Improving is for everyone.
Allow me to introduce Total Station Domination…a better culinary course.
It’s modern education principles, emulsified with lessons from Michelin kitchens and presented with professional support.
You’ll get coached through:
Rock-solid systems and templates
An engaging set of weekly challenges
Live coaching for career strategy
Adaptable habits that actually work in high-caliber environments
Instructor-led exercises with other ambitious students that put the skills to the test
Here’s what’s on the menu:
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Higher income, an upgrade to your resumé, and more impact in an organization are all waiting for you once you get a promotion.
But it's highly unlikely that you'll get picked for that new position if you can't keep up in your current one. Showing that you can crush it, consistently, is what we’re after.
Use the included group coaching to ask contextual questions that matter to you, and put proven frameworks to use to achieve your goals.
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Did you know that not-being-setup-on-time or failing to have a plan for an ingredient substitution can often be avoided?
Instead of frantically responding to problems, what if you could proactively avoid them all together?
Lucky for you, this specifically gets covered in the third module, Dominate Obstacles.
You’ll learn to go beyond systems and habits…because when (not if) sh*t hits the fan, or when (not if) the menu changes, it’s about being able to adapt and excel.
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If you're shooting for "multi-tasking", you've got it all wrong.
The best performers don't pick dill with one hand and supreme mandarins with the other.
They have a well-organized, expanded, and prioritized list that creates a clear plan and helps them know exactly what to do next.
Not only does Total Station Domination include an adaptable Prep List template as part of the TSD Workbook, but you get an entire module dedicated to advanced strategies AND a live, instructor-led exercise session to practice on a brand new menu.
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I know we say we work with food, but we really work with people…
Whether it’s a station partner, sous chef, stagiaire, food runner, or the guest on Table 4 with the weird haircut, communication happens every day. And it’s frustrating to not feel confident or respected in a professional kitchen.
Total Station Domination teaches communication principles that increase the respect you’re earning; not detract from it with every interaction.
Plus, considering you’re able to work with other students in the live exercises, you get to practice with folks that aren’t your direct co-workers (think of it like: professional feedback, without the drama from last week’s service)
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Having a "quick tip" or tactical strategy is clever, but those fall apart when changes happen (like Chef's new menu item that just got put on your station...)
Instead, we teach a set of structured systems that adapt to different environments and your station. Plus, they travel with you to your next job!
It’s that indescribable feeling of being setup early, with more-than-enough prep, high energy levels, clean organization, and a plan of exactly what to do next.
But wait, there IS a way to describe that feeling:
Total Station Domination
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Meet the Instructor
Hi, I’m Justin Khanna 👋
I’m the one on camera, for every single session, of every single module.
I’ll be supporting you to provide direct and personal stories to add context to the lessons from my experience. More about my background 👇
Total Station Domination was born out of frustration.
I asked myself:
Why does a solid, foundational set of knowledge in the culinary arts have to cost tens of thousands of dollars?
(If you skip school) - Why does jumping into a professional kitchen not come with its own set of structured lessons?
Why are all of my peers that are running their own restaurants and food businesses crying out that, “good chefs are so hard to find these days!”
How can I turn the catastrophic global pandemic of 2020 & 2021 into an opportunity to acknowledge the current job market, track trends, and forecast where the industry is going, and structure lessons around that reality?
I graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park. I staged at restaurants in New York City, Copenhagen, and Chicago, ultimately receiving the opportunity to complete my externship at Per Se.
Post-graduation, I achieved an opening-team, Chef-de-Partie role at a restaurant that would go on to garner 3 Michelin Stars. I worked my way up the brigade at The French Laundry.
I had to learn these skills the hard way: by recognizing patterns, researching how coaches train professional athletes, running experiments myself, reading about performance psychology, and deploying those learnings into real-world situations.
Back then, I wasn’t following a “structured system” or taking a course - how could I? They didn’t exist.
I was just so hungry to progress in a kitchen, and I felt like all I needed was an opportunity to show what I was capable of.
In 2014, I moved to the West coast of Norway and worked at the Michelin-starred Lysverket in Bergen.
