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SITHKOP002 Plan and Cost Basic Menus: Cookery Assessment Answer

SITHKOP002 Plan and cost basic menus (3)
Tasks to be completed by the student

This assessment requires you to plan, cost, write and evaluate seven menu types addressing following criteria:

  • Identify customer profile for whom the menus will be developed. Identify the style of cuisine and service.
  • The dishes must provide a balanced variety on offer and within the courses offered including the following:
colours
flavours
seasonally available ingredients
cooking methods
nutritional values
Tastes
delicacies
presentation
Textures
  • discuss list of dishes chosen for different menus with your colleagues or trainer and obtain and incorporate feedback the menu.
  • Establish standard recipe cards for each dish using the template provided 
  • Conduct yield test for all ingredients for one dish from each menu using template provided and calculate the net yields, and net costs
  • Write the menu using an attractive font of your choice, no smaller than size 12. 
  • Ensure each dish is described accurately and in an appealing manner, and true in its features and ingredients
  • Use correct culinary terms, language and grammar relevant to the style of cuisine
  • obtain feedback and evaluate the success of each menu menu using 
  • customer survey developed by you in Assessment 2 
  • staff suggestions 
  • sales data completed in Menu price balance template 

Menus to be Developed

Menu 1 – Buffet menu

  • Define the type of buffet theme or style you will plan, and include suitable dishes typically included for such a buffet including provisions for all courses in your buffet menu.
    ensuring food cost not exceeding 30% for each dishbwith price

Menu 2 – Cyclical menu

Plan a cyclical menu to run over 1 week, lunch or dinner to cater for participants of a 1-week HACCP seminar with a company next door. The menu must include 3 courses at a set price of $25.00 per person and a food cost not exceeding 32%.

Menu 3 – Degustation menu

Plan a degustation menu comprising of at least 5 courses and offering 2 main course options suitable to the customer profile /establishment you have identified. The food cost must not exceed 34 %.

Menu 4 – Ethnic menu

Plan an ethnic menu of your choice suitable to the customer profile /establishment you have identified. The menu needs to include 3 courses. The food cost must not exceed 28%.

Menu 5 – Set / Table d’hôte menu

Plan a set or table d’hôte menu of your choice suitable to the customer profile /establishment you have identified. The menu needs to include 3 courses and have a choice in each course. The food cost must not exceed 30% and could potentially make use of any by-products you have identified in e.g. your à la carte menu (Menu 1) or degustation menu (Menu 4)

Menu 6 – Seasonal menu

Plan a seasonal menu, relevant to the time of the year/month and the region where you undertake this assessment. Your menu may include e.g. dishes for a game season, fresh berries in season, in conjunction with dishes paired to new wines released or similar. Your menu needs to comprise of a selection of speciality dishes using seasonal produce as a specials menu or a complete menu using at least 4 courses.

The food cost shall not exceed 31% for any dish, and the menu should be in line with the characteristics of the customer profile /establishment you have identified.

Evidence to be collected for this assessment:

  • Completed Assessor Checklist
  • Printed copy of seven menus
  •  Standard Recipe Cards for each dish
  • Completed yield testing template (seven) one dish from each menu
  • Menu Price Balance Template (seven) one for each menu
  • Completed customer survey and staff suggestions

Answer

Cooker

Identify customer profiles for whom the menus will be developed. Identify the style of cuisine and service.

The customer profile would be as follows-:

Customer TypeDemographicBehavior
College going CustomersAge: 18-22
Gender: Both
The preference would be wholesome meals with the money budgeted 
Employed Customers
Age: 21-25
Gender: Both
Parties and during the weekends.
Families 25 and aboveSnacks, Al carte, Buffet, and mixed of every seasonal variety. sweet desserts and beverages. 


