Sample SIT40516 Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery Assignment

SIT40516 Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery Assignment Sample

UNIT: SITHKOP002 - PLAN AND COST BASIC MENUS

 Assessment Questions

1. List three sources where you might obtain information on your organisation’s customer profile
and food preferences.

2. List 5 elements of detailed customer information that a business would find beneficial for
establishing a customer profile:

3. Why is it important to obtain information from customers about their preferences when
designing a menu? (in about 30-50 words).

4. Provide an example of food preferences for each of the following ethnic groups. Include a typical
or preferred service style and suggest three popular dishes for each group.

• Thai - Food preferences
• Preferred service style
• Three popular dishes
• French - Food preferences
• Preferred service style
• Three popular dishes
• USA - Food preferences
• Preferred service style
• Three popular dishes
• Indian - Food preferences
• Preferred service style
• Three popular dishes
• Italian - Food preferences
• Preferred service style
• Three popular dishes

5. Which aspects do you need to consider in terms of food cost and pricing when choosing the
following menu types?

• À la carte
• Table d’hôte
• Bistro style

6. List 3 key considerations that must be taken into account when designing and costing a menu.

7. Complete the following table with standard weights and measures. Please note an example is
worked out for you.

8. Complete the following yield tests, calculating the Net yield per Kg and the net portion cost for
each commodity based on the net cost per Kg and the portion size per kg provided

9. What is a Butcher’s test? About 80-100 words.

10. What is the average profit margin in the restaurant and catering business? Describe the two
types of profit margin in about 10-30 words.

11. How would the profit margins and menu type differ in a fine dining establishment compared to a
bistro or pub?

What would be cost factors you would need to consider for each of these operations?

12. How can you use seasonal availability to your advantage when designing menus?

13. List two advantages of using fresh local produce in a restaurant.

14. From which country does teppinyaki cuisine originate and which style of service does it use?

15. Describe what is meant by the term silver service.

16. What is the purpose of breakfast buffets? List 2 advantages of using a buffet set-up for
breakfast?

17. List any 6 service styles that are adopted by different food outlets. Give the characteristics of
each style in about 20-40 words each.

18. Describe continental cuisine in about 50 words.

19. List 4 popular Asian dishes.

21. Which of the following are the correct formulae to calculate food cost, food cost percentage and
sales price? State true or false

Food Cost = Sales Price : Purchase price 
Food Cost % = Food Cost : Sales Price x 100 
Food Cost % - Food Cost x Sales Price : 100 
Sales Price = Targeted Food Cost Percentage x Food Cost : 100 
Sales Price = Food Cost : Targeted Food Cost Percentage x 100 

22. The following examples for calculating the mark-up and calculation factor for a product are:
Indicate true or false.

• Markup is the difference between your purchase price and your Sales Price
• If a bottle of wine costs you $10.00 and you sell it for $40.00 then you have a markup of $30.00 which
• equals 300%.
• If the markup percentage is 200 % and an item costs $20.00 the sales price is calculated as: 100%
• ($20.00) + 200% ($40.00) = $ 60.00.
• If the markup for a product is 275% the calculation factor to determine the Sales Price is 2.75
• If the markup for a product is 300% the calculation factor to determine the Sales Price is 4.
• If a product costs $12.00 and the markup is 300%, then the sales price is $36.00.

23. Customer characteristics vary according to a wide range of factors. Give general examples of
how each of the following characteristics will impact on your planning of menus and menu styles
in an establishment: (in about 20 words each)

24. List 3 types of cuisine commonly served in Australian restaurant of modern times:

25. Describe the popularity index in about 60-80 words. Specify the formula for popularity index.

26. What is a sales data index? (about 20 words)

27. Identify four ways you can get ongoing feedback from customers and others to improve menu
performance.

28. State what documents you can use to calculate the purchase price or cost per unit of each
ingredient

29. Describe what a ‘customer survey’ is and how it can help you. (in about 40-50 words)

30. Identify the typical formats and inclusion of menus presented to customers

31. Match the events to the correct menus from the box below:

32. Seasonal products and commodities influence menu content. Explain how can you deal with this
in about 10-20 words.

33. List any 6 naming conventions and culinary terms for a variety of cuisines.

Solution

Q1

The three sources, from where information about the food preferences and customer profile of the organization can be obtained are the following:

o The current database of the customers
o Customer interviews conducted by the company
o Customer surveys conducted by the company

Q2

The five basic information required to conduct customer profiling of an organization includes the following:
o Age range
o Gender
o Income range
o Social background
o Cultural background

Q3

According to Yalcinkaya,(2020), it is stated that information about customer preferences plays a crucial role in identifying the best suitable business decisions and strategies. It helps the business organizations to decide, appropriately on the right strategies to determine the potential business opportunities.