Using (what I now call) TSD Skills, I went from Chef-de-Partie to Sous Chef in 10 months.
I would continue managing that kitchen team for over 2 years.
I taught these lessons to my line cooks one-at-a-time, which gave me tons of insight into how these skills can make you a better team mate.
Since then, I’ve distilled all of that information into this course, allowing me to share this material:
🌎 Without geographical borders - I’ve taught students from over 11 countries that have taken TSD
⏩ 17x faster - compare TSD’s 5+ hours of video content and 4 weeks of focused time in the community to “spending a year” working somewhere that might teach you everything included here. I certainly remember spans of 6, 9 or even 12 months at a restaurant where I felt like I was running in place on a hamster wheel…
💰 For a fraction of the cost - you won’t find a 5-figure tuition here (the average semester at a culinary school is $16,925)
I’ve leveraged these skills beyond the line, too 👇
Since my time in Michelin kitchens, I Co-Founded a 6-figure-per-year event production company called Voyager’s Table where we produced private events for clients around the world: from intimate 12-course tasting menus, to 200-person gala dinners.
I also advise startups, consult with restaurateurs and professionally coach chefs from all over the world.
To help the next generation, I share a ton of free-to-consume content online to an audience of over 50,000 hospitality professionals worldwide and host a top-rated podcast interviewing some of the best chefs in the world.
And I’d be honored to have you as part of Total Station Domination.
What’s included in the course? 👇
When you enroll in Total Station Domination you’re immediately greeted with high-impact video content that’s split up into 3 sections.
They’re each structured to “bucket” different sets of skills that are critical for professionals to master in order to perform at the highest levels:
Dominate Tasks
Dominate Habits
Dominate Obstacles
Expect custom-designed lessons to teach timeless principles, that can be applied immediately, and allow you to stand out.
But that’s just the beginning.
Because just like a recipe for hollandaise, mushroom duxelles or lemon curd, the information and the practical application can be incredibly different.
Total Station Domination solves that by going beyond just videos…👇
Exercises
Considering you’ve probably got a busy schedule and a lot of these skills might be new to you, I want to make sure you get a chance to test yourself and ask questions.
I’ve got no desire to have the first time you decide to try “Marking Your Board” (the skill in TSD that helps you keep track of incoming orders) to be on a busy Saturday night at work. That’s where the live exercise sessions come in.
These sessions don’t require any ingredients, and are incredibly conversational and collaborative - no “busy work” or “graded assignments”. Test your understanding of the skills, get feedback from your peers, and work together…just like the real world.
Plus, unlike culinary school, there’s no limit to the number of sessions you can join. We don’t believe in putting a “cap” on the amount of time you want to spend learning. The goal is progress and practice, not perfection.
Instead of sitting through a lecture, we follow a “flipped classroom” model where you arrive to a live exercise session having already watched the lessons, and our time together is spent working on collaboratively honing those skills.
To ensure you stay on your toes and step outside of your comfort zone, every session gets fresh new variables from students at the beginning, which become the foundation of the exercise that the instructor will lead you through. This makes every session unique, and worth doing again if you want to brush up on a skill.
There are 4+ types of live exercise sessions, with even more coming soon:
Prep List Mastery - Take a complicated and unorganized list of tasks, and turn it into a prioritized, ready-to-crush list 📝
Out-of-Place Prep - Never get flustered by allergy/dietary modifications again with a templated worksheet that’s included in the TSD Workbook 🍽️
Marking Your Board - Keep track of incoming orders in a highly effective and adaptable way - no tickets required! 🎫
New Menu, No Disasters - When the menu changes, clarity is key. Preview this session below 👇
Coaching
What if your work situation is unique? What if you’re nervous or have anxiety heading into work?
What if you’re having issues keeping yourself accountable to the habits? What if you’ve got a co-worker relationship you need help navigating?
What if you’re trying to integrate the skills into your station in a custom way?
I’m 100% behind you, and that’s why coaching is included.
I’ve coached hundreds of chefs over the past six years, with some pretty phenomenal results.
