Columbia College Hospitality Management Program

An American Culinary Federation Accredited Program

 

 

Hospitality Management Program

 

 

128

 

Kitchen Management

Course Information & Course Syllabi

 

Spring 2004

 

 

Professor/Chef Instructor: Gene Womble

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COLUMBIA COLLEGE

HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

 

An American Culinary Federation Accredited Program

 

HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT 128

 

Professor/Chef Instructor: Gene Womble

Office Telephone: 588-5135

Fax: 588-5316

Email: wombleg@yosemite.ca.cc.us (please note, use all lower case)

Office location: Manzanita 3

Classroom Location: Cedar 1

Office hours: Monday  2:00-3:30, Wed 1:00-2:00, Thursday 2:00-3:30 or 5:00-6:00 or by appointment

Course Description: KITCHEN MANAGEMENT

Development of skills used to manage a commercial kitchen.  Students will write menus and develop recipes, establish portion sizes and recipe costs, then price the menu items. Purchasing foods and supplies: comparative pricing among vendors, ordering, receiving, rotating and storing goods; taking and extending inventories. Students will learn to base production plans on sales forecasts, staff the kitchen accordingly, establish policies, standards and procedures regarding production, staff issues, facility/equipment maintenance and kitchen cleanliness.  Basic concepts from the Uniform System of Accounts for Restaurants relating to kitchen operations. May be repeated one time.

 

REQUIRED READING

 

Title:           Principles of Food, Beverage, and Labor Costs Controls

Author:           Paul R. Ditmer, Gerald G. Griffin

Publisher:    Van Nostrand Reinhold

Edition:       7th

ISBN:          0-47139703-2

 

OPTIONAL READING

 

Title:         Food for Fifty

Author:     Molt

Publisher:  Prentice Hall

Edition:    10th

ISBN:       0-13-382839-5

 

 
 
GRADING STANDARD/POLICY

 

There are three areas that determine your final grade.

 

1.      Lecture participation days: You are eligible to receive up to six points for participation during your scheduled lecture day. There is no “make ups” for a lecture that is considered unexcused. You must get notes from another student or stop by during my office hour. Two tardies equal one absence.

 

Grading standard - Lecture participation days:  In order to receive the maximum allowable points you must do the following. Participate in the lectures by asking questions Turning in class assigned projects, & participating as a team member during class projects. Your points will be reduced by one for each area that does not meet this standard.

 

This area is 20% of your final grade

 

2.   Assignments: Your assignments are graded on a traditional percentage method.            

      I do not accept late work

     

      This area is 25% of your final grade

 

3.   Quizzes/Tests: You will receive an average of all tests and quizzes for your grade in this          

area.

 

This area is 25% of your final grade

 

4.   Final Project:  Your final project is to include the items under the final project  

      description.

  

      This area is 30% of your final grade

 

Legend for grading system.

 

90 – 100 %   = A

80 – 89.99% = B

70 – 79.99% = C

60 – 69.99% = D

60% and below, well you guess…………………

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPECIAL NOTES FOR 128 CLASS SYLLABUS

 

1.      You must turn in all assignments to receive a passing grade.

2.      Please, remember to ask questions or come by to see me during my office hour if you need assistance. Thank you for being part of the hospitality management program.

3.   All assignments are due at the beginning of the next lecture.

3.      There are no make ups, if you feel you have an extenuating circumstance that will prevent

you from taking a quiz or test you must clear it with Chef  Womble prior  to the test or there  will no make up opportunity extended to you.

 

This syllabus is subject to change sometimes without notice!

 

You have two weeks from the first class meeting date to challenge or ask questions about this syllabus.  After that, we will operate from this for the semester.

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Hospitality Management 128

Spring 2004 Course Calendar

Class Lecture Time 6:05-9:00p.m. Thursday

 

HPMGMT 128

 

WEEK 1 1/15/04

 

Lecture Topics

·        Introductions,Gene Womble, Derrick Russell

·         Scope of class

·        Topics of class

·        Purpose/Your expectations/My expectations of the class

·        Presentation/review of final project

      Success in this class…… teamwork, study groups, networking, scholarships

·        Criteria for choosing a food vendor

 

Handouts

 
Assignments

·        Chapters 1,2 & 3

·         Your expectations of this class(due today).

·        What are seven job tasks for a chef position or kitchen supervisor.

·        A one page paper that discusses  the definition of  a kitchen manager and what makes a successful manager.

