Successful students of hospitality and catering need a good, basic knowledge of maths. This well-established question and answer workbook covers all the essential calculations, using everday catering situations as examples. - Updated and extended to cover extra topics, such as area and volume, budgeting and averages - Written in clear, non-mathematical terms to help you grasp the key methods and facts you find difficult to understand - Exercises are graded to allow you to follow an easy, step-by-step approach - Test yourself with sample multiple-choice questions This workbook is suitable for any student working towards a hospitality and catering course. It will also be a useful reminder to those already working in the hospitality and catering industry.

This resource is aimed at those involved in beverage sales and service, whether student or professional. The book is structured according to types of drinks - fermented, distilled and brewed. Tips for improving service and sales are included.

Timely, authoritative, and practical—an incomparable guide to the crucial "difference makers" that keep patrons coming back… When it comes to customer satisfaction, good food served in a timely and attractive manner is only half the story. Restaurant Service takes you beyond those basics to offer a comprehensive guide to important rituals and amenities that make customers feel comfortable and turn a meal into a memorable event. This incomparable how-to guide features:

• Step-by-step guidance on extraordinary table and guest service—from meeting, greeting, and seating, to coat and parcel check, taking reservations, and handling customer complaints
• A comprehensive guide to buying, storing, displaying, preparing, and serving wines, liquors, and other beverages
• Detailed procedures for service setup and administration
• How to feature and serve luxuries and regional specialties that add sizzle to your menu
• ADA requirements and how to comply with them
• And more

A pioneer in institutional foodservice offers a practical up-to-date introduction concerned with volume feeding operations which present unique challenges and have different requirements from restaurants and other commercial businesses. Contains an overview of the contract foodservice industry and its key players, guidelines for financial planning, menu management, cost controls and marketing. Features the latest information on contract management firms, career opportunities available within them and techniques to establish a career plan.

Colorful, festive, and filled with imaginative ideas, this superb Christmas cookbook features cakes, cookies, and other holiday favorites, plus full-course menus, great gift ideas, and much more.

Full color photographs and B & W illustrations throughout

The importance for a proper, adequate and balanced diet both in the context of general health and in relation to work would hardly need emphasis. Good nutrition not only contributes to improved health and greater welfare but also provides for improved work performance and productivity. The ILO has been concerned for well over a half century with the subject of nutrition of workers and its experience in this area is proven. In 1971 a joint FAO/ILO/WHO meeting recommended the need to intensify efforts and activities to increase awareness and to prepare a simple and practical manual covering the basic principles of workers' feeding and methods for the establishment and operation of workers' feeding programmes. Hence this manual which we hope will meet this long felt need and promote greater interest and effort by national authorities, employers and workers in the development, management and operation of canteens and other types of food services for workers.

CONTENTS - PREFACE - I. MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS - II. CACAO, CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS, COFFEE, AND TEA - III. CANNED FRUITS, VEGETABLES, SOUPS, AND DRIED FRUIT - IV. FOUNTAIN SUPPLIES, CRUSHED FRUITS, FLAVOR COMPOUNDS, FOOD COLORS, BEVERAGE PREPARATIONS - V. GELATIN AND PUDDING DESSERTS - VI. BAKERY PRODUCTS, FOOD SPECIALTIES AND PREPARED CAKE FLOURS - VII. BAKERS' PIE FILLINGS - VIII. BAKING POWDERS - IX. MAYONNAISE, SAUCES AND CONDIMENTS - X. ANALYSES AND TESTS - APPENDIX - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES -

The only complete, in-depth guide to contemporary on-premise catering principles and practices

On-premise catering is an essential part of the fast-growing catering and events industry, and this is the only guide that covers all the essential skills and knowledge a professional needs to succeed in the field. Written by three top catering experts and educators, "On-Premise Catering" is the definitive guide to catering in hotels, banquet halls, wedding facilities, conference centers, private clubs, and other venues.

This new "Second Edition" has been thoroughly updated and revised to cover modern technological trends in the industry, including online marketing, social media, and digital proposals, as well as modern decor, effective menu writing, catering in stadiums and casinos, and more.Fully updated to keep pace with current industry trends and practicesCovers all aspects of on-premise catering, from food and beverage service, room setup, and decor, to staffing, marketing, and financial controlsIdeal for caterers, event professionals, chefs working in on-premise facilities, and students in culinary, hospitality, and foodservice management programs

On-premise catering requires a broad range of knowledge, from accounting and marketing basics to event coordination and management skills, and this book provides all the information students and professionals need to succeed in this exciting and dynamic field.

'Management by Menu' is an invaluable resource for its presentation of the menu as a central theme that influences all foodservice functions. Its unique perspective of tying the menu to overall management principles provides the future manager with the 'big picture' of the operation of a restaurant.

The most complete, up-to-date guide available to starting and running an off-premise catering business

For nearly two decades, "Off-Premise Catering Management" has been the trusted resource professional and aspiring caterers turn to for guidance on setting up and managing a successful off-premise catering business. This comprehensive reference covers every aspect of the caterer's job, from menu planning, pricing, food and beverage service, equipment, and packing, delivery, and set-up logistics, to legal considerations, financial management, human resources, marketing, sanitation and safety, and more. This new third edition has been completely revised and updated to include the latest industry trends and real-life examples.New content includes information on "green" catering, contemporary food trends, website development, social media marketing, the latest in commercial kitchen equipment and budgeting and accounting software, and much more Throughout the book, sample forms, schedules, and checklists illustrate real-world examples of key catering practices, and Study Questions at the end of each chapter help reinforce key concepts

Whether you are just starting out, growing your operation, or working to maintain standards of excellence in an already-successful off-premise catering business, "Off-Premise Catering Management, Third Edition" is the only guide you'll need.