Students have:
Achieved their first 6-figure or 7-figure revenue goal
Been selected for a promotion they’ve been working towards
Moved into a new caliber of kitchen, and gotten to travel the world in the process of getting life changing experience
Launched their brand online and grown their following of guests, collaborators and other chefs
Developed a signature dish and received glowing media attention
…that list ☝️ is just a glimpse of what’s possible to achieve.
Think of it like this: the course content has the broad essentials that apply across a massive range of environments. The exercises and coaching is where you get held accountable, get your questions answered, and truly level up.
I custom-tailor advice to your specific questions inside of Group Coaching Sessions that will help you navigate your career (and avoid costly mistakes). Plus, you get to learn from other industry pros too (on questions you might not even know you had!)
(Learn more about applying for 1:1 Coaching with Justin inside the Premium Edition, linked below)👇
Peek inside the 3 modules 👀
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📝Lay the foundation with increased technicality. Module discusses:
Prep List | Automating | Kit Building | Ergonomics & Consistent Variables | Time Frugality | Instruction Following & Delegation
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💪See changes & execute results, over long time horizons. Module discusses:
Capture Prospective Requests | Night-before Prep | Building in Buffer Time | Marking Your Board | Station Partner Communication | Responding to Feedback | Reducing Steps
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When it doesn’t go according to plan, or when changes arise (ie, the seasons change & so does the menu)…
🚀Advanced techniques & frameworks. Module discusses:
“D.D.F.P.” | Making Better Decisions | Optimizing T.S.D. | Critical Communication | New Menu, No Disasters | OOP Prep | Taking Projects from Others | Performance Psychology
What students say…
Check out students sharing their thoughts (~5 minutes) from taking T.S.D.
I want you to crush it at work
If you’ve got ambitions to someday start your own thing, manage a team, or make an impact, you’re in the right place.
These skills matter because this forms a rock-solid foundation to your career. Chefs who “skip” learning these skills end up paying for it in expensive and painful ways down the line:
Inability to retain staff
Frustration with inconsistent results that customers complain about
Chaotic environments that are constantly filled with drama
If you’re someone who wants to change the way things are done (and not wind up like that ⬆️), you need new systems.
Here’s a piece of advice that took me ages to learn: once you dominate your station, that’s like beating level 3 in a video game with 1,257 levels.
Early on, running a station seemed incredibly intimidating:
But once I reached that goal, I realized there’s so much more to learn…
My goal with Total Station Domination is to get you on top of your current station ASAP. There’s no need to spend years waiting for progress - you’ve got more important growth to do.
Plus, it’s not like these skills start gathering dust on the shelf once you go beyond working a station. You use them even more in future roles:
Tackling even more complex tasks
Managing multiple projects and moving parts in an organization
Training other team members to work on a similar level as you do
Said another way: running a station is fundamental, and if you can’t do that, you can’t do what’s next.
Let me save you the headache and pain of waiting to learn these skills one-by-one. Get access now, and spend your valuable time developing these skills for yourself.
You Know Progress is Possible
You see it everyday. You look across the kitchen and see your co-workers and managers getting more done than you can, with seemingly effortless “finesse” and level-headed “calm” under pressure.
Watching them work might bubble up questions like:
“Why can’t I do that?”
“What are they doing differently?”
“How is that even possible?”
Well, it’s definitely not:
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No one’s cracked the code on getting more than 24 hours in a day (yet).
Chances are, you and your peers probably clock in at around the same time, too.
More “push” isn’t the answer…
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Unless you’re built like the Pokémon Machamp (he’s got 4 arms), physical capacity rarely leads to increased performance in kitchens.
I’ve worked with folks of all shapes and sizes in my career, who can crush both prep AND service with ease.
Unlike the Olympics, having increased lung capacity or extra-long arms isn’t going to make you a better team mate.
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A new spoon, fresh-out-the-box knife, or offset spatula isn’t gonna make a difference.
Give a high-performer a bad set of tools and they’ll still come out ahead.
Don’t get me wrong, having a great kit is a joy to work with, but I hope we can agree: your gear isn’t the problem.
🔎 Total Station Domination is for…
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…who run a station independently or with a station partner. The course materials are custom designed to adapt to your extensive workflow, and address commonly-encountered obstacles.
