Serving Up Lessons to Young Entrepreneurs
Linden Public Schools
Students in the Linden High School Entrepreneurial Management Achievement Program visited The Stage House in Somerset to learn varied aspects of the restaurant business.
Executive Manager and Executive Chef Donald Erickson hosted the EMAP students on April 26, teaching them about property management, food preparation, customer service, menu item placement, physical environment, and monitoring of expenses and profit.
Erickson explained that all the employees of the Stage House are considered family and treated the students to lunch prepared to meet their dietary needs.
The students said the visit was interesting and entertaining and that they learned essentials of business that they can apply to their own company, “Transparent Planet.” The company is a yearlong project the students complete to achieve their EMAP diploma in June.
