Many of us have endured a stint in food service, whether it was our first venture into the working world or served as a part-time job strictly for extra income. For the majority of us, there was never any intention of pursuing it as a career. However, the fast pace and interaction with a variety of people delights some, and they develop an enthusiastic attitude toward the business. These people often understand the sound fundamentals of food preparation, appreciate the value of personal service, and possess excellent people skills. But there is much more to the world of food service and food

The restaurant business is both an established field and also an evolving one. Today more people eat out, having less time to cook at home. With the advent of the celebrity chef, many people are interested in trying new and different foods. The expansive cable television networks provide entertainment in the form of "reality shows" revolving around winning money to open a dream restaurant or be top chef. The globalization of food distribution allows people everywhere to become familiar with ingredients never before available, stimulating their interest in food as more than sustenance. Dining out becomes entertainment as well as filling the need for nourishment. With over 80 combined years of cooking experience, Meyer and Vann have seen the trials of opening and running restaurants-those they have worked in and those they have designed and helped to open. They bring this expertise to How to Open and Operate a Restaurant and will take the reader through al the aspects of opening and running a restaurant including many examples of pitfalls to avoid, rules to follow and guidelines for success.

Americans spend more than 600 billion a year eating out. Busy consumers don't have the time or inclination to cook — they want tasty, nutritious meals without dishes to wash. More and more singles, working parents and seniors are demanding greater convenience and are turning to restaurants to fill that need. There's plenty of room for more food businesses, but for a successful startup you need more than just good recipes. You also need to know about planning, capitalization, inventory control, and payroll management.

Some people act on their life-long dreams and decide to open a restaurant. Many of these aspiring restaurateurs are engaging in this activity for the first time, and unfortunately they are at a greater risk for making mistakes that could unnecessarily doom their fledgling business from the start. Many of these mistakes, however, are avoidable. The shelves are full of books about restaurants. Some offer advice on operations and menu planning. Some contain inspiring photographs of interior and exterior spaces. Others share the details behind one concept or individual's success story. But comprehensive information available on the restaurant development process is limited. The establishment of a new restaurant concept is full of emotion, surprise, frustration, risk, and satisfaction that simply cannot be conveyed in a textbook format. The Restaurant Dream? is based on a true account of one team?s efforts to develop a restaurant concept from the ground up. All aspects of the development process, from the initial idea - through design, construction, opening, and the first months of operations, are covered. It is written in the form of a story, which interweaves educational material with real-life events and the unexpected twists and turns that seemed to exist around almost every corner. From elation to deception and camaraderie to lawsuits, this book shows that the surreal components of opening a restaurant are not uncommon?they are just not frequently shared. The Restaurant Dream? shares strategies, logic, successes, and failures so that the aspiring restaurateur may learn from this effort and improve their own likelihood for success. Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company president?s garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed. This Atlantic Publishing eBook was professionally written, edited, fact checked, proofed and designed. The print version of this book is 323 pages and you receive exactly the same content. Over the years our books have won dozens of book awards for content, cover design and interior design including the prestigious Benjamin Franklin award for excellence in publishing. We are proud of the high quality of our books and hope you will enjoy this eBook version.

Using a case study of a newly established restaurant, this programme investigates: · What a business plan is, and why it is important. · Different types of business plans. · The key elements of a business plan - vision and mission statements, operations, marketing, finance, the executive summary. · Common planning tools - SWOT analysis, break-even analysis. · The importance of regularly evaluating the business plan.

TV chef Rick Stein's Seafood Restaurant has grown considerably in the last few years. Rick and his colleagues identify the factors that that have helped them implement change successfully. These are universal messages that can be helpful to any manager. Managing change is a key management skill. It requires emotional intelligence - including recognising the pressure that the process can put you under. Rick Stein's hospitality business has evolved in recent years following a period of rapid growth. A great amount of time and effort has been invested in to change projects with some important experiences gained along the way.

This programme is an essential guide to accounting reports, balance sheets and profit and loss statements. Real life case studies from The Agni, an Indian restaurant in the UK and Globe, a streetwear and sports wholesaler in Australia, demonstrate the importance of maintaining accurate accounting reports. Covering all of the tools that are vital to any business, the programme explores balance sheets, assets, liabilities and owners' equity, profit and loss statements and gross and net profit, all the time referring back to the real-life business examples.

Comprehensively covers opening and running a restaurant-revised and updated A successful restaurant is a dream business. It offers guests a fabulous experience, while the restaurateur gets an exciting workplace, creative license, and potentially nice profit margins. Of course, restaurant success does not arrive on a silver platter. It takes know-how, the right planning, and access to quality information. A one-stop guide to the business, The Restaurant: From Concept to Operation, Fifth Edition gives readers the knowledge they need to conceive, open, and run any type of restaurant from fast-food franchise to upscale dining room.

In The Battle to Do Good, former McDonald's Executive Bob Langert takes readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of the restaurant giant's decades-long battle to do good, tackling tricky societal issues all while feeding 70 million people a day while attending to the bottom line.

Health and safety is something we tend to take for granted - until an accident happens that affects us personally. And then it's too late. This practical programme demonstrates the core health and safety issues that affect us all, such as lifting things, and shows why being careful has to become second nature even when we're really busy. The key message is that we have to take responsibility for our own safety, and the safety of others, at all times. Using Rick Stein's Seafood restaurant and hotel business as a case study, the programme demonstrates how health and safety procedures and principles involve people from different parts of the business - chefs, waiters, admin staff, cleaners, and drivers. It covers three main areas of health and safety at work: manual handling; fire; slips, trips, cuts and burns.

Managing people is often the hardest part of a manager's job. This engaging programme is an ideal introduction to a management development programme for new managers. Using a stimulating case study, it provides an effective role model for how to lead and motivate a team successfully. It shows how TV chef Rick Stein opened his seafood restaurant with a passion to cook fish but as the business has grown, Rick has had to develop his skills as a manager. In the programme you will see how Rick and his managers get the best out of their team. The programme highlights five key management principles: lead by example, set standards, communicate, delegate, and support and develop. Whilst these management principles may be universal, their application is not. The CDROM workbook that is included with the programme will help you to explore the key ideas in the programme and how you can best apply them to your own circumstances.