 

Additional Items

·        Homework guidelines-requirements for papers

 

Class 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEEK 2 1/22/04

 

Lecture Topics: Kitchen positions

 

Brian Johnson, Sales Associate Sysco Food Service

·        Commercial kitchen positions/organizational chart.(11)

·        Preparation areas

·        Jobs in a commercial kitchen

·        What does a kitchen manager/chef do? Responsibilities?

·        Job descriptions(2)

·        Introduction to food costing

·        Chef positions in a commercial kitchen setting.

 

Handouts

 
Assignments

·        Task list for Chefs job

·        Write a job description for a chefs position

·        Chapter 4,5

 

Additional Items

·        Rough draft of menu week 6

Class 2

 

WEEK 3 1/29/04

 

Lecture Topics:

·        The employee handbook(3)

·        Policy and procedure development for a commercial kitchen.

·        Compliance with laws(ADA).

 

Handouts

 

Assignments

·        Chapter 6,7

·        Develop the outline of the policies and procedures you plan to have in your employee policy and procedures handbook.

·        Develop the outline of the policies and procedures you plan to have in your operations  policy and procedures manual.

 
Additional Items

Class 3

 

WEEK 4 2/5/04

 

Lecture Topics: Procedure writing, designs, food flow

 

·        Writing procedures for operations, opening, closing, maintenance, stock rotation, food storage, incidents of food-borne illness, discards and accidents.(12)

·        Commercial kitchen designs

·        Food flow

·        Review of final project

 

Handouts

 
Assignments

·        Chapter 8,9

 

Additional Items

·        Test

Class 4

 

 

WEEK 5  2/12/04

 

Lecture Topics: Contracts

·       Buying of food products - Contracts versus the open market

 

Handouts

 

Assignments

·        Chapter 10,11

 

Class 5

 

 

 

WEEK 6  2/19/04

 

Lecture Topics: menus, concept, your mission statement

 

·        Menu development/composition and production of the final product(1)

·        Use of descriptive words

·        Balancing production areas

·        Restaurant concepts – the definition(8)

·        Mission statement – Definitions(5)

 

Handouts

Assignments

·        Define your restaurant concept for your final project (Rough draft due next week).

·        Write a menu for your project (the menu is to include 3 appetizers, 2 soups, 3 salads, 4 entrees, 2 desserts & 3 drinks (Rough draft due nest week)

·       Chapter 12,13

Additional Items

Class 6

 

 

WEEK 7  2/26/04

 

Lecture Topics: Menus, Vendors, Purchasing,

·        Discussion of menu project

·        Vendor relations

·        Food Purchasing-open market - competition

·        Specification writing

·        Differences between Quotes, Contracts, and Bids

·        More on food costing (9)

Invoices, determining unit costs and portion costs.

Yield cost

·        Review for Mid-Term

Handouts

Assignments

·        Write a list of production foods needed to produce your menu.

·        STUDY FOR MID-TERM
Additional Items

Class 7

 

 

 

WEEK 8  3/4/04

 

Lecture Topics

·        Mid-Term

Handouts

 

Assignments

·        Cost out one recipe from the soup and entrée section and turn in a food preparation list for each item.

 

Additional Items

·        Possible tour of Sysco food Services Modesto, CA

Class 8

 

 

WEEK 9  3/11/04

 

Lecture Topics: Inventories, par stocks

·        Inventories

·        Par stocks(10)

·        Review of final project

·        Buying produce

·        Cleaned versus fresh from the field

·        Pricing

 

Handouts

 

Assignments

 

Additional Items

·        Food Costing exercise in class project

·        Chapter 14,15

Class 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEEK 10  3/18/04

 

Lecture Topics

·        Open Class – We may need this class time to catch up!

 

Handouts

 

Assignments

·        Chapter 16,17

 

Additional Items

This would be a good time to have the rough draft completed of your project so I can review it with you.

 

Class 10

 

 

WEEK 11  3/25/04

 

Lecture Topics: Staff, Scheduling, Stats, Sales, Accounting

 

·        Staffing the commercial kitchen

·        Scheduling concerns, catering?

·        “Stats” for the restaurant industry.

·        Introduction to the P/L(7)

·        Sales forecasting and consumption rate of food(4)

·        The uniform system of accounts for the restaurant

 

Handouts

 

Assignments

·        Chapter 18,19

Additional Items

Class 11

 

 

 

 

WEEK 12  4/1/04

 

Lecture Topics:

 

·        Open discussion for review of your final project.

 

·        Your final project is due

 

Handouts