Restaurant Management
The Math Behind the Magic
Cooking Knowledge
Restaurant History
Not So Fun Facts
100

A type of business format popularized during the 2020 COVID shutdown, at the height of public reliance on takeout and delivery

What is Ghost Kitchens?

100

Gross profit - cost of goods = ?

What is the formula to find net profit?

100

The cooking temperature for a medium well steak

What is 145-155°F

100
The forefather of modern cuisine, responsible for the creation of French mother sauces and the brigade system

What is Augustus Escoffier?

100

This food, famous in the northeastern United States, is actually still alive when it's eaten, typically with a dash of vinegar or hot sauce

What is raw oysters?

200

The typical markup percentage on liqour sales at a bar or restaurant

What is 80%

200

A situation in which the prices of goods and/or services increase or decrease based on events out of the markets influence

What is Market Fluctuation?

200

The process of partially submerging a protein or starch in liquid, typically flavored, at low temperatures for long periods of time

What is braising?

200
Named after this illustrious Portland area chef, this award is considered one of the great heights to American chefs below receiving a Michelin star
What is the James Beard awards?
200

This popular sushi roll was actually developed in Canada

What is the California Roll

300

Rates are 30% within the first year, and around 80% within the first five years

What is the restaurant failure rate?

300

Cost of goods / menu price = ?

What is food cost percentage?

300

The term meaning "to the tooth" in the French lexicon, is used in reference to a variety of foods

What is al dente?

300
The longest living fast food restaurant in the United States, popular for their proprietary carbonated beverage

What is A&W?

300

This staple sweet cracker was originally formulated without fat, and un-sifted flour to ward off sexual urges

What is the Graham Cracker?

400

The most costly of expenditures in any restaurant operation, can vary drastically state to state

What is labor?
400

The price a chef must charge to recover the cost of all ingredients that are too minor to calculate

What is the Q Factor?

400

The stage following gelatinization in baking bread, the stage in which starch and protein starts to solidify in order to create structure

What is coagulation?

400

The first female chef in the United States to earn three michelin stars?

Dominique Crenn

400

This salad, featuring a savory anchovy dressing and toasted bread cubes, was invented in Tijuana


What is Caesar salad

500

The owner of multiple well known franchises across the United States, such as Rainforest Cafe, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., and Joe's Crab Shack

What is Landry's?

500

Most cities have these to account for the impact of increased car and foot traffic, ensures that development is accounted for and paid for by those developing

What is System Development Fees?
500
The proper ratio for butter to egg in a hollandaise sauce

What is 3oz to 1 egg yolk? 

500

The first year A&W would expand beyond United States borders, would mark a continual expansion internationally

What is 1963?

500

This coffee delicacy, created using the active digestive juices from an Asian Palm Civet, is cleaned from it's droppings and dried before being finished into roasted coffee beans

What is Kopi Luwak?

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