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CA 260 - A La Carte I (Pick-Up)


Credits: 12
Students gain real industry experience honing their skills in a fully functioning restaurant. They will implement a “Field to Fork” food service concept to develop basic skills and apply a la carte cooking techniques for the execution of grab-n-go, curbside pick-up, and meal kits food orders.
Course Outcomes:
 

  1. Research a “Field to Fork” food service concept.
  2. Perform menu engineering with consideration of seasonality, price point, and the demographic of guests.
  3. Develop recipes, communicate ingredient needs, and prepare production stations to support the menu of a functioning food service operation.
  4. Utilize local, sustainable ingredients efficiently within a food cost management system.
  5. Design accurate and appealing packaging and labelling for grab-n-go, curbside pick-up, and meal kit orders.
  6. Create a database for recipe development.
  7. Apply food safety and sanitation procedures and policies in compliance with the local health department.
  8. Demonstrate teamwork, time-management, and decision-making skills required in a production environment.

Course Topics:
 

  1. Leadership and management in a production environment
  2. Product knowledge
  3. Ordering and receiving product
  4. Mise-en-place organization
  5. Packing food “to go”
  6. Customer service
  7. Kitchen flow for service
  8. Order/Fire system
  9. Inventory control
  10. Multiple station execution

LAB Credits: 12
LAB hours per week: 24
Course Attribute(s): Work-Based
OEE Permitted: Yes
Grading Basis: Graded
Instructor/Department Consent Required: No Consent
CIP Code: 12.0503
Default Section Size/Cap: 20
Quarter(s) offered:
  • Summer