Examples of cuisine and restaurant types

1. Examples of cuisine and restaurant types • Bistro • Brasserie • Farmhouse cooking • Country house hotel cooking • Classic/haute cuisine • Ethnic • Health food and vegetarian • Popular catering and fast-foods • New/modern British/French • Fusion / Eclectic Cuisine

2. Developing a safety culture Figure 3.1

3. The process of food hygiene management for food production Figure 3.3

4. Blend Elements of food production Figure 3.4

5. A generic model of the food production system Figure 3.5

6. Methods of food production (1) • Conventional • Production using fresh foods and traditional cooking methods • Convenience • Production using mainly convenience foods • Call order • Food is cooked to order either from customer (cafeterias) or from waiter • Production area often open to customer area

7. Methods of food production (2) • Continuous flow • Production line approach • Different parts of the process may be separated (e.g. fast food) • Centralised • Production not directly linked to service • Foods are ‘held’ and distributed to separate service areas • Cook-chill • Food production storage and regeneration using low temperature control to preserve processed food.

8. Methods of food production (3) • Cook-freeze • Production, storage and regeneration using freezing to control and preserve qualities of processed food • Requires special processes to assist freezing • Sous-vide • Production, storage and regeneration using sealed vacuum to control and preserve qualities of processed food • Assembly kitchen • System based on using latest technological developments in manufacturing and conservation of food products

9. The control cycle of daily operation Figure 3.6