Introduction
When I think about what I want to do after high school many things come to mind, like music, or photography, but the one thing that stuck in my mind was cooking. Now there are many fields in cooking or culinary arts, for example French cuisine, baking, hotel hospitality, but I chose catering. There are unlimited reasons why I chose catering, and so many fields in catering I could do. I could stick to what I know, or what I learned during my time in an institute, or anything else. There are many elements to catering, or any job for that matter, like earnings, description, advantages and disadvantages, etc.
Job Description and Duties
So you want to know about catering huh? Well do you even know what catering is?
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Qualifications and Specifications
Other than the education that you have to have to be a caterer you have to other skills to succeed. For example you need to be artistic. Why, because if you want to have a large number of clients you should have a gimmick. Some businesses carve animals or different objects out of the dishes that they created and because of that they have a large number of clients. It is best that you always stay clean, tidy, and you obey health codes in order to stay open. It is best that you have a great deal of physical strength because you carry the food that you make up flights of stairs or even around the kitchen. Depending on the amount of food, and the weight of the dish you can be carrying twenty to thirty pounds of food at a time. And most of the time you don't even carry a lot of food. Sometimes you carry a lot of supplies, like pots and depending on if you want to prepare the food at the event you have to carry the ingredients. Most chefs have to wear a uniform that consists of white pants, a double breast jacket, a hat and a neckerchief. To be a good boss you have to have great leadership and listening skills. It is best that you have a keen sense of
There are more little jobs that the catering associates must perform. They must know all the diets, do their cleaning jobs within the kitchen, and ensure that all their patients are happy.
The Catering Services industry has struggled during the past five years. Since 2008-09, a severe economic downturn has led businesses and households to spend less on catered events. Businesses faced with plunging profitability cut back sharply on catered events such as office parties, corporate seminars and product launches, and reduced average spend per head for events that did go ahead. The deteriorating consumer climate led consumers to put off discretionary events and choose to cater events themselves or spend less at a restaurant rather than use the industry 's services.
I have a solid understanding of classic culinary techniques. My expertise includes: Hands on passionate cooking, catering management, create recipes, prepare food menus, supervise staff. I have outstanding administrative skills.
Also they can have a wide array of choices since they do not have to keep large quantities of all items in stock. They should also offer a little flexibility to the customer by letting them bring some idea into the catering service that they may have, or have seen some other place. This will show that they are interested in the needs of the customer as well as offering them goods and services for profit. This ultimately could be a way of marketing research that helps the company stayed informed on the introduction of new products in the industry.
Cooking has always been a part of me, but it didn’t become as a passion until I moved to Gulfport. I always saw how my mom cooked and how she tried different things. She did not stay traditional like soul food every Sunday or do basic food such as sandwiches or take outs. I saw how she made different foods every day. It was different each week. is why I want to become an executive chef (or head chef). This school year, I was introduced to different chefs and positions in the kitchen. When I joined culinary arts 1, Chef Huey (my teacher) said that “Executive Chef or Head Chef is the highest positions in the kitchen.” I want the power to tell people what
I am still not even sure how many years of education are required to specialize in culinary arts, also in comparison to the professional chefs I am still a beginner, yet some may even consider me inexperienced. Some reasons I want to get a degree in culinary arts is because I am creative I like food and I think cooking is fun. Also, because I do a decent job at it and some of the smells are wonderful. Creativity is a good skill to have in culinary, It is a good skill to have because, you want to put your own twist on things and make things your own by adding a pinch of this or a pinch of that.
One person who has inspired my career choice of culinary arts who is famous is Ina Garten. Although there are many other great chefs to look up to, Ina Garten has inspired me the most. Culinary arts provide many career opportunities in the food service industry. Many believe attending culinary school is required to succeed in being a chef since extensive training and discipline is required. My grandmother has always expressed upon me “to each his own”, in which my girl Ina Garten has not attended any culinary school yet is one of the most successful chefs in the culinary industry. There are television networks dedicated to preparing and cooking food. My goal is to become an Executive chef which is the highest position in the
One of the most important things for a student to consider is what they want their occupation to be when they are an adult. Many students do not know what they want study once the student makes it to college.
10 Caters: We will be serving food catered by Chick-fil-a. It will include a variety of food items from their menu such as chicken sandwiches, Chick-fil-a nuggets, salads, and wraps. There will also be a candy bar that will provide the guests with delicious treats and desserts. The employees will make sure the food is fresh and warm, maintain the candy bar stocked, and make sure the guests
To begin with, the culinary arts is my passion because it excites me. The culinary arts is a competitive field and I love the thrill of competition. It allows me to reach the height of my potential, in addition, compare my skills with other people who have the same passion as I do. While I'm cooking my senses explode when the collaboration of components create sensational textures, aromas, and colors.When I'm baking I enjoy the science involved with timing, measuring, and patience as the results always excites me. For instance, it excites me how a French croissant starts as a dough and transforms into a beautiful golden crescent with layers of soft, flaky, and buttery pastry inside. The ingenuity is also what excites me about culinary arts because everything is art, from plate decorations, to the food its self. I
2.Restaurant Manager- Candidates are to maintain budgets and plan menus. Welcoming and advising customers, preparing staff and sales reports, overseeing stock levels and taking reservation requests are all included in the key responsibilities.
In a catering firm, the work place design and risk assessment is carried out by catering manager. Example; if a catering unit employs, 10 permanent staff and, an young person of 16 years only to work on weekends, then an employment permit need to be obtained from the local authority for employing the 16 year old person. Secondly, the business hours of the firm between 9.00 am and 10.00pm, and need to make sure it opens and close at the prescribed time. Finally, have to set up all the health and safety signs, equipments are supplied and make sure all the employees are following the rules.
Running a restaurant can be one of the most stressful jobs as well as the most fun and rewarding jobs. If the manager is a good leader with excellent leadership skills and has great followers the restaurant will be rewarded. If not the restaurant will plummet in sales and no one will be pleased. While developing a business. staff is important to running a successful restaurant, it is also essential that management focus on its public relations as well as its sales and marketing strategies.
It has been one year since I started to be a banquet server. The experience of working as a banquet server has helped me to appreciate people hard work around the tables serving their clients without complaining their exhaustion. According to Christa Titus, the author of “The Definition of a Banquet Server,” “A banquet server is a person who serves food and beverages to guests at an event.” The servers work at many special events such as graduation ceremony or wedding feast. Some of their duties are serving the ordered dishes, cleaning up the leftovers and assisting guests with their menu items. From my observation, this career is a low class job which pays a little amount of money for the life expenses alone. The workers are paid by hour but the wages in each country are varied.
Good management skills - Commitment to personally manage the day-to-day operations of the restaurant business.