Q4

The food preferences for each of the groups are discussed below along with the preferred service style and popular dishes for the specific groups

Thai: food preferences: the typical aspect of Thai food includes a mixture of salty, sweetness, bitter, spicy, and sours (Qasim, 2015)

Preferred service style: The Thai people always prefer family-style, which includes serving the food items in common serving platters and putting more than one spoonful on the plate, at a time.

Three popular dishes: Tom Yum Goong, Som Tum and Pad Thai

French: food preferences: the French people prefer soup or salad with bread and a dessert, and tend to survive a long break in between lunch and dinner (Martínez-Torreset al.2015)

Preferred service style: the French people prefer serving many dishes at the same time and the table is largely filled with dishes

Three Popular Dishes :Boeuf Bourguignon, Potatoes Dauphinoise and Cassoulet

USA:

Food preferences: The USA people are casual by nature and prefer handy and quick filling foods, like Pizza (Fu et al.2015)

Preferred service style: the USA people prefer an informal style of serving food, with the neat placing of the dishes and the spoons

Three popular dishes: Apple Pie, The Hamburger, and Deep Dish Pizza

Indian: food preferences: The Indians prefer carbohydrate-rich foods and consumes multiple cuisines, based on the north and south culture (DE LORENZOet al.2017)

Preferred service style: the Indians always use the Right hand to serve and eat food and serve food with a lot of care and closeness

Three popular dishes: Mutton curry, Idli, Fish Curry

Italian:

Food preferences: The Italians like the tango taste and prefers chili and tomato in their dishes (Fahleviet al.2019)

Preferred service style: The Italians prefer their chefs to be creative and the dishes are assembled and portioned at the table in front of each guest

Three popular dishes: Caprese Salad with Pesto Sauce, Panzanella, Bruschetta

Q5

A la Carte

This is a French term, which means preparing the menu, according to the preferences of the customers and orders placed by the customers. It offers a wider selection of food items and needs a more mise en place preparation, space, and time, wherein the dishes included are costlier (Saba et al.2019).

Tabled Hote

This is another French term that is used to refer to the concept of food from the host’s table (Hugheset al.2016). It includes a classified menu, wherein a complete meal at a fixed price is decided, regardless of how much is consumed.

Bistro Style

This style refers to the Parisian-style restaurant concept, wherein simple meals are served, which includes wine and coffee within a causal and modest sitting and the table is set with casseroles and wine(Naderer, 2021).

Q6

o Preferences of the customers
o Income range
o Cultural influence

Q7

Q8

Beans 2kg, $20
Brocolli 1 kg , $3
Carrots 5kg, $4
Cauliflower 3kg, $15
Kohlrabi 4kg, $10
Spinach 6kg, $7
Onions 2kg, $3
Sirloin 10kg, $25
Loin of pork 5kg, $15
Leg of Lamb 4kg, $10

Q9

A butcher's test is a process, wherein the quality and total yield of fish, meat, and poultry can be evaluated. It is used by chefs and cooking experts to determine the true cost of the meat, which falls under the edible portion, and enable the concerned professional to make the best decision while comparing the same product, with varied items from different vendors (Smith et al.2015).

Q10

The two types of profit margin in restaurants include the net profit and the gross profit (Madeiraet al.2021). The average profit margin in restaurants can vary from 20% to 35%, based on the occupancy rate and average billing.

Q 11

Restaurant profit margin is calculated by dividing the net profit by revenue and then multiplying it by hundred. Fine dining restaurant is more sophisticated unique and expensive with specific dedicated mean courses. On the other hand, a bistro or pub .has budget-friendly food and they do not maintain sophistication in terms of high-quality chef customization means and Stella customer service.

Q 12

Consideration of seasons while designing a menu is important since raw ingredients in a particular season are fresh and they give better taste when used in the preparation of a meal (DiPietro, 2017). Local food can be easily available in the menu card, takes season availability as a consideration and new varieties can be made to satisfy customer appetite. It will also create the opportunity to make holiday-themed courses that will attract more customers to the restaurant.

Q 13

Using local food for the preparation of meals in restaurants is better since

? The foods are fresh, they taste better, and have more nutritional values
? They support seasonal needs which can make it better for geographical location

Q 14

The origin of teppanyaki-style of food is mainly from Japan. It is a style of Japanese culture where the chef and the cook enter into a good understanding relationship. Customers’ orders from the diner and food are prepared for them on the table on an iron plate and served to them on the spot where they are sitting.

