Costing And Control

Muhtasari

A cook who feeds a crowd and still ends the day poorer has not been cheated by anyone. The food simply cost more than the plates brought in, and nobody worked out the numbers before the pot went on the fire. Costing and control is the part of catering that decides whether a business grows or quietly dies, and it rests on arithmetic a market trader already knows: what went in, how many plates came out, and what each plate must sell for.

In this lesson you will learn to sort the costs of a kitchen into fixed, variable and overhead, add up the food cost of a real recipe, break it down to the cost of one portion, and set a fair selling price using a food cost percentage or a simple mark up. You will calculate gross profit the way an examiner expects it shown, and you will see why a careless ladle can erase a whole day of profit. Every figure here is in naira, and every sum is worked out in full.

Malengo

  1. Define cost, sales and profit in catering
  2. Distinguish between fixed cost, variable cost and overhead cost
  3. Calculate the cost of a dish and its selling price from a recipe
  4. Explain the purpose and methods of portion control
  5. Explain how cost control improves profitability in a catering establishment

Maelezo ya Somo

Two women sell the same jollof rice from stalls facing each other in a Lagos market. One is busy from morning to night yet never seems to get ahead; the other, no busier, is opening a second stall by the end of the year. The difference is rarely the cooking. It is that the second woman knows exactly what a plate of her rice costs her to make, and has priced it so that every plate leaves something behind after the rice, the oil, the gas and her own time have all been paid for. Costing and control is simply that discipline written down. Master it and you can run a kitchen of any size with your eyes open instead of guessing.

Tathmini ya Somo

Hongera kwa kukamilisha somo la Costing And Control. Sasa kwa kuwa umechunguza dhana na mawazo muhimu, ni wakati wa kuweka ujuzi wako kwa mtihani. Sehemu hii inatoa mazoezi mbalimbali maswali yaliyoundwa ili kuimarisha uelewaji wako na kukusaidia kupima ufahamu wako wa nyenzo.

Utakutana na mchanganyiko wa aina mbalimbali za maswali, ikiwemo maswali ya kuchagua jibu sahihi, maswali ya majibu mafupi, na maswali ya insha. Kila swali limebuniwa kwa umakini ili kupima vipengele tofauti vya maarifa yako na ujuzi wa kufikiri kwa makini.

Tumia sehemu hii ya tathmini kama fursa ya kuimarisha uelewa wako wa mada na kubaini maeneo yoyote ambapo unaweza kuhitaji kusoma zaidi. Usikatishwe tamaa na changamoto zozote utakazokutana nazo; badala yake, zitazame kama fursa za kukua na kuboresha.

  1. Which of the following is a fixed cost in a restaurant? A. The cost of tomatoes B. The rent of the premises C. The cost of fish D. The cost of vegetable oil Answer: B
  2. A dish has a food cost of 600 naira and is sold for 2,000 naira. Its food cost percentage is: A. 20% B. 25% C. 30% D. 33% Answer: C
  3. A dish has a food cost of 900 naira. If the food cost should be one third of the selling price, the selling price is: A. 300 naira B. 1,200 naira C. 2,700 naira D. 3,000 naira Answer: C
  4. Gross profit in a catering business is best defined as: A. Sales minus all the costs of the business B. Sales minus the food (material) cost C. The selling price minus the profit D. Food cost added to labour cost Answer: B
  5. Which tool is used to serve a standard portion of soup or stew? A. A weighing scale B. A ladle C. A boning knife D. A colander Answer: B

Maswali ya Zamani

Unajiuliza maswali ya zamani kuhusu mada hii yanaonekanaje? Hapa kuna idadi ya maswali kuhusu Costing And Control kutoka miaka iliyopita.

Swali 1 Ripoti

(a) State the six general procedures for taking cash payment in a catering establishment.

(b) State two qualities of a supervisor in a catering establishment.