This insightful book provides you with all the information you will need to open and successfully operate a country inn. It includes financial advice, location and purchasing tips, and sound marketing and management guidance. But most importantly, it leads you through a personal analysis of whether you should open an inn by illustrating the challenges and demands of innkeeping.

Setting the standard for menu management--newly updated

Management by Menu, Fourth Edition presents the menu as the central influence on all foodservice functions. This unique approach clearly outlines both the "big picture" behind a well-run foodservice operation, and the practical details of costing, planning, analyzing, purchasing and production, beverage management, promotion, and service. Both students and working managers will come away from this book able to clearly develop a menu and effectively use it as a management tool.

Thoroughly updated with the latest changes affecting the industry, this Fourth Edition has also been revised to give readers a more hands-on learning experience. Sample menus, mini-case studies, self-test review questions, and other new features lead to greater interactivity and engagement with the material. Coverage of new, helpful technologies is now integrated throughout the book. This Fourth Edition also includes new coverage of:

Nutrition, health, diets, and the new Food Pyramid, all appearing wherever relevant

How the foodservice industry has advanced over the past ten years, including specific segments and demographic supporting data

Innovative menu pricing strategies, featuring non-cost approaches such as pricing by sales potential or margin analysis

Today's menu building software, offering a variety of examples and tools

Ethical leadership in restaurant management, discussed in an entirely new chapter

A newly created Study Guide provides several additional resources to help readers review the material and exercises to test their knowledge of key topics and concepts

A dynamic guide for today's foodservice industry, Management by Menu, Fourth Edition sets the standard for understanding menu management.

'A terrific nuts and bolts account of the real business of cooking as told from the trenches. No nonsense. This is what it takes' ANTHONY BOURDAIN 'One of the most informative, funny and transparent books about the restaurant biz ever written' BRET EASTON ELLIS Sous Chef takes you behind the swinging doors of a busy restaurant kitchen, putting you in chef's shoes for an intense, high-octane twenty-four hours. Follow him from the moment he opens the kitchen in the morning, as he guides you through the meticulous preparation, the camaraderie in the hours leading up to service and the adrenalin-rush as the orders start coming in. Thrilling, addictive and bursting with mouth-watering detail, Sous Chef will leave you breathless and awestruck - walking into a restaurant will never be the same again.

Seafood is one of the most traded commodities worldwide. It is thus imperative that all companies and official control agencies ensure seafood safety and quality throughout the supply chain. Written in an accessible and succinct style, Food Safety in Seafood Industry: A practical guide for ISO 22000 and FSSC 22000 implementation brings together in one volume key information for those wanting to implement ISO 22000 or FSSC 22000 in the seafood manufacturing industry. Concise and highly practical, this book comprises: * a presentation of seafood industry and its future perspectives * the description of the main hazards associated to seafood (including an annexe featuring the analysis of notifications related with such hazards published by Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed - RASFF) * interpretation of ISO 22000 clauses together with practical examples adapted to the seafood manufacturing industry * the presentation of the most recent food safety scheme FSSC 22000 and the interpretation of the additional clauses that this scheme introduces when compared to ISO 22000 This practical guide is a valuable resource for seafood industry quality managers, food technologists, managers, consultants, professors and students. This book is a tool and a vehicle for further cooperation and information interchange around seafood safety and food safety systems. QR codes can be found throughout the book; when scanned they will allow the reader to contact the authors directly, know their personal views on each chapter and even access or request more details on the book content. We encourage the readers to use the QR codes or contact the editors via e-mail ([email protected]) or Twitter (@foodsafetybooks) to make comments, suggestions or questions and to know how to access the Extended Book Content.

An innovative and cross-cutting approach to Hospitality that examines the fundamentals of the subject in a concise and commendable way. Roy Wood's academic and practitioner expertise is brought to bear on this succinct synthesis of the subject that will quickly become a must read for all students and academics in the hospitality area. - Professor Stephen J. Page, Bournemouth University Hospitality Management: A Brief Introduction is designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying hotel and hospitality management and hospitality studies. The book includes coverage of the principal areas of functional management in hospitality including: employee relations accommodation management food and beverage management marketing and sales industry structure and strategy the nature of management roles hospitality management education future trends in the field. Roy Wood uses a wide range of established and contemporary research and reflects critically on its subject, including from the perspective of the hospitality consumer, to ensure that readers gain wide awareness of the realities and challenges of the hospitality industry.

A restaurant critic can tell you about the chef. A menu can tell you about the farm-sourced ingredients. Now who's going to tell you about the people preparing your meal? From James Beard Leadership Award winner Saru Jayaraman, Forked is an enlightening examination of what we don't talk about when we talk about restaurants: Is the line cook working through a case of stomach flu because he doesn't get paid sick days? Is the busser not being promoted because he speaks with an accent? Is the server tolerating sexual harassment because tips are her only income? As most corporate restaurants continue to set low standards for worker wages and benefits, a new class of chefs and restaurateurs is working to foster sustainability in their food and their employees. Forked offers an insider's view of the highest-and lowest-scoring restaurants for worker pay and benefits in each sector of the restaurant industry, and with it, a new way of thinking about how and where we eat.