Q15

Silver service is also named French service where the food is offered as a formal meal by the waiter with the use of a silver spoon and fork in one hand and the food items are served individually one by one on the diner's plate (Ali et al., 2021).

Q16

Breakfast is the first meal of the day and the main reason for the breakfast buffet is that it can provide the diners with more food and they can eat as much as they want (Yusof et al., 2018). Advantages of breakfast buffet system:

? It will offer people large varieties of food to have for the breakfast
? Dinosaurs can choose from the variety of nutritional food provided in the buffet according to their preference.

Q 17

? Cart French service is where the food is prepared beside the table and cooked in front of the diners

? Banquet French service is where the platters of food are prepared inside the kitchen and then brought out to diners and served.

? Butler service stylish wear food on left on trays by servers to the guests who are seated with their utensils and they have to solve themselves

? Russian silver service is where the surface of the food on the platter and then they are passed on the table

? The American service style is where the letter is placed in the kitchen and the waiter wait to carry the food to the diner

? The buffet service style is self-serving where food is placed on the table and the guests have to help themselves with the food.

Q18

Continental food refers to those which are mainly made by European countries. Continental cuisine has dishes from French Italian and Spanish categories all clubbed together under the name of continental food (Bhuiyan&Iqrar, 2019). Their special ingredient is the use of olive oil, herbs, wine, and minimal spices.

Q 19

- Chilly crab in Singapore
- Momos in the Himalayas
- Candied Haws in China
- Khantoke dinner in Thailand

Q 20

- A la carte menus
- Du jour menus
- Fixed menus
- Buffet menus
- Cycle menus

Q 21

- True
- False
- True
- False
- False
- True

Q 22

- True
- True
- False
- True
- False
- True

Q 23

Q 24

1. Roast lamb (which is also known as the national cuisine of Australia) (Sinclair & Carr, 2018)
Meat pies is another famous cuisine often found to be served in most of the Australian restaurant
Steak and veggies is another, and one the most famous cuisine is served by the most of the hotel situated in Australia

Q 25

Popularity index is considered as the number of a given food is ordered by the chosen guest from given alternatives. It is considered to be a useful tool while developing a menu. The popularity index is further used for forecasting the cuisine items.

The obtained formula to find out the popularity index of an particular dish from given alternatives is: (Popularity index= number of specific food item ordered, and sold/ number of total food items ordered, and sold) (Peng & JEMMOTT III, 2018)

Q 26

The sales data index is referred to the obtained ratio between number of sales revenue generated in a particular year and total number of sales revenue generated in a base year (Vandevijvere et al., 2019)

Q 27

Ongoing feedback of the guest, and consumers can be procured through allowing the guests to provide the feedback in the feedback note of the hotels, also consumers can provide their feedbacks and reviews on the website, and social media page of the company (Nicol, 2021).

Procurement, and assessing the feedbacks provided by the consumers is considered as one of most important tool to evaluate the quality of product, and service are being provided by the employers, in this context the quality of the food, and services which can be considered while making decision to bring relevant changes to further offer more consumer oriented services, and better quality of food.

Q 28

The bill and inventory list can be used to evaluate the purchase price, and expenditure of per unit of each ingredient (Nicol, 2021).

Q 29

Customer survey is consider as an effective tool, or method to procure primary quantitative data from the consumer by asking few survey questions regarding the quality of the product, and services, and by evaluating, and analysing the procured data using specific data analysing technique allow the employer what further changes they need to incorporate into (Nicol, 2021).

Q 30

There are in general four types of menus, such as fixed menu, cycle menu, static menus, and la carte menus. However most common formats used while developing a menu is introducing the purpose of menu, and a welcome note, further segmentation of the course, and items included into those course, and their price, and preparation methods, and used ingredients.

Q 31

Wedding reception_ Cyclical A la carte
Prison _meat ball in onion sauce
Fast food restaurant that serves Mexican food_Tachos, nachos, tortillas (Sinclair & Carr, 2018)

Q 32

Often it is observed that the dish of an restaurant get highly influenced by the seasonal food ingredients, due seasonal food ingredients are highly available in the market at affordable price, and it can be procured as fresh, consists of nutritional attributes (APRILIANI, 2021).

Q 33

1. A la carte
2. Au gratin
3. Aspic
4. Aerate
5. A point
6. Al dent

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