
Food and Beverage Management
- 3rd Edition - March 23, 1998
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Authors: Bernard Davis, Andrew Lockwood, SALLY STONE
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 0 6 6 6 - 1
The third edition of this best-selling textbook has been completely revised and the resulting changes are as a direct result of lecturers' feedback and to reflect current practice.… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe third edition of this best-selling textbook has been completely revised and the resulting changes are as a direct result of lecturers' feedback and to reflect current practice. It examines the whole spectrum of possibly the most technical and complex function in the hotel and catering industry, that of food and beverage management.
The new edition has been restructured and all chapters have been updated to reflect current practice. There are new chapters on the scope and functions of food and beverage management, managing quality, stewarding. The book begins with an examination and classification of the various sectors that constitute the catering industry and describes the role of food and beverage management in the context of overall catering operations. All the practical aspects of management are dealt with: purchasing, receiving, storing, issuing, sales promotion, food menus and beverage lists, production and service.
Food and Beverage Management provides a sound textbook for students at degree and diploma level and is designed to cover HCIMA professional qualifications.
The new edition has been restructured and all chapters have been updated to reflect current practice. There are new chapters on the scope and functions of food and beverage management, managing quality, stewarding. The book begins with an examination and classification of the various sectors that constitute the catering industry and describes the role of food and beverage management in the context of overall catering operations. All the practical aspects of management are dealt with: purchasing, receiving, storing, issuing, sales promotion, food menus and beverage lists, production and service.
Food and Beverage Management provides a sound textbook for students at degree and diploma level and is designed to cover HCIMA professional qualifications.
Market leading, high quality textbook with top authors and excellent track record
Full of new examples and includes 2 new chapters as a result of lecturer feedback
Author team now includes Andrew Lockwood, experienced author and senior lecturer at the University of Surrey
Full of new examples and includes 2 new chapters as a result of lecturer feedback
Author team now includes Andrew Lockwood, experienced author and senior lecturer at the University of Surrey
Students studying for HCIMA professional qualifications; all hotel, catering and tourism students at degree and diploma level. Practising hotel and catering managers.
Preface; Introducing food and beverage management; The meal experience; Managing quality in food and beverage; The marketing of food and beverages; Advertising, public relations, merchandising and sales promotion; Food menus and beverage lists; An overall view of food and beverage control; Financial aspects; Purchasing; Receiving, storing and issuing; Food and beverage production methods; Food and beverage service methods; Food and beverage production control; Food controlling; Beverage controlling; Revenue control - control systems - operating ratios; Food and beverage management in fast-food and popular catering; Food and beverage management in hotels and quality restaurants; Food and beverage management in function catering; Food and beverage management in industrial catering; Food and beverage management in school catering; Food and beverage management in hospital catering; Index.
- Edition: 3
- Published: March 23, 1998
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780080506661
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Bernard Davis
Affiliations and expertise
Former Senior Lecturer, University of Surrey, UKAL
Andrew Lockwood
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Hospitality Management, University of Surrey, UKSS
SALLY STONE
Affiliations and expertise
Graduate of Hotel, Catering and Tourism Management Department, University of Surrey.