Restaurant Worker’s Handbook – Jim Pace

Restaurant Worker's Handbook by Jim Pace is a practical guide for magicians who want to build or improve a career in restaurant magic and table-side entertainment. Combining professional advice with performance material, this book focuses on the real-world aspects of working successfully in hospitality venues.

Across 154 hardcover pages, Jim Pace shares the methods, strategies, and experience he developed through years of successful restaurant performing. The book covers not only what to perform, but also how to establish yourself professionally, approach venues, secure bookings, and maintain long-term working relationships.

Topics include finding venues, approaching restaurant management, getting hired, keeping the job, pricing services, structuring an act, selecting suitable material, working tables effectively, handling different types of guests, increasing income, self-promotion, and contracts. This makes the book valuable not only for performers starting out, but also for experienced magicians looking to refine their professional approach.

In addition to business and performance advice, Jim Pace and Jerry MacGregor also teach a selection of practical routines, including openers, middle pieces, and closers using cards, coins, sponge balls, and everyday restaurant objects, all chosen with table-hopping performance in mind.

Restaurant Worker’s Handbook is both a performance guide and a business manual, offering practical insight into one of magic’s most consistent professional markets.

You receive with Restaurant Worker’s Handbook a useful resource on building a successful restaurant magic act—from securing work to delivering strong table-side entertainment.