The time savings, alone, make TSD a win for you…not to mention the decreased stress levels heading into service.
Plus, the coaching sessions allow you to ask questions that are specific to your context to help you strategize creative ideas, a promotion path, and obstacles you’re dealing with.
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…who are craving more. I remember feeling misunderstood for being ambitious.
I spent my weekends in culinary school staging at Michelin-starred kitchens in NYC because I was starving for accelerated skill development.
TSD brings that information to you ASAP, so that when you get your first job out of school, the traction you get is immediate and high-impact.
Use the coaching sessions to arrive at a clear plan for what you’ll do after graduation, and stand out from everyone else who is getting the same degree as you.
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…who want to train their teams more effectively.
Sure, you know how to cook effectively and run a station, but now you’re in charge of managing others.
TSD lays out the skills that make for a high-performing team, so you can understand the structures behind the skills, and become a mentor to your team.
🤔 Did someone say savings in labor cost?
Build trust in your team, keep standards high, improve communication, and boost your organizational skills.
The coaching sessions also provide massive value, from operational strategy in your current role, or even tracking a path beyond where you’re at now (pop-ups, getting investors, launching a personal brand)
Progress faster, with Total Station Domination
Here’s what your investment will allow you achieve:
Danger Zone!
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Danger Zone! 🚨
Total Station Domination is NOT right for you if:
👎 You’re into behaviors that throw others under the bus to get ahead
👎 You don’t value working hard to reach your goals (AKA: you’re hoping to get a single “trick” or “hack” from this course to solve all your problems)
👎 You’re impatient about progress and think that success happens overnight (spoiler alert: it never does)
👎 You’d rather appear skilled than actually be skilled (ie: you wanna “fake it” ‘til you “make it")
👏 You’re mastered cooking in professional kitchens your kitchen team grows without you there (this one actually deserves a round of applause, well done! 😉)
Danger Zone!
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Danger Zone! 🚨
Still on the fence?
Let me introduce you to T.S.G…
…the Total Satisfaction Guarantee
I can’t guarantee you Michelin stars, 1M followers on TikTok, or the runaway business success that the founder of Chipotle had after he decided to do burritos instead of fine dining.
I can, however, promise that if, within 30 days, you aren’t satisfied —
I’ll give you all your money back.
That’s right, if you watch the content, put it to work in a real-world environment, post your questions in the Student Community and still don’t get the progress you’re after, just email the team at: hello@joinrepertoire.com and we’ll get it sorted out for you. No hard feelings, ever.
However, please note that the guarantee only applies if you actually do the work. If you don't do the work, you won't get any value from the course, and you'll have taken a place away from someone else.
Pricing
Select your Total Station Domination experience…
❔FAQ’s ❔
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Each experience offers different benefits, depending on where you’re coming from. Here’s how I think about it:
Essential Edition - A solid option if you just want the videos and have extra time on your hands (ie: you plan on using this alongside a 2-year culinary school program)
Think of this tier like getting the “workout videos” instead of hiring a dedicated trainer 🏋️
If you know that you’ve fallen short on building habits in the past, I don’t advise this tier because it doesn’t include any live sessions or coaching with an instructor.
Content-wise, nothing is held back from this Edition, but it’s definitely more “solo” than the other experiences that are available 👇
Collective Edition - This is the most popular experience, and for good reason. It delivers consistent, adaptable results in the shortest amount of time, with support.
I’ll be hosting exercises to put your skills to work in a role-play & case-study-style environment that pushes you outside of your comfort zone with other students, live (preview a real exercise video on the Collective Edition page).
Plus, getting access to Group Coaching means you’ll be able to get help on questions you might have about topics outside of TSD (creativity, management, branding, recipes, leadership, etc.)
If you thrive in team-focused environments or get incredibly motivated from being surrounded by peers, pick this one.
Premium Edition - This experience is designed to skyrocket your success.
If you need progress fast, this is the best option available.
If you’re new to the industry and want to avoid years of failure, or if you’ve already got experience and want to “go beyond the basics”, that’s why I created this tier.
