Study this Catering Course Online and Start Your Own Business!
Do you love making food and want to start your own business? Then catering this online catering course could be the one you are looking for.
You will learn how to manage a catering business including food production, beverage management, catering contracts, collaboration with events and much more.
Why Study this Catering Professional Course?
This online catering professional course will give you the theoretical and practical knowledge needed in order to be successful in the flexible and exciting industry of catering. This course will not only give you the foundation needed for catering management, but also help you gain the skills and abilities that are necessary for any catering services, such as the ability to create a strategic marketing plan to target a certain market segment, the skills of effectively managing a catering or events organization, and the successful execution of a catering agreement or services contract.
Course Aims:
- To manage a catering or events business.
- The foundations of integrated disciplines such as event planning, food and beverage management, sales and marketing, human resources, accounting practices and legal contracts.
- To manage the requirements and challenges of; employee inductions, performance appraisals, exit interviews, staffing requirements, food safety, legal requirements and licensing, budgeting considerations and profit margins.
We suggest you also study Event Management bundled with this Catering Course for only $999 for the two!
What you will study:
The elements of catering services
- Introduction
- Catering events
- Food service styles
- The essentials of main service styles
- The advantages of main service styles
- Resources required for main service styles
- Budget considerations for main service styles
- Calculation human resource requirements for main service styles
- Matching the service style to the catering event
Events management collaboration
- The structure of event types
- Event planning
- Additional catering and event services
Food production practices
- Food production systems and methods
- Food safety requirements
- Converting measurements
- Portion estimation for events
Beverage management requirements
- Legal considerations
- Characteristics of spirits
- Characteristics of wine
- Beverage profit margins
Sales and marketing plans
- Target markets
- Marketing plans
- Sales forecasts
Catering contracts
- Elements of a contract
- Essential clauses
- Other laws
Human resource planning
- The recruitment process
- Employee inductions
- The training cycle
- Performance appraisals
- Exit interviews
Accounting principles
- Accounting terminology
- Financial statements
- Accounting methods
- Inventory valuation methods
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- Experienced Tutor support
- Certificate sent to you
- Online study (Printed notes available)
- Self paced - no set timetable
- 12 months to complete course
From: $25.00 / week for 26 weeks