Make More. Work Less.
This is my signature program and roadmap that teach independent restaurant owners how to work more ON their restaurant and less IN their restaurant.
How TRC Method™ Foundations Works
It's a month-to-month Coaching Program with a Focus on FOUNDATIONAL WORKSHOPs that will create NEW Results, Habits, and Action.
1. WEEKLY COACHING CALL
You will have a group coaching call where we dig into the module of the week. You'll be given homework and access to me for any roadblocks you encounter. You also have a weekly 1:1 Accountability Call with me.
2. PEER SUPPORT
Network with other restaurant operators around the world in our private Facebook group. Ask questions and get answers from people who have been there. Our network is our strength and your advantage.
3. ADAPT FOR RESULTS
As you go through the program you will be coached on how to adjust to your restaurant. All restaurants are a little different , yet the elements to long term success remain the same. Do the work in the right order.
After studying restaurant success for 45 years I can show you the success combination that every successful restaurant on the planet uses. This roadmap when followed will unlock the key to success and allow you to get the restaurant you want, without sacrificing your life to your business.
I cracked the code to long-term restaurant success about 10 years ago. It's not about just doing the right things, it's about doing the right things in the right order.
Let's break it down...
Phase One - People
LIKE WHEN YOU BUILD A HOUSE YOU MUST HAVE A SOLID FOUNDATION. FOR A RESTAURANT THIS MEANS CREATING AN OUTSTANDING CULTURE.
Workshop 1
Behavioral Assessment Tools
Learn your natural strengths, then harness them to grow your brand and build a high-performance team.
Workshop 2
The knowY Workshop
Your mission, core values, and vision become your compass and beacon for your brand to attract talent and guests.
Workshop 3
Hiring & Training
Getting a solid hiring and training program in place is the key to attracting better talent and keeping them.
BONUS 1
Access to TRC Conquest Path
After 90 days in the Accelerator Prime Program, your coach will allow you access to one of our specialty programs based on your profitability!
Below 5% you go into The Profit Rocket, where we dial in your budgets, P&L, and organic marketing.
5-10% you jump into the Advanced Profit Accelerator where we amp up the tools needed to maximize your profits and start getting your time back.
10-12% you'll get access to The Restaurant Builder, where you get tools to build your dream team and implement our T.O.T.A.L Framework.
12%+ - you are ready for Restaurant Owner Academy where you work more ON your restaurant and less IN it...
For those wanting it all, our Restaurant Empire Builder is an invitation-only private advisory program where Donald shows you the step-by-step plan to build a million-dollar profitable EMPIRE!
"Donald helped us reshape our culture through his coaching program. That has transformed our brand, our team, and our profits to new levels. We now spend more time working on our business and enjoying being restaurant owners."
— Todd & Candy Sheets, Owners, Sno’s Seafood & Steak
Everyday You Wait Is Another Day You Get Further Behind
There is power in starting now! Taking the first step is the hardest. Do something today that is an investment into your future.
Phase Two - Product
AFTER YOU HAVE A SOLID FOUNDATION (CULTURE) NOW YOU CAN BUILD A SOLID FRAME TO YOUR HOUSE. HERE IS WHERE YOU BUILD THOSE ELEMENTS THAT PROTECT YOUR PRODUCT (OR BRAND).
Workshop 4
Food Cost
Did you know that the average restaurant is missing 9% of potential profits from mismanaged food costs? In this workshop, you will finally get control of your food and beverage costing.
Workshop 5
Menu Design & Profit
Your menu is your #1 marketing and profitability tool, yet most do not give it the respect it deserves. In this workshop, we are going to fine-tune your menu to become an ATM for your restaurant.
Workshop 6
Effective Marketing
All restaurants post on social media, very few market. Even fewer have a solid plan that allows their brand to stand out.
BONUS 2
Access to The Leadership RoadMAP
Get inside access to my #1 leadership training program that was until now, only available to my private coaching clients. You can also have 3 other members of your team join for 9 courses that will give your team the EDGE!
"We started working through The Restaurant Accelerator Coaching Program that Donald designed and within 2 months we started seeing amazing changes, the culture is defined, the concept and communication aligned, the team was motivated and sales are increasing!! We now have a plan and what’s better we have clarity on how to achieve it."
