytraining.com
• DET Traineeships & Apprenticeships - www.apprenticeship.nsw.edu.au
DINING OUT & REVIEWS
• Menu Finder.com.au - Top National On Line restaurant guide - www.menufinder.com.au
• Smart Customer – Reward yourself for dining out - www.smartcustomer.com.au
• Eat streets at night – City of Sydney dining out guide - www.cityofsydney.gov.au
• Best Restaurants (De groots) – a list of the top restaurants and function centres - www.bestrestaurants.com.au
• The Restaurant Guide (R & C association) – search NSW and ACT for your favourite restaurant or café - www.restaurantandcatering.com
• Quality Dine In – Try this next time you decide to host a dinner party - www.gourmetdinnerservice.com.au
• City Search – cheap source of once page website as well as dining guide - www.citysearch.com.au
• Eatability – reviews and recommendations - www.eatability.com.au
• Booking Angel – for diners or restaurants in need of business - www.bookingangel.com.au
• City Eatery – bookings service utilising booking angel technology - www.cityeatery.com
INDUSTRY AWARDS & RECOGNITION
• Australian Achiever Awards – you deserve it! - www.achiever.com.au
• Micro business Awards – awards for all small business in Australia - www.awards.mbn.com.au
FUNCTION AND EVENTS
• Just Jumping Castles– for your next event - www.justjumpingcastles.com.au
• Its A Wine Game – perfect for your next premium do! - www.itsawinegame.com
• Auset jumping castles – great for kids and parents! - www.auset.com.au
• A ‘Swedish’ angle to your next function? - www.twoswedescooking.com.au
FINANCE AND LEGAL, AND GOVERNMENT
• Andersen Bowe–accountants,hospitality profit guides,business software tools-www.andersenbowe.com.au
• Access Legal - for quality legal and finance advice - www.accesslegal.com.au
• Australian Taxation Office - www.ato.gov.nsw.au
• Business entry point – Small government business assistance - www.business.gov.au
• NSW Business assistance – www.nsw.gov.au
• Office of Fair Trading – fee registration and permits etc. - www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au
• Office of Industrial Relations - www.industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au
• The Food Act and Legal jargon - www.legislation.nsw.gov.au
• Small business operations – more government assistance for your operation - www.smallbusiness.gov.au
• Trademarks – search and register your trademark with IP Australia - www.ipaustralia.gov.au
BEVERAGE AND FRONT OF HOUSE
• The cellar pointer – wine advice and articles of interest - www.thecellarpointer.com..au
• Barrista Basics – Quality coffee and courses to prepare it - www.baristabasics.com.au
• Create your own house labels - www.winedesign.com.au
KITCHEN AND FOOD SAFETY
• Food standards authority (Australia and New Zealand) – oversee food safety regulations - www.foodstandards.gov.au
• Safe food procedures – helpful site on implementing a food safety plan - www.good-safety.com.au
• Who is at risk – which bacteria can cause havoc - www.nzfsa.govt.nz
• Food internet - loads of information articles on the global food industry - www.foodinfonet.com
• Food service solutions – In the America market by Bill Main - www.profittools.com
• Recipes and products – from Goodman Fielder well worth a look - www.gffoodservice.com.au
• Just food.com – food industry news - www.just-food.com
• Food Blog – loads of news articles on the hospitality industry - www.kiplog.com
• Chefs page – create your operations manual for your kitchen - www.armsco.com
• Food Reference website – click through more great sites - www.foodreference.com
• 1000’s of recipes – a great source of ideas - www.recipesource.com
• Unlimited recipe resource - www.epicurious.com
MAGAZINES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
• Eat Drink Magazine - hot topics, trends, and articles in hospitality today- www.eatdrink.com.au
• Hospitality magazine – news, products, and services in Australia - www.hospitalitymagazine.com.au
• iSubscribe – for all your business and interest subscriptions - www.isubscribe.com.au
• Restaurant Report – essential reading for hospitality professionals - www.restaurantreport.com
CLUB AND HOTEL INFORMATION
• Australian Hotels Association(AHA) - www.aha-nsw.asn.au
MARKETING (INTERNET AS WELL)
• You got meals – an American take on email marketing - www.yougotmeals.com
• Want publicity – you can pay to get all the publicity you need - www.publicity.com.au
• Constant contact – fantastic online database and email marketing site – do it yourself! - www.constantcontact.com
• Plaxo – fast and efficient way to update your contacs and database - www.plaxo.com
• Penelope Photograpy – great food and beverage shots - www.penelopephotography.com
EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES
•Caterers Warehouse– a huge range of competetivly priced equipment - www.catererswarehouse.com.au
•Menu Stylist - Order yuor menus online and save - www.menustylist.com.au
•Tables and chairs – great range and we can get you the best price - www.cafeideas.com.au
• Commercial fit out and deign (DC4) – check out their jobs so far - www.dc4.com.au
• Branding and retail – more great looks for your establishment - www.designportfolio.com.au
• Docket books – endorsed by R & C QLD! - www.intertrade.com.au
• Crocker Hospitality – compare our prices with theirs! - www.crocker.com.au
• Instyle seating – another great hospitality seat supplier - www.instyleseating.com.au
• QCC – check out how their prices compare to ours - www.qcc.com.au
• Caterers Warehouse for all your equipment needs - www.catererswarehouse.com.au
OTHER INTERESTING SITES
• Survey monkey – create online surveys for your website - www.surveymonkey.com
• Poll wizard – another web poll solutions - www.pollwizard.com
• Blogs – keep your website visitors up to date - www.blogger.com
• How stuff works – everything you ever wanted to know about stuff! - www.howstuffworks.com
• What is it – An on line encyclopaedia - www.whatis.com