A customary table d’hote menu includes the intelligently placed with fewer options and then included with the designed menu. It is important to customize the menu under the season. For example, the pick of the season is spring season it would include the food varieties, includes the seasonal vegetables & fruits available. Similarly, during the summer & winter season’s seasons due to the extreme weather, there would be a food experiment. Includes the delicacies like non-vegetarian or vegetarian food  and the other deserts type ingredients (Wild, 2019)

The ingredients, flavors include the mixed alongside the seasonal vegetables, fruits served at the right temperature. During the summers people would prefer lightweight food, with a lot of beverages or liquids with fresh, easily digested vegetables & fruits, Includes a portion of meat, chicken, or other nonvegetarian food. During the winters, high demand for a heavy meal like a thick combination of non-vegetarian items mixed with the high-fat content and thick cream-based ingredients. During the normal course, the routine food preference is of the on-demand menu with the experimental trendy food items. 

As per the changing season, the preferred environment is spring season mixed with the spicy styling food and include the spicy & experimental food, beverages & snacks (Wu, 2019).

Menu 1 – Buffet Menu

The buffet theme would be weddings, business meetings, and holiday parties are all with the preferred catered buffet. It can be during the lunches and the dinner with the special dishes.

It would be a jungle theme styled or a soft-subtle outlook.

The special dishes would be the 

  • Oyster with the salsa verde
  • Barbequed fish
  • Rosewater pavlovas

Cost factor-  (30%)- Check Excel sheet

SoupChicken & corn soupCreamy chicken laksaAsian chicken noodle soup
Snacks Spaghetti Jaffle Cheesymite ScrollsAnzac Biscuits
Lunch/DinnerBarbecued prawn cocktail burgersAustralian Meat PieAussie kangaroo burgers-
Lunch/DinnerOyster with the salsa verdeBarbequed fishRosewater pavlovas
DesertLemon Sponge cake Vanilla Loaf CakeRed Velvet 

Menu 2 – Cyclical menu (32%)

Check the Excel sheet


MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
SoupMoroccan sweet potato, carrot and chickpea soupCurried lentil and pumpkin soupAsian chicken noodle soupChicken & corn soupCrispy chickpea snackFish and cashew yellow curryCreamy chicken laksa
Snacks Spaghetti Jaffle Cheesymite ScrollsAnzac BiscuitsSecondBite's Vegetable frittersBubble and squeak sliceTamari mixed nutsChickpea and nut cakes
Lunch/DinnerBarbecued prawn cocktail burgersAustralian Meat PieAussie kangaroo burgers-Chicken, broccoli and pesto pastaSalmon and soba noodle saladSpice rubbed lamb cutlets with hummus & chargrilled vegetablesBeef skewers with tabouli
DesertLemon Sponge cake Vanilla Loaf CakeRed Velvet Blueberry apple crumbleBaked ricotta with strawberriesPears with pistachio and pine nutsHoney Pear and Rhubarb with Zesty Yoghurt


Dietary requirementVegans and alternatives
Course 1Course 2Course 3
Day 1
Wagyu tataki
Tomahawk steak
Fig honey sage tart
Day 2
Rosewater pavlovas
Barbeque seafood
Oyster in salsa verde
Day 3
Scallops cooked into the chardonnay butter
crisp skin salmon
Rosewater pavlovas
Day 4
floral spring rolls
crisp skin salmon
Death by chocolate
Day 5
Pan-fried prawn
Cookies & cream cheesecake
Vegetarian risotto

Menu 3

Menu 3 – Degustation menu 34 %.

Check the Excel sheet


Dietary requirement
Cultural along with the dietary necessity (includes the Kosheric along with veggie lover) 
High nutritional value: with the high iron along with low-fat content. 

1. Course

floral spring rolls

2. Course

crisp skin salmon

3. Course

Honey panna cotta

4. Course

Barbecued prawn cocktail burgers

5. Course

Australian Meat Pie

6. Course

Aussie kangaroo

Menu 4

Food cost (28%)

Check the Excel sheet

Menu 4
Dietary requirement
Includes the cultural along with the dietary necessity (Muslims and the vegetarian) 
High vitality 
Rich protein 

1. Course

Wagyu tataki

2. Course

Tomahawk steak

3. Course

Fig honey sage tart

Menu 5

Food cost (not exceeding 30%)

Check the Excel sheet

Menu 5
Dietary requirement
Rich and high Vegans and exclusive for vegetarians
High fiber
Low fat 
High calorie specific