— Andres M. Cardona, Owner, Instinto Gastrobar
Phase Three - Process
THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN LIVE OR DIE. THE GOAL HERE IS TO WORK MORE ON YOUR RESTAURANT AND LESS IN YOUR RESTAURANT. WE'LL ALSO PUT MORE MONEY IN THE BANK AND BUILD YOU A SCALABLE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR WHATEVER YOUR GOALS ARE.
Workshop 7
Accountability Systems
All restaurants have a few checklists around that barely ever are used to their potential. Here we'll set you up with a proven system that gives you your time back and still keeps your team on track.
Workshop 8
Strategic Planning
Without a clear plan and the action steps to implement you will just spin your wheels month after month and never grow. We'll break your planning down into quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily formats.
Workshop 9
Profitability
Now that you have the 90% of the formula in place it's time to close the gap on the final 10% and that is how to maximize your P&L for more profits.
BONUS 3
Access to The Restaurant Accelerator REBOOT Course
– Weekly strategic calls focused on actual building a high profit brand
– Based on my new book Ingredients
"While I am a seasoned owner and I am confident in my skills, I can still get caught up in the operation and lose sight of the big picture. Donald has really helped me see the big picture and prioritize what I need to do to thrive and not just survive."
— Myra Ghattas, Owner, Sixty-Six Acres & Slate Street Cafe
Meet Donald Burns, The Restaurant Coach®
I’ve been where you are. My first restaurant almost closed six months after opening. I struggled and had too much pride to admit that I needed help. You see, I knew how to run a restaurant. I did not know how to build a business. I met a successful businessman who became my mentor and showed me the steps to build a brand and a profitable business! Many of those lesson he taught me I still use today!
Today, I work with serious independent restaurants that want a clear path to build their brand, strengthen their team, and increase their profits (without sacrificing their life to their business). I have unlocked the combination to long term restaurant success. Allow me to show you the path to getting it all.
MEET DONALD
The Restaurant Accelerator Uses a Proven Learning System Called C.A.P.S.
Some of the 3000+ Success Stories...
Will your restaurant be the next success story...
How did these restaurants get the life they wanted?
They joined The Restaurant Accelerator™ Coaching Program!
The Restaurant Accelerator™ Coaching Program
The Restaurant Accelerator™ Program is the most straightforward, most predictable, and proven system for anyone serious about doing what it takes to achieve the goal of maximizing the potential of their brand.
It's the best coaching program I offer and is known as "hybrid coaching." You get a combination of online courses (self-study), group coaching (mastermind), and 1:1 accountability coaching with me (weekly private calls).
I help restaurants increase profits following my 3P Framework of People, Product, and Process. It's worked for over 3000 restaurants, and it will apply to your business model.
Remember that this program is my top-tier hybrid coaching module that blends online learning + group mastermind calls + private 1:1 coaching calls with me weekly.
You get access to ALL of my coaching programs:
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The Restaurant Accelerator™ Workshops (360 result-focused sub-workshops that teach the 3P Framework)
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3 hours of weekly group coaching sessions
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Private 1:1 coaching with me personally
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24/7 access to ALL training inside The Restaurant Coach™ University (RCU has 1000+ hours of content)
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Access to The Profit Rocket™
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Private member's message platform (network with like-minded restaurant owners around the globe)
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Access to The Leadership RoadMAP (9 courses designed to give you team the skills that need to thrive)
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Team Access to The Restaurant Accelerator + RCU for 3 members of your leadership team
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500 templates, downloads, and resources to get the restaurant and life you want!
BONUSES
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(2) VIP Ticket to The Restaurant Owner Bootcamp (2-day LIVE intensive)
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(2) VIP Ticket to The Restaurant Success Summit (3-day LIVE immersive experience)
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Access to my PRIVATE CELL for questions 7-days a week
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Signed copies of all my books
TOTAL VALUE = $110,541
YEAR DEAL
$16,000
4 PAYMENTS/SAVE $4,000
The All-In-One System for Independent Restaurant Owners Who Are Done Playing Small
Let’s be real.
If you’re running on fumes…
Drowning in the chaos…
And stuck in the same damn loop of working harder just to stay afloat…
Then you’re not building a business.
You’re surviving inside a prison you built with your own two hands.
That ends now.
The Restaurant Accelerator™ is your complete coaching system to reclaim your profits, your power, and your peace.
It’s not a course.
It’s not a mastermind.
It’s a full-blown restaurant REVOLUTION.
