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Introduction
According to Riley, (2005) food and beverage management is an activity which constitutes of many roles and carries various labels across different parts of the industry like, a restaurateur and a banqueting manager could be a type of food and beverage manager. The centre of food and beverage management is ‘catering’, cooking and serving of food. Catering is all about having a considerable knowledge about food and cooking and serving it to guest within a compressed time frame.
According to cousins, Foskett and Shortt, (1995) there are two dimensions towards the systematic approach to the management of food and beverage operations. One of the dimensions deals with the systematic approach towards planning, designing and controlling of food and beverage operations and the second dimension deals with the operating systems within the food and beverage operations. The operating system within the food and beverage operation traditionally considers the system for food production as first and the system of delivery as second. For the purpose of this three systems which are recognised within the food and beverage operations are the system for food production, the service sequence and the customer process.
According to Morris and Johnston, (1987) this approach is based on the recognition that the management of any operating systems is concerned with three elements. Firstly, the management of materials. Secondly, the management of information and, lastly the management of customers. There are many factors which affect the overall meal experience. Some of the factors are the offerance of food and beverage served level of maintaining cleanliness etc.
The various aspects of food and beverage management such as menu planning and engineering, food and beverage control, waste management in food and beverage management, the basic problem to food and beverage management and their respective solutions are considered in this project.