1. Course

Pan-fried prawn

2. Course

Vegetarian risotto

3. Course

Cookies & cream cheesecake

Menu 6

Food cost (31%)

Check the Excel sheet

Menu 6
Dietary requirementseasonal 

1. Course

Wagyu tataki

2. Course

Tomahawk steak

3. Course

Fig honey sage tart

4. Course

Barbecued prawn cocktail burgers

5. Course

Australian Meat Pie


MENUMENU TYPEEVALUATION OF EACH MEAL
Menu 1

Low-fats content and Fluids. Low fats would be the oyster effective in reducing health problems such as obesity. Fluids would be enrichment to the body and make the skin clean and tender. Form the above meal, the appropriate age has to be checked for health issues including the fats. It includes the Kosher meal with the Barbequed prawns and vegetables.With the customer interviews, the main aim was to seek the opinion and the customers' perspectives on the diet.
Includes the customer delight recordings with random feedback.
It can be concluded with the regular personnel meetings and forming the discussion with the menu checking the body of workers for the new thoughts and taking the meals considered from the menu. The main goal is to include the customers with a given variety of food to check their favorite cuisine.
Menu 2
:

To include the nourishment with the high fiber. The main aim would be to include the sodium and potassium along with the balanced vegetables and the better fruits for the overall body muscle development along with the bone arrangement. To check the high in fibers and to check consumer loyalty.

Check with the improvements from the clients, administrators along with the peers, staff, directors and 
To check the deciding new patterns for the cordiality business and how to check for the quality assistance conveyance. 
To check for the customary workforce gatherings and to make the menu conversations on to check the suppers. 
Menu 3

The dietary benefit includes the iron and low-fat substance. In this, the supper would be to check the women to get the high iron and for the other types of the low anemic people. 
Social and dietary includes the kosher along with the veggie lover. Dinner is made for the Jewish individuals and vegetarians.Customer reviews would be the moderateness as per the nature of supper. 
Consumer loyalty and how to process conversations with the type of dinner. 
Workforce conferences and to consider the menu conversations with concocting thoughts for the menu diet. 

Menu 4
:

Social and dietary  (including the Muslim along with the vegetarian diet): Halal food would be for the Muslims and not include the tataki meat for the Christians. 
Aims for the high vitality content: Includes the men with individuals required to participate through physical exercises done at high vitality nourishment to check the vitality based on routine exercises.
High protein content with the dietary benefit for everyone.
Client overviews to be checked for clients and Christians or Muslims. 
Check for workforce conferences includes the menu conversations done through guarantee coordination with the feasting planning and through consumer loyalty. 
Fulfillment conversations are done with health experts with added substances required for taste and health benefits.  
Menu 5
Source: Futura Group, e-coach recipes
No. of serves:

Aimed for the veggie lovers and vegan 
High fiber.
Includes the Low-fat substance 
Nourishment deficit and high caloric food.
Vegetables and the combination of the fruit are the rich sources for the health benefit. It includes high nutrients with the matured and debilitated people.
Customer overviews and to check the fulfillment for the costs part and cleanliness. 
Fulfillment conversations to check the healthy benefit of vegetables for the customers. With the menu, pamphlet can include the wellbeing esteems.

Menu 6

With a consistent eating regimen and including the health benefit for example high protein and the high fiber content. Important to include the high nourishments,  for example, dinners with low fats and with high liquids. 

Client reviews 
Ordinary workforce gatherings along with the menu conversations 
Check with the staff recommendations and ideas for the lunch/dinner inclusion in the menu items. 
Check with the nutrients/dietician for the food menu.


Selected 3-course meals

Menu 1
Dietary requirement
Aims for the hypersensitivities 
Low cholesterol

1. Course

Oyster with the salsa verde
($7.57 * 100 = $ 757%)

2. Course

BBQ fish 
($5.55*100 = $ 555%)

3. Course

Rosewater pavlovas
($2.49*100 = $249%)

The cost figure included in the excel spreadsheet.


Menu 2
Dietary requirement
Nutritional necessities (Sodium and Potassium) 
High rich proteins and vitamins.

