(Disclaimer: I've never ran a restaurant). A passionate and skilled cook is good, yes, but running a restaurant is about more than that: * How do you train and

(Disclaimer: I've never ran a restaurant). A passionate and skilled cook is good, yes, but running a restaurant is about more than that: * How do you train and employ an effective wait staff? * How do you design a good menu that's practical to cook a lot of? * Where do you source your ingredients from? How do you get the quantities you need (and no more)? You might need to cook dozens or hundreds of a certain dish in a day. * You need to buy or lease a building suitable for a kitchen and dining room. The location is extremely important & will cost you a lot of money. * Do you choose to embrace delivery apps? * Can you handle lunch & dinner rush? * How do you price your menu in order to remain financially solvent, given everything above? (and likely many factors I'm not taking into account) Some of these things change depending on the nature of the food (e.g. pizza to go vs sit-down fine dining), but it comes with all the problems of a small business.