If you love to cook, or even if you can’t warm up a grilled cheese sandwich, but you know a great business opportunity when you see one, and you are dying to get your hands on your own catering business, read on to learn how to start a food truck of your own by signing up for our catering essentials course. This course discusses in detail the critical aspects of management involved in running a catering & food truck business like how to get the appropriate licenses and permits, what kind of kitchen (commissary) you need, basic food safety practices, menu planning, cooking for a crowd, planning meals, dealing with customers, understanding how to price your services, and moving the food safely from one location to another.
General Information
| An Introduction to Cooking and Catering | Cooking Principles and Procedures | Professional Catering |
- A Brief History of Cooking and the Culinary Arts
- Food Service Concepts Today
- Menu Planning and Development
- Standardization Practices, Sanitation, and Safety
- Restaurant Tools and Equipment
- Types of Restaurants
- Introduction to Food Service Work Stations and Areas
- Dining Room Organization
| - Influences on modern cuisine
- Kitchen organization
- Standards of professionalism
- The safe workplace and injury prevention
- Sanitation
- Tools and equipment
- Basic cooking methods
- Mise en place
- Herbs, spices, and seasonings
- The recipe
- Stocks, sauces, and soups
| - Types of Catering
- Choosing Your Client
- Social Media Marketing
- The Seven Functions of Catering
- Planning–The Basic Catering Management Function
- Operations–Execution of Tasks
- Organizing the Event
- Catering Equipment
- Implementing
- Controlling
- Understanding Risk Management, Insurance and Legal Issues
- Beverage Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Sustainable Catering: One Ecological Step at a Time
- Human Resource Management
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| Cooking Meats, Fish and Poultry | Cooking Vegetables, Grains and Sides | Baking Basics |
- Choosing Quality Beef, Veal and Pork
- Methods of Cooking Beef and Veal
- Methods of Cooking Pork
- Choosing Quality Fish
- Methods of Cooking Fish
- Choosing Quality Poultry
- Methods of Cooking Poultry
- Specialty Seafood and Meats
| - Cooking with Vegetables
- Cooking with Potatoes
- Rice and Grains
- Pasta
- Salads and Dressings
- Eggs
- Breakfast Foods and Beverages
- Sandwiches
- Dairy Products
| - Baking Basics
- Cookies
- Bars and Brownies
- Cakes and Cupcakes
- Pies and Tarts
- Cheesecakes
- Yeast and Artisan Breads
- Quick Breads
- Morning Favorites
- Coffee Shop
- Holiday Baking
- Everyday Baking
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This educational program is an introductory course designed to help students gain knowledge necessary for the vocational application of this subject.
