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.

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, margin, labour, guest value and operating rhythm.

The perspective is independent, commercially grounded and shaped by real operating environments. Not theory. Not templates. Practical strategy 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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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 →