I get to dig into your specific problems and help tailor solutions. Considering I work closely with you and there’s Group Coaching included, I can say this confidently: you’ll become a true savage and incredibly confident in professional kitchens, or I’ll work with you 1-on-1 until you are.
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Certain students absolutely experience this! Let’s do a quick calculation to show the math:
A line cook is making $18/hr. They’ve got their eyes on a new position in a higher-caliber kitchen that’s hiring for $23/hr - a 27% increase! 📈
…but they don’t feel like they’re cut out for that kind of kitchen.
To gain more confidence and get practical skills, they make a $799 investment into TSD in the Collective Edition. Because the course is all online, they can continue to work (instead of dedicating 6+ months to a more traditional program with no income).
After 6 weeks of watching the content, getting the coaching, and practicing the skills, they do a stage at the new restaurant and get the job 🎉
With this boost in income, their overtime pay goes up, too. If we’re conservative with just 10 hours/week of overtime at this new rate, their entire paycheck increases, earning an extra $1,100/month 🤑
What would that feel like to achieve?
Don’t forget, TSD has flexible payment plans, so your investment can be as low as $199 to get started.
Because remember, that increased income stays with you. You’d pay off the course in just the first month, but you’d get to experience the benefits of this higher income well into the future…
This is more than possible to achieve, and I want to help you get there 🙌
(PS: I showed this example with overtime, because most of us work more than 40 hours/week. But this line cook sees their investment returned in just 1 month at this new rate ($5 x 40 hours x 4 weeks)
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On average, 30% of course students are made up of culinary school students. They enroll in TSD to take as a supplement to their institutional education.
To be honest, the most common issue that arises is that, depending on the school, they can’t start to use the learnings quite yet (because they aren’t working in high-speed kitchen environments yet).
However, considering I share skills from the next logical step in your journey, folks that take TSD during culinary school end up finding traction incredibly quickly once they enter their first job.
In other words: many of the lessons and skills are ones that I wish they taught in culinary school…so if you’re in school right now and you’re “craving more”, it’s quite literally made for you 😉
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This course works incredibly well if you’re already working somewhere. Why? Because you can implement the skills right away.
You can spend less time in the “hypothetical” and put the learnings into practice immediately.
Plus, with coaching, Justin can help you directly with advice that applies to your real-world context.
Run into questions during the course?
Make a post in the Student Community! Your learnings help the collective.
Planning on a new job soon?
Considering you get lifetime access to this course, you can join the live exercise sessions to brush up on your skills whenever you’re feeling rusty - something culinary school doesn’t allow you to do.
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You’re thinking ahead, I like it 🙌
Yes, I recommend including Total Station Domination on your resumé in the “Extracurriculars” or “Continuing Education” section of your resumé.
You can include it in the “Education History” section, however I recommend including context on the course itself. An example might be:
Total Station Domination | Online Course
Completed 2022
Taught through RepertoireWe currently don’t offer any certifications or LinkedIn integrations, but it’s on the roadmap for the future!
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Total Station Domination is organized into 3 sections, with over 25 lessons and roughly 6 hours of content. You also get a workbook full of templated assets and exercise companions to complete as you progress through the course.
You can certainly binge all of the content right away, but because there’s so much information included (distilled from 10+ years of experience), I recommend doing a combination of watching & practicing, watching & practicing, back and forth, at school/work so that you can actually put these skills to use. If done well, this can take 4-12 weeks.
Beyond that, every student gets access to Weekly Challenges that rotate every 12 weeks. Not to mention, the Group Coaching Sessions you have can be scheduled whenever you want.
Unlike traditional school that looks at every student as the same, we acknowledge that everyone learns at their own pace, and Total Station Domination reflects those beliefs.
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No worries!
I know working in professional kitchens and life can get pretty chaotic, which is why our course is structured for you to work at your own pace.
Every module is broken into smaller sections which can be watched in just 10-15 minutes each. In fact, students that take a “slower” approach tend to see the lessons “stick” better over time.
Enrolling now makes it possible for you to jump into conversations happening in the Community ASAP, too.
