Kitchen Management

Managing People in Commercial Kitchens: A Contemporary Approach uses original research to argue that senior managers (head chefs) should differentiate their people management practices in kitchen brigades from those used in the hospitality industry more generally (induction, socialisation, and performance evaluation) due to the group’s strong occupational identity and culture. The understanding of chefs’ work from a management perspective is critical for successful hospitality operations but has been historically under-researched. Chapters provide a detailed account of chefs’ work in commercial kitchens from an HRM perspective. Using occupational identity and culture as a vehicle, this book explores the different aspects of managerial work in commercial kitchen settings: general management, leadership, education and training, skills and competencies, managing deviant behaviour, managing stress, and managing diversity (focused on gender segregation). The final chapter looks at future perspectives on this unique working environment and the many challenges arising from the latest developments such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing both theoretical insights and practical applications with the use of case studies throughout, this will be of great interest to upper-level students and researchers in hospitality, as well as a useful reference for current managers in the field.

Food is indispensable to life, literally; and Cooking unfolds as a metaphor for life as Kitchen goes on weaving many threads of perspectives, lessons, and insights, which intertwine to reveal a tapestry of experiences and wisdom that effectively guides us in all spheres of life through right skills, right attitudes and right decision-making at every juncture that counts. Any keen observer would never fail to notice what a great citadel of learning our humble kitchen is, throwing up constantly many fundamental lessons in management, leadership, and right attitude towards life. Learning lessons is important, and indeed, is the first step towards self-transformation. But actual transformation happens only when we start being what we learn. Managing kitchen on a regular basis for people you love and value including your own self, does not let you cheat – that is the catch! When you genuinely care for people, your sense of responsibility automatically expands; you apply what you learn and in time, those learnings get ingrained into your system deeply as your auto-mode behavioral patterns, your second nature. Kitchen offers repeated opportunities to be, not just to appear to be!

This book is a practical guide for the application of project management tools and techniques to kitchen activities. Project management is one of the hottest topics in the business world because it is through project management that organizational goals and objectives are pursued and accomplished. The same rigorous tools and techniques of project management used in the corporate world are the same that can and should be applied in the kitchen. Everything is a project. A project is everything to the success and welfare of human kind. Nowhere is this more aptly true than in a culinary kitchen. The basis of human existence is food as a source of nourishment. The primary product of any kitchen is food. Whether the kitchen is formal or informal, commercial or charitable, public or private, corporate or personal, the same desired end product is food. It does make sense that we dedicate ourselves to how to prepare food in any kitchen as a project execution within time, quality, and budget constraints. Happy cooking projects to all!

Hygiene management in kitchen and service is the proper reference book for specialists and managers in hotels and restaurants, but also for catering facilities, e.g. in schools and health care. The manual helps to put hygiene management according to HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) into practice. It contains the principles of the HACCP concept and describes how the hazard analysis and work processes are created according to HACCP. Field-tested checklists and information on staff training supplement the manual. Thus the reader receives comprehensive information about alternatives of implementing hygiene management according to HACCP.

This book is for restaurant owners, chefs, and cooks that want to learn about kitchen management. There are three routes to learning how to manage a kitchen; culinary school, private restaurants, and corporate training. I have experienced all three, and realized there is a lot left unsaid no matter how you learn. Now I am sharing my experience with you to help fill in the gaps of standard education.

Kitchen & Bath Business Project Management, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide to professional practice for the kitchen and bath professional. This one-stop reference is based on the real-world experiences of kitchen and bath experts to ensure success in business and professional life. Kitchen & Bath Business Project Management, Second Edition is illustrated in full color throughout with improved graphic design so that visual learners can easily absorb both technical and professional practice information. This book also includes access to a companion website with easily customizable forms for increased efficiency, and an Instructor's Manual.