1. Course

Scallops cooked into chardonnay spread 
 ($9.71 * 100 = $ 971%)

2. Course

Roast lobster
($7.91 * 100 = $ 791%)

3. Course

Death by chocolate
($4.04 * 100 = $ 404%)

Costing included in the excel part.


Menu 3
Dietary requirement
Cultural along with the dietary necessity (includes the Kosheric along with veggie lover) 
High nutritional value: with the high iron along with low-fat content. 

1. Course

floral spring rolls
($9.98 * 100 = $ 998%)

2. Course

crisp skin salmon
($11.18 * 100 = $ 1,118%)

3. Course

Honey panna cotta
($4.67 * 100 = $ 467%)

Attached excel sheet spreadsheet.


Menu 4
Dietary requirement
Includes the cultural along with the dietary necessity (Muslims and the vegetarian) 
High vitality 
Rich protein 

1. Course

Wagyu tataki
($8.98 * 100 = $ 898%)

2 Course

Tomahawk steak
($11 * 100 = $ 1,100%)

3. Course

Fig honey sage tart
($5.42 * 100 = $ 542%)

Attached excel sheet for calculation


Menu 5
Dietary requirement
Rich and high Vegans and exclusive for vegetarians
High fiber
Low fat 
High calorie specific

1. Course

Pan-fried prawn
($5.95 * 100 = $ 595%)

2. Course

Vegetarian risotto
($3.93 * 100 = $ 393%)

3. Course

Cookies & cream cheese cake
($2.29 * 100 = $ 229%)

Costing attached in excel


Menu 6 (Cyclic Meal Plan)
Dietary requirementVegans and alternatives
Course 1Course 2Course 3
Day 1
Wagyu tataki
($8.98 * 100 = $ 898%)
Tomahawk steak
($11 * 100 = $ 1,100%)
Fig honey sage tart
($5.42 * 100 = $ 542%)
Day 2
Rosewater pavlovas
($2.49*100 = $249%)

Barbeque seafood
($5.55*100 = $ 555%)
Oyster in salsa verde
($7.57 * 100 = $ 757%)
Day 3
Scallops cooked into the chardonnay butter
($9.71 * 100 = $ 971%)
crisp skin salmon
($11.18 * 100 = $ 1,118%)
Rosewater pavlovas
($2.49*100 = $249%)
Day 4
floral spring rolls
($9.98 * 100 = $ 998%)
crisp skin salmon
($11.18 * 100 = $ 1,118%)
Death by chocolate
($4.04 * 100 = $ 404%)
Day 5
Pan fried prawn
($5.95 * 100 = $ 595%)
Cookies & cream cheese cake
($2.29 * 100 = $ 229%)

Vegetarian risotto
($3.93 * 100 = $ 393%)

PART B

FEEDBACK

MenuMethod(s) used feedback (How or who?)Description of feedback
Menu 1
Dish 1Questionnaires.To include the answers from the polls and surveys checked for the large portion include the low pay class for the high cost and to check if the supper is lower with cost factors.
Dish 2Observations
Check for the food items and the every-day week dishes and occasions. 
Dish 3Interviewing
Check for the food items in provincial territories and checked for the availability of the items around seashores and towns.  
Menu 2
Dish 1Questionnaires
The supper is included for the time to time in provincial territories and within the outskirts of waterfront seashores and towns.  
Dish 2Qualitative analysis
To include the menu items and the meals with the sensible expense that can be quickly be stored within in line to the reservations. 
Dish 3Interviews
To check if the chocolate can be used as a necessary item for the dessert item or the sweets placed.
Menu 3
Dish 1Observation
To make under the meals, food items, and also for the lunch/dinner as part of the second and resulting consideration for occasions. 
Dish 2Qualitative analysis
Includes the client's preference for salmon checked with nutritious suppers. 
Dish 3Interviews
Necessary to check for meetings aimed at checking for the food items for dinner aimed at the week after week diet plan. 
Menu 4
Dish 1Observation
It was seen how the customers preferred the leans toward flame-broiled tataki. 
Dish 2Interviewing
Includes the large part of the orientation for the country tenants checked for craving aimed at the vitality nourishments for the every day ranches. 
Dish 3Sampling
5 examples checked for indiscriminately time and aimed for the outcomes with the nourishment and better standard and engaging.
Menu 5
Dish 1Interviews
Aimed for high individuals and checking for the vegetables with higher health benefits such as ailments. 
Dish 2Quantitative analysis
The nourishment can be checked at the bounty ( Stone, 2017).  
Dish 3Observations
Taking steps for the higher hygiene and the better aimed extreme cleanliness when checked for the washing, bundling, and chopping green leafy vegetables ( Wu, 2019).
Menu 6
Day 1Interviews
Check for the bundling and with the benefits of food items.
Day 2Questionnaires
Quality dinners which can improve consistently while checking for serving and aimed for bundling. 
Day 3SamplingTo check for a random dinner test done and to check how the suppers and the related items can be included.
Day 4Qualitative analysis
The dinners quantifiable terms and to check the accessibility. 
Day 5Observation
To check if any related unhygienic or any unrelated food items were there unstored ( Shevade, 2019).


