errthang Flashcards
Art or service of planning, preparing, cooking and serving of quality meals in large quantities
Food Service
Umbrella of interdependent parts working together for a common goal
Food Servive as a System
3 major subsystems in food service
Operation, management and information subsystem
Types of Food Service
Conventional, commissary and ready-prepared
Food service process include:
administration, purchasing, receiving, storing, menu planning, food preparation, cooking, food safety, maintenance and repair, accounting
Subsystem composed of people with primary functions and activities of the opereation
Operation Subsystem
Subsystem consisting of people and activites that are involved in planning, controlling and making decisions
Management Subsystem
Subsystem which is a collection of people, machine, ideas and activities that gather, porcess data to provide neccessary information
Information Subsystem
Type of food service which is traditional
Conventional
Type of food service where fast food is served
Commissary
Type of food service where food is already prepared before serving
Ready-prepared
Process of getting the right product for a facility at the right time
Purchasing
Food items with useful lives after after they have been received
Perishable
Food items with longer shelf life an is usually sored in shelves at room temperature
Staple
consumed everyday on basis of negotiable contract
Contract items
Examples of Perishable Items
Meats Eggs Seafood Fruits Butter Dairy products
Examples of Staple Items
Canned goods
Examples of Contract Items
Coffee milk oil ice cream noodles bread
Food service operation inspects, takes ownership and physical possessing of the items ordered
Receiving