Ch.01Beginner
Foundations for Operators
6 modules · 3hReading a P&L, separating sales from deposits, and the language of restaurant finance — the ground every owner builds on.
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01 — The Practice
Numbers you can
finally trust.
Hospitality accounting for bars, restaurants, food delivery, and catering companies. Bookkeeping, accounting, and fractional controllership built around how you actually sell — covers, ticket times, delivery commissions, and food cost. Plus personal financial education for the owners behind every one of them. We turn financial confusion into clarity — and clarity into compounding growth.
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The Marcel Academy
A learning gallery for hospitality finance.
Self-paced chapters and live cohorts built for operators — kitchen-side, not classroom-side. Move at your own pace; the curriculum builds with every module you complete.
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Ch.02Beginner
Prime Cost & Menu Margins
5 modules · 2.5hFood cost, labor, and the 65% line — how to price a menu and engineer the items that actually pay the rent.
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Ch.03Intermediate
Labor, Tips & Payroll
7 modules · 4hScheduling against sales, tip pooling, overtime, and payroll taxes — turn your biggest line item into a managed one.
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Ch.04Intermediate
Delivery Platform Economics
5 modules · 2.5hCommissions, marketing fees, packaging, refunds, and chargebacks across the third-party apps — know which orders make money.
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"Great food can't fix a broken P&L."
The Approach
The precision of the numbers.
The judgment of a partner.
I
Fiduciary first
We are bound to act in your best interest — not a product's, not a commission's. Advice you can audit.
II
Books before strategy
Clean data precedes every recommendation. We never advise on numbers we haven't reconciled ourselves.
III
Educate, then empower
We teach you the why behind every decision. The goal is your independence, not your dependence.
IV
Operator's-eye view
A Friday rush, a 1099 delivery driver, and a catered event don't behave like a software subscription. We build the books around how your week actually runs.
The Method
How we work, step by step.
A repeatable rhythm — from the first disclosure call to the compounding clarity that follows.
01
Discovery & disclosure
A confidential conversation about your concept, your venues, and your goals. We gather POS reports, statements, invoices, and payroll — and listen for the friction.
02
Reconcile & baseline
We clean the books, tie out sales by day and by channel, and establish a true baseline for food, labor, and overhead.
03
Structure & scope
We map your scope — bookkeeping, accounting, controllership, and personal work — into a single engagement with clear deliverables.
04
Report & review
Monthly statements built like an operator's dashboard: sales by channel, prime cost, cash position — plus a review call.
05
Educate & compound
We teach the why, hand you the academy, and help margin discipline compound into locations that actually pay you.
The Working Brief
Run the room.
We'll run the numbers.
We bring the discipline of a finance team and the patience of a good teacher. That means sales reconciled nightly, food and labor cost you can see weekly, and a plan you can carry into the next decision.
Practical
No performance theater. Just a clearer read on what a Friday night actually earned.
Built to teach
Support that leaves you more confident, not more dependent.
The Advisory Console
A safe space for financial disclosure.
Toggle your needs to see how Garneau & Hampton fits your operation. No friction, no pressure — just a clear scope and a single conversation.
Scope CalculatorToggle to build your scope
Estimated scope$450 / mo
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A 30-minute discovery call. No obligation, no jargon.
04 — The Journal
Notes from the practice
Personal Finance · 5 min
The 50/30/20 Myth: A Real Budget for Real Professionals
The famous rule is a starting point, not a strategy. Here's how to build a budget that actually fits a modern life.
Catering · 5 min
Pricing a Catered Event Before the First Invoice
Most caterers price from memory and learn at month-end whether the event made money. A cost sheet settles that before the quote goes out.
Bookkeeping · 4 min
The Clean Ledger: Why Reconciliation Is a Habit, Not a Chore
Reconciliation isn't a year-end panic. It's a weekly rhythm that keeps your books honest and your decisions sharp.
05 — The Store
Ebooks & templates
Field-tested guides and plug-and-play spreadsheets for the hands-on operator.