  • Recommendation

It is important to check with the dietician and with the nutritionist or health expert and to note how with the clients the pre routine combination of the eating prerequisites. It helps to know the local and domestic eating patterns. Check with the menu improvement (Charter, 2017)

To check with how they can assortment of suppers on menus related to the customers that can with the high nutrition-based food items (Pei 2016).

PART C

ADJUSTING MENUS 

MenuFeedbackCosts and plans as per the dish/menu
Menu 1
Dish 1Cost factorsCheck how the packets having low expensive costs
Dish 2Checking if the customers need to feast during the weekends or at the time of holidays.
Consistent with the increasing amount of weekends

Dish 3Checking the feasting and the how with time during rustic territories along with the Availablity of the seaside seashores and towns. Check for the no direct effects and further on the cost. To check how there can be the availability of urban clients and how to check with the outlets part of provincial regions and be with the rustic occupants
Menu 2
Dish 1
To note how the dinner can be available within the outskirts of country territories and at the side of waterfront seashores and towns.
No related costing factors and how to check for the alarms to handle the urban clients and further the evaluation to the many outlets part of the country territories indicates the provincial inhabitants ( Shevade, 2019)
Dish 2The inclusion of lunch. dinner with the sensible expense yet that can be part of the reservations.Includes the food delivery and the takeaways
Dish 3Customers like chocolate as it has helped to increase the nourishment and further to keep it away.Includes the food delivery and the takeaways
Menu 3
Dish 1To check the customers who are enjoying buffets and how they would note the registration checks for second with the more times.
Increase the price as highly placed. 

Dish 2Check for clients with salmon fish one of the highly nutritious meals.

Increase the price as highly placed. 
Dish 3Check for the meetings and the related extraordinary lunch/dinner buffet options that can be planned and evaluated. 
Cyclical and check for the week feasting

Menu 4
Dish 1To note the customers favored flame-broiled tataki.
Checking the cooking method like the barbequing the tataki planning. 
Dish 2Checking for the rustic tenants and also how there have been high cravings for vitality nourishments as a result of farms.
No direct effect on cost. check for the urban clients and the availability of the outlets within the provincial zones included the rustic tenants. 

Dish 3Check for any tested indiscriminately and the related final result for the nourishment part of the standard and can be highly nutritious.
No check with the director of the effect or changes. 

Menu 5
Dish 1To note how there can be matured individuals that have included the high vegetables and the fruits per the health benefit and avoiding any possible outbreaks.
No inclusion of direct costing. The inclusion of a variety of customers from the urban or the seas shore places. Combination of it.

Dish 2The nourishment can be checked in plenty.
Has no inclusion of any effect. 
Dish 3
To check for high cleanliness during the washing and at the time of checking for hygiene issues. 
To check the hygiene practices and make it under the practice of running water.
Menu 6
Day 1Checking a combination of bundling and serving.Adequate serving the training and staff
Day 2Quality dinners and aims for the higher improvements within the serving and packagingAdequate serving the training and staff
Day 3To check for the higher possibility of the  test tried part of the lunch/dinner within the proportions
Checking for the buffet/ feasting extents. 

Day 4Inaccessibility of dinner
Check for any unrelated effects.

Day 5To check the food temperature and the hygiene issue.No related effect.


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