5As a doctoral candidate, professional business consultant, and business plan writer, I am often asked by aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs alike, "What is the first step for starting a restaurant business or expanding a current restaurant operation?". When I first started out as a business consultant, I would explain to my client their place in the entrepreneurial process. I then support this analysis with proven academic and practicing business theory, along with recommending specific steps to take to start or expand their restaurant operations. After going through this process time and time again with restaurant entrepreneurs, it dawned on me that the first step I ALWAYS recommend is writing a business plan.Unfortunately, most restaurant entrepreneurs do not know how to write a professionally polished and structured restaurant business plan. Hell, most owners don't know how to write any type of business plan at all. From this issue, I decided to write this book focused on a ten-step process to writing a well-structured restaurant business plan. The restaurant business plan writing steps include all aspects of the business plan writing process, beginning with developing the executive summary through constructing a professional and polished funding request. In each step, I introduce you to a different restaurant business plan section. I then explain in layman's terms what the section means, offer a restaurant-specific business plan sample, and analyze the sample to help you understand the component. The objective of this detailed process is to ensure full understanding of each section and segment, with the goal of you being able to write a professional restaurant business plan for yourself, by yourself! IF you still need help writing your restaurant business plan, at the end of the book, I ALSO supply you with a professionally written sample restaurant business plan AND a restaurant business plan template for you to use. On a final note, to put the cherry on top, I have conducted and included preliminary restaurant market research for you to use in your personalized plans!In the end, I am supremely confident that this book, with the numerous tools and tips for restaurant business plan writing, will help you develop your coveted restaurant business plan in a timely fashion.