Blueprint Culinary / St. Petersburg
Restaurant consulting · St. Petersburg, Florida
Blueprint Culinary is a St. Petersburg restaurant consultancy. We build the operating systems that let a great St. Pete restaurant become a great restaurant group, then stay to make sure they hold.
Why St. Pete operators call us
St. Petersburg has one of the most exciting independent restaurant scenes in Florida, and the competition for guests and good cooks gets tighter every year. Consistency and margin are what separate the places that grow from the places that stall.
It tastes different on Tuesday than it does on Saturday, because the specs live in two people's heads.
Food, labor and rent climb faster than menu prices.
Every question, every fix and every call routes back to you.
New cooks are trained by whoever happens to be on, not by a system.
The move that should grow the business is the one that most often breaks it.
Food safety gets handled after a bad inspection instead of every day.
What we do
Every engagement is hands-on: we are in your kitchen during real service, not in a conference room.
After the build, the Performance Partnership keeps it working: six onsite assessments a year, each scored with the Blueprint Restaurant Health Score and followed by a prioritized 30-day action plan.
Where we work
We work with restaurants in Downtown St. Pete and along Central Avenue, the Grand Central District, the EDGE District, the Warehouse Arts District, Kenwood, Old Northeast and the Gulf beaches, from St. Pete Beach and Treasure Island up to Clearwater, Dunedin and Safety Harbor.
We also work across the bridge in Tampa, and down the coast to Bradenton and Sarasota.
Who you work with
You get the founder, not a junior auditor. Blueprint takes two clients at a time.
Ryan brings 25+ years of chef-led operating experience: classical fine dining, events and banquets at Hound Ears Club; opening multiple P.F. Chang's China Bistro locations during the brand's peak; Regional Partner at Fleming's Prime Steakhouse; then Founding Partner & VP of Culinary at Fresh Kitchen, leading its culinary expansion from 1 unit to 17.
Blueprint Culinary is based in St. Petersburg and works with independent restaurants and growing restaurant groups across Tampa Bay and Florida's west coast.
Operators, not auditors. We work the line with your team until the systems hold.
Questions St. Pete owners ask
Yes. Blueprint Culinary Company is based in St. Petersburg, Florida. St. Pete restaurants get a consultant who can be in their kitchen the same day.
No. We work with independent restaurants and growing groups. The common thread is an owner who wants the restaurant to run to a standard without them personally holding it together.
Engagements start at $25,000 per location for Foundation, $35,000 for Systems and $50,000 for Enterprise. Kitchen design starts at $10,000. Full details are on our pricing page.
Before you sign the lease if you can. The cheapest problems to fix are the ones you walk away from. See opening a new restaurant and kitchen design.
Thirty minutes on your goals and what is actually holding you back. No pitch. If it makes sense, we send a short questionnaire and schedule a one-day onsite discovery.
Keep reading
Book a free 30-minute call with Ryan. We will talk through your goals and what is holding you back.
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