WHAT YOU GET INSIDE THE RESTAURANT ACCELERATOR™
FULL ACCESS TO MY ENTIRE COACHING ECOSYSTEM
The Restaurant Coach™ University
– 24/7 access to 10 full-length restaurant growth courses
– Over 400 hours of proven tools, tactics, and restaurant systems
– New course added every single month
The Accelerator REBOOT™ (OWNERS ONLY)
– Weekly strategic calls focused on actual profitability
– Build out your budgets, P&Ls, and organic marketing engine with surgical precisionRestaurant Builder™ (T.O.T.A.L. Framework)
– Weekly strategic calls focused on inplementing the T.O.T.A.L. Framework from my book Ingredients
– Build out your mindset, team, operations, team, and financial system.
The TRC Method™ Weekly Q&A Call
– Ask anything. Get answers in real time.
– No fluff, no delay, just straight-up solutions that move the needle now
The Leadership RoadMAP
– 9 deep-dive courses that transform you into a true restaurant leader
– Get your team aligned, accountable, and performing without micromanagement
The Restaurant Accelerator™ Workshop Library
– 200+ tactical micro-trainings that go deep into the 3P Framework™ (People, Product, Process)
– Bite-sized. Actionable. Results-driven.
EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE COACHING WITH A RESTAURANT BADASS WHO’S LIVED IT
1:1 Weekly Private Coaching Calls
Led by Michael Kontras, our lead TRC Method Coach who turned his own failing restaurant around using this exact system.
Michael has been in the trenches. He knows what it’s like to be overwhelmed, overworked, and underpaid.
Now? He’s a machine. And he’ll show you how to become one too.
You’ll meet with him weekly for a 30-minute private coaching session customized to your restaurant, your pain points, and your path to total domination.
24/7 Private Group Chat Access
Real-time accountability, support, and breakthroughs from elite restaurant owners and TRC coaches
Access to the TRC Vault Community
Where restaurant owners who are serious about success connect, share, and grow together
Ask AI Donald Anything
You also get access to my AI twin – trained on all my restaurant systems, strategies, and frameworks
Ask it anything, anytime. It’s like having me in your pocket 24/7
BONUSES THAT STACK REAL VALUE
✅ (2) VIP Tickets to The Restaurant Owner Bootcamp
A two-day LIVE intensive where we smash limiting beliefs and rebuild your restaurant game plan from the ground up
✅ (2) VIP Tickets to The Restaurant Success Summit
Our flagship 3-day immersive event for restaurant transformation, connection, and execution
✅ My Private Cell Number
Yep. You read that right.
You’ll have direct access to me 7 days a week for high-level support and game-time decisions
Nobody else in this industry gives you this level of access… because nobody else gives a sh*t like I do
THIS PROGRAM IS FOR THE OWNER WHO’S DONE WAITING
The Restaurant Accelerator™ is NOT for fence-sitters.
It’s not for dabblers or excuse-makers.
This is for the committed, the driven, and the ready-to-f*cking-grow.
You’ve wasted enough time reacting, guessing, and grinding.
Now it’s time to operate with clarity, power, and control.
SIGN UP AND GET STARTED
- No more applications.
- No more delays.
- If you’re ready to stop surviving and start scaling—this is your moment.
Click the link below to sign up now and get instant access to:
✅ Weekly 1:1 coaching with TRC Lead Coach Michael Kontras
✅ My full coaching ecosystem: 27 courses, 400+ hours of content, new material added monthly
✅ Weekly TRC Method Q&A Calls
✅ 200+ Restaurant Accelerator workshops
✅ The Leadership RoadMAP
✅ AI Donald
✅ Once you have completed 90-days of The Restaurant Accelerator PRIME, your coach will assign the next level of training based on your profit and your commitment to using the TRC Method™
✅ 24/7 Private Chat + TRC Vault Access
✅ And the BONUSES: (2) VIP Bootcamp Tickets, (2) VIP Summit Tickets, and direct access to my private cell
You’re not lazy.
You’re not broken.
You’re just stuck in the wrong system.
Let’s fix that.
Let’s build your empire.
Total Value = $110,541
MONTHLY
$1500
PER MONTH
The All-In-One System for Independent Restaurant Owners Who Are Done Playing Small
Let’s be real.
If you’re running on fumes…
Drowning in the chaos…
And stuck in the same damn loop of working harder just to stay afloat…
Then you’re not building a business.
You’re surviving inside a prison you built with your own two hands.
That ends now.
My Trc Method™ Foundations + The Restaurant Accelerator™ is your complete coaching system to reclaim your profits, your power, and your peace.
