330 likes | 1.31k Views
Chapter 6 Food and Beverage Operations After Reading and Studying This Chapter, You Should Be Able to: Describe the duties and responsibilities of a food and beverage director and other key department heads Describe a typical food and beverage director’s day
E N D
After Reading and Studying This Chapter, You Should Be Able to: • Describe the duties and responsibilities of a food and beverage director and other key department heads • Describe a typical food and beverage director’s day • State the functions and responsibilities of the food and beverage departments • Perform computations using key food and beverage operating ratios
Food and Beverage Division • Kitchen • Catering • Banquet • Restaurants • Room Service • Minibars • Lounges • Bars • Stewarding
Skills for Food and Beverage Directors • Leadership • Training • Motivation • Budgeting • Cost control • And much more
Kitchen Organization • Executive Chef • Responsible for guest satisfaction • Ensures food quality and consistency • Sous Chef • Second in command • Day to day operations
Kitchen Organization • Chef Tournant • Rotates through kitchen • Relieves the chef station • Station chef • Responsible for different areas within the kitchen • Examples • Pasty Chef, Fish Chef, and Banquet Chef • Roast, grill and pantry
Food Costs • Typical food cost ratio is 28-32% • Food Cost Ratio = Food Cost Food Sales
Contribution Margin • Dollar differential between the cost and the sales price of a menu item • Example Pasta Dish sells for $8.75 Pasta Dish costs 3.75 Contribution Margin $5.00
Hotel Restaurants • Number and type depend on type/service of hotel • Typically run by Restaurant Manager • Must promote restaurant to hotel guests
Figure 6-1Food and Beverage Division Organizational Chart for a Large Hotel
Bars • Place to relax and socialize for both business and pleasure • Profit percentage for beverage is higher than food profit center • Efficiency based on pour/cost percentage • 16-24% pour/cost percentage • Unlike food, beverages can be held over if not sold
Beverage Cycle • Ordering • Receiving • Storing • Issuing • Bar Stocking • Serving • Guest Billing
Bar Management • Bars are run by sommeliers, whose duties along with wine stewards include • Supervising the ordering and storage of wines • Preparing of wine list • Overseeing of staff • Scheduling
Bar Management • Maintaining cost control • Assisting in wine selection • Properly serving wine • Knowledge of other beverages
Bar Controls • Automatic dispensing system • Intoxication of customer • Pilferage by employees • Overcharging/undercharging customers
Types of Hotel Bars • Lobby bar • Restaurant bar • Service bar • Catering and Banquet bar • Pool bar • Minibar • Night clubs • Sports bar
Stewarding Department • Responsibilities of Chief Steward: • Cleanliness of back of house • Cleanliness of glassware, china and cutlery • Inventory of chemical stock • Maintenance of dishwashing machines • Pest control
Catering Department • Catering • Includes a variety of occasions when people may eat at varying times • Banquets • Refers to groups of people who eat together at one time and in one place • Terms are used interchangeably
Dotted Line Responsibilities • Catering Director must work with • Director of Sales • Food and Beverage Director • Executive Chef • Catering Services Manager • Responsible for selling and servicing all catering, banquets, meetings and exhibitions
Catering Department • Hotel’s Director of Sales • General Manager • Corporate Office Sales Department • Convention & Visitors Bureau • Competition • Rollovers • Cold calls
Styles of Meetings • Theater Style X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Styles of Meetings • Classroom Style
Styles of Meetings • Dinner Style
Catering Event Order (CEO) • Also called Banquet Event Order (BEO) • Contains all information pertinent to the event that has been planned • Guaranteed number
Room Service/In-Room Dining • Typically found in larger city hotels, especially airport hotels • Level of service and menu vary • Challenges • Delivery of orders on time • Making it a profitable department • Avoiding complaints • Forecasting
Trends • Use of branded restaurants • Hotels opting not to offer F&B facilities • More casual atmosphere • Standardized menus • Sports-themed bars • Use of technology in guest services and overall operations