Food Cost
What are the nine steps in the flow of food?
Purchasing,receiving, storing, preparation, cooking, holding, cooling, reheating,service
What are the two main types of yeast doughs?
Lean doughs and rich doughs
Convert this recipe: Chocolate chip cookies make 24 cookie, but I need to make 120.
120/24 = 5 Conversion Factor
What is the purpose of controlling all the processes in the flow of food?
To prevent inefficiencies and lower food cost
What is the diffrence between the two types of yeast dough?
Lean doughs have very little to no sugar or fat. While rich doughs have shortening or tenderizing ingredients
Chili recipe makes 72 servings but you only need 16 servings
16/72 = .2222 Conversion Factor
What is the setup to figure an operation's food cost?
Opening inventory +purchases=total food available - closing inventory= total food cost
What is another name for laminated dough?
Rolled in dough
Total food cost %
70,000 food cost
130,000 food sales
70,000/130,000 = 53.84%
.Total food cost/food sales = food cost percentage
Steps for the food cost percentage method
What is the purpose of kneading a yeast dough?
Develops the gluten in the dough
Food Cost %
Food Cost 23,000
Food Sales 86,000
23,000/86,000 = 26.74
Write up the steps for increasing or decreasing a recipe.
The desired yield divided by the original yield equals the conversion factor
What qualities do lean doughs have, taste and texture-wise?
Chewy texture,Crisp crust