On top of that, we stagger the programming of the Live Exercises and Group Coaching across industry-friendly days (Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays) during time zones that are globally accessible (9am Pacific and 4pm Pacific)
You’ll also have lifetime access to this course, so you can revisit it when you are ready to tackle the materials in your own time, locking in the current pricing for yourself.
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If you find you’re not feeling more confident about how to progress in your career, that’s where the 30 Day Satisfaction Guarantee comes in.
If you do the exercises, implement the skills in a real-world environment, and still feel unsatisfied, email my team here: hello@joinrepertoire.com and we’ll give you your money back, no questions asked.
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Excellent question! I’m reminded of this quote: “If more information was the answer, we’d all be billionaires with perfect abs.” -Derek Sivers
It’s not about the information.
Believe it or not, I’ll probably end up sharing the entirety of the TSD course materials, across multiple YouTube videos, over the next 3-5 years.
In fact, I became an expert on this topic through a combination of an expensive institutional education and real world experience…it just took me 8 years to do it.
With Total Station Domination, you don’t have to sort through all the information on your own (or over countless years).
It’s all the steps you need to improve & progress, in the right order.
So instead of spending your precious time consuming endless free videos, you can focus your attention on implementing the skills you’ll learn to your own career.
Real talk: what you’re paying for is the course, the support and the community; a group of like-minded folks to do exercises with and to bounce ideas off of.
Think about it this way: what’s the difference between someone who’s been saying they want to get in shape for the past 3 years with no progress or habits, VS, the person who joins a CrossFit gym and immediately feels accountable to a group?
Yeah, that’s the goal. Make sense? 😉
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Believe it or not, possibly yes.
Many businesses will reimburse tuition for professional development at enrollment or after a course is completed.
Here’s a template for reaching out to your employer about reimbursement.
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Real talk? You’ll see most, if not all of these skills in one way, shape, or form in your career. But just because you see it doesn’t mean you can do it yourself.
For example: pick a high-performer at random, and they might not use TSD’s exact Prep List strategy, but I find it hard to believe that they’re not effectively managing tasks throughout their day.
Can you learn these skills on your own, across years of experience? Absolutely.
But if you want to save time by learning from my mistakes, skipping the overwhelm, and avoiding being distracted by the shiny objects you’re bound to come across - then this is for you.
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Absolutely - you’ve got 2 options:
🔘 Purchasing 3 or more seats to TSD in one purchase qualifies for bulk pricing. Same content, community access, and benefits, but discounted for your business. Email hello@joinrepertoire.com to with your desired quantity of seats, and we’ll be in touch!
🔘 Request a dedicated cohort (starting at $11,995)- I’ll work with you and your team’s schedule to identify 3 dedicated half-days to deliver the content remotely. You’ll also receive custom-tailored case studies that use your menu and prep tasks for the exercises, so the team gets lessons that align exactly with their day-to-day work. The cohort will pay for itself in time savings (labor cost) over 6 months, or your money back.
Email hello@joinrepertoire.com to with your team size, scheduling constraints, and ideal start date, and we’ll be in touch!
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We grant between 5-10% of the last quarter’s enrollment for scholarships.
In order to ensure that opportunities are offered with your context in mind, we ask that you fill out this questionnaire so we can learn more about you.
Scholarship recipients get a fully covered enrollment to The Collective Edition, with lifetime access to Total Station Domination content and the hereStudent Community.
Check out more information about different plans here.
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Believe me, I know…it can be incredibly lonely in high-caliber kitchens. You sacrifice your social life, family time, and leisure for your work.
What if you could connect with other folks, from around the world, who are also in your same shoes? You guessed it, you can find them inside of Total Station Domination.
(Shoutout to you if you’ve been frustrated by not being able to find like-minded people who actually want to improve at work or school…I know the feeling)
That’s why this experience is designed to have a Student Community, Group Coaching and collaborative Live Exercise Sessions. You’re never alone 🤝
I gotta agree with best-selling author James Clear on this one ^^
When’s the last time you had 3 straight months of zero uncertainty?
Is it reasonable to expect you’ll have a completely-predictable next-3-months?
Become better prepared to adapt and approach uncertainty with confidence and systems that you can take anywhere.
Welcome, to Total Station Domination.
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