About

Commercial hospitality thinking,
grounded in operating reality.

Culinary Strategy is a focused advisory practice delivering menu engineering, cost management and operating system work for restaurants, hotels and ownership groups.

Hemant Dadlani, Founder of Culinary Strategy
Hemant Dadlani · Founder

Founder & Advisor

Experience-led advice for operators who need clarity, not noise.

Culinary Strategy is the operating-systems and menu-performance platform. Dadlani F&B Consultants remains the broader vehicle for hotel-wide, investor and concept-development mandates.

Hemant Dadlani brings over 25 years of international hospitality experience across luxury hotels, fine dining environments and multi-unit operations spanning Australia, Asia and the Caribbean.

His background combines executive culinary leadership with sharp operational judgement — which is why the work goes beyond menu ideas or surface-level cost cutting. Culinary Strategy is built to help hospitality businesses improve performance where it matters most: menu engineering, margin, labour and operating rhythm.

The perspective is independent, commercially grounded and shaped by real operating environments. Not theory. Not templates. Practical strategy — built around the F&B profit system framework — that helps an operation run better after the engagement ends.

Great hospitality is creative by nature — but sustained performance only happens when creativity is supported by structure.

Hemant Dadlani
25+ years in hospitality Australia · Asia · Caribbean Hotels, resorts & standalone venues Senior-led on every engagement

Career Background

Properties and
operating experience.

Current
Founder — Culinary Strategy & Dadlani F+B ConsultantsIndependent advisory across menu engineering, profit systems, concept strategy and operating performance for hospitality groups, standalone venues and ownership teams.
Australia
Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney · Marriott Hotel, Circular Quay · Amora Hotels & ResortsSenior culinary and F&B leadership across premium hotel environments, multi-outlet operations and service-led teams.
Asia
Pangkor Laut Resort, MalaysiaLeadership within one of the region’s best-known island resorts, with direct exposure to luxury guest experience and high-expectation operations.
Americas
Jade Mountain, Saint Lucia · Rosewood Hotels & ResortsLuxury hospitality experience shaped by destination dining, resort operations and internationally benchmarked service standards.

What we work on

Typical engagement
themes.

Most engagements share a common pattern — strong operations under commercial pressure that need a clearer operating framework, not a bigger team or a more complex system.

We engage selectively, typically four to six active projects at any time, to ensure senior-level involvement on every engagement.

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Common engagement triggers

  • Margin pressure despite strong top-line revenue
  • Menu complexity, poor mix or unclear pricing logic
  • Labour drift and inconsistent productivity
  • Need for concept clarity or operating reset
  • Pre-opening F&B strategy and systems build
  • Multi-outlet alignment and performance standardisation

Confidential enquiry

Tell us what is happening.

Share a short outline of the venue, the current situation and what outcome matters most. All enquiries are handled personally and confidentially by Hemant.

Or email: hello@culinarystrategy.com.au

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Received

Thank you — your enquiry has been submitted. Hemant will be in touch personally.

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Schedule a strategy call

30 minutes. No obligation. A focused first conversation to identify what needs attention and whether a deeper engagement makes sense.

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Connected advisory

For hotel, resort and investor engagements

Larger-scale and pre-opening F&B advisory is delivered through Dadlani F+B Consultants — concept strategy, performance optimisation and implementation oversight.

Dadlani F+B Consultants →