It’s not a course.
It’s not a mastermind.
It’s a full-blown restaurant REVOLUTION.
WHAT YOU GET INSIDE THE TRC METHOD™ FOUNDATIONS
FULL ACCESS TO MY ENTIRE COACHING ECOSYSTEM
The Restaurant Coach™ University
– 24/7 access to 10 full-length restaurant growth courses
– Over 400 hours of proven tools, tactics, and restaurant systems
– New course added every single month
The Accelerator REBOOT™ (OWNERS ONLY)
– Weekly strategic calls focused on actual profitability
– Build out your budgets, P&Ls, and organic marketing engine with surgical precisionRestaurant Builder™ (T.O.T.A.L. Framework)
– Weekly strategic calls focused on inplementing the T.O.T.A.L. Framework from my book Ingredients
– Build out your mindset, team, operations, team, and financial system.
The TRC Method™ Weekly Q&A Call
– Ask anything. Get answers in real time.
– No fluff, no delay, just straight-up solutions that move the needle now
The Leadership RoadMAP
– 9 deep-dive courses that transform you into a true restaurant leader
– Get your team aligned, accountable, and performing without micromanagement
The Restaurant Accelerator™ Workshop Library
– 200+ tactical micro-trainings that go deep into the 3P Framework™ (People, Product, Process)
– Bite-sized. Actionable. Results-driven.
EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE COACHING WITH A RESTAURANT BADASS WHO’S LIVED IT
1:1 Weekly Private Coaching Calls
Led by Michael Kontras, our lead TRC Method Coach who turned his own failing restaurant around using this exact system.
Michael has been in the trenches. He knows what it’s like to be overwhelmed, overworked, and underpaid.
Now? He’s a machine. And he’ll show you how to become one too.
You’ll meet with him weekly for a 30-minute private coaching session customized to your restaurant, your pain points, and your path to total domination.
24/7 Private Group Chat Access
Real-time accountability, support, and breakthroughs from elite restaurant owners and TRC coaches
Access to the TRC Vault Community
Where restaurant owners who are serious about success connect, share, and grow together
Ask AI Donald Anything
You also get access to my AI twin – trained on all my restaurant systems, strategies, and frameworks
Ask it anything, anytime. It’s like having me in your pocket 24/7
BONUSES THAT STACK REAL VALUE
✅ (2) VIP Tickets to The Restaurant Owner Bootcamp
A two-day LIVE intensive where we smash limiting beliefs and rebuild your restaurant game plan from the ground up
✅ (2) VIP Tickets to The Restaurant Success Summit
Our flagship 3-day immersive event for restaurant transformation, connection, and execution
✅ My Private Cell Number
Yep. You read that right.
You’ll have direct access to me 7 days a week for high-level support and game-time decisions
Nobody else in this industry gives you this level of access… because nobody else gives a sh*t like I do
THIS PROGRAM IS FOR THE OWNER WHO’S DONE WAITING
The Restaurant Accelerator™ is NOT for fence-sitters.
It’s not for dabblers or excuse-makers.
This is for the committed, the driven, and the ready-to-f*cking-grow.
You’ve wasted enough time reacting, guessing, and grinding.
Now it’s time to operate with clarity, power, and control.
SIGN UP AND GET STARTED
- No more applications.
- No more delays.
- If you’re ready to stop surviving and start scaling—this is your moment.
Click the link below to sign up now and get instant access to:
✅ Weekly 1:1 coaching with TRC Lead Coach Michael Kontras
✅ My full coaching ecosystem: 27 courses, 400+ hours of content, new material added monthly
✅ Weekly TRC Method Q&A Calls
✅ 200+ Restaurant Accelerator workshops
✅ The Leadership RoadMAP
✅ AI Donald
✅ Once you have completed 90 days of The Restaurant Accelerator PRIME, your coach will assign the next level of training based on your profit and your commitment to using the TRC Method™
✅ 24/7 Private Chat + TRC Vault Access
✅ And the BONUSES: (2) VIP Bootcamp Tickets, (2) VIP Summit Tickets, and direct access to my private cell
You’re not lazy.
You’re not broken.
You’re just stuck in the wrong system.
Let’s fix that.
Let’s build your empire.
Total Value = $110,541
BACKED BY 45 YEARS OF RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE
Before you hire a restaurant coach make sure that they have a solid reputation and credentials owning a restaurant. There are a lot of "restaurant coaches" out there. Remember that I am THE Restaurant Coach®
