Our Company

Culinary Matters, a division of D.C.Ventures, Inc., is a complete culinary consulting service operated by Donald Chapelle, president and owner. Donald has opened restaurants throughout the continental United States, Hawaii and in Europe. Culinary Matters offers the distinction of an industry leader with both creative and static talents in restaurant build-outs, all areas of operation, training, goal-setting and profitability. Culinary Matters specializes in restaurant openings, guaranteeing a smooth transition from concept to opening with a concentrated focus on operating systems and profitability. Our services are vital for both the single-unit operator as well as the multi-unit corporation with the ambition to develop several units from the successful operation of the first. Culinary Matters will assemble a complete team of experts tailored to your vision and your budget.

In this diverse industry, few high level chefs have proven successes both as a single and multi-unit operator.
As a client of Culinary Matters, you will benefit from our experience in these two very different worlds. You will have all the resources of an established chef /operator and the sound business practices of an executive experienced in multi-unit operations.

Culinary Matters is unique in that we offer an all-encompassing variety of services. This affords our clients both an economic benefit and the efficiency that one company can offer, particularly for restaurant makeovers or openings. These services include our communication with the trades, GC, equipment installers, design architects, graphic designers and printers, who often will miss the mark because of miscommunications. This miscommunication is generally the culprit behind late, disorganized or sloppy openings. Let Culinary Matters design your kitchen and restaurant elements and manage your opening with a critical path for an on-time opening. Our experience with the design and building processes are supported by our partners.

Please view our bulleted list of services in the General Consulting category.

After viewing our website you will be convinced that Donald Chapelle and Culinary Matters will be able to deliver Complete Culinary Consulting Services.