Prepare students for assessment and further professional development with a wealth of contemporary case studies from around the world, referencing key trends. · Discover how to integrate sustainability and environmental improvements into kitchens and eating spaces, helping to increase energy conservation and boost your green credentials. · Harness the power social media and e-marketing to proactively grow your business, online visibility and engagement. · Ensure best practice is followed where food allergies and intolerances are concerned, so you can be confident you are providing a safe experience for all customers. · Develop your understanding of nutrition and culinary medicine with a unique contribution from Elaine Macaninch, a director of Culinary Medicine UK and the co-founder of the Education and Research in Medical Nutrition Network (ERimNN) · Plan for commercial success with clear coverage of financial aspects of food and beverage management, personal development and people management skills.

Trust Practical Cookery: the classic recipe and reference book used to train professional chefs for over 50 years. This 14th edition of Practical Cookery is the must-have resource for every aspiring chef. It will help develop the culinary knowledge, understanding, skills and behaviours in the new Commis Chef (Level 2) apprenticeship standards and prepare apprentices and work-based learners for end-point assessment. It also supports those on NVQ programmes in Professional Cookery or Food Production and Cooking. · Covers the latest preparation, cooking and finishing techniques, as well as the classics every chef should master with over 500 reliable recipes and 1,000 photographs. · Provides clear illustration of how dishes should look with close-up finished shots for every recipe, and clear step-by-step sequences to master techniques. · Ensures learners are fully up to date, with new content on the latest technology within the hospitality sector, up-to-date safe and hygienic working requirements, and new content on costing and yield control. · Helps assess knowledge and understanding with a new 'Know it' feature that will support preparation for professional discussions or knowledge tests. · Allows students to showcase the practical skills required for assessment with new 'Show it' activities. · Encourages apprentices to think about how they have demonstrated professional behaviours with new reflective 'Live it' activities.

Offering a complete overview of the hospitality and catering industry for over 50 years, this new edition of the essential reference text has been updated to reflect latest developments and current issues. Covering all aspects of the industry - from commodities and nutrition, to planning, resourcing and running each of the key operational areas - The Theory of Hospitality and Catering is an essential text for anyone training to work in the hospitality industry. It will be valuable to anyone completing courses in Professional Cookery and Hospitality Supervision, as well as foundation degree and first-year undergraduate hospitality management and culinary arts students. - Discusses all of the current issues affecting the industry, including environmental concerns such as traceability, seasonality and sustainability; as well as important financial considerations such as how to maximise profit and reduce food waste. - Considers latest trends and developments, including the use and impact of social media. - Updated to reflect up-to-date legislative requirements, including new allergen legislation. - Helps you to understand how theories are applied in practice with new case studies from hospitality businesses throughout.

Trust this leading textbook to guide you through your requirements as you train at a supervisory level in the hospitality industry. The Theory of Catering has been an essential textbook for hospitality and catering students worldwide since 1964. This latest edition is revised to reflect recent changes in the industry and provides a complete overview, from commodity and science through delivery from the supplier, storage, preparation, production and final service. It is ideal for anyone training at supervisory level in the hospitality industry. - Understand challenging concepts such as budgeting and cost and operational control with our invaluable chapter on commodities - Learn the latest regulations on hygiene, food legislation and health and safety - Follow the clear mapping and alignment of content to courses in Hospitality Supervision, Professional Cookery and Foundation Degrees in Culinary Arts

Now in its sixth edition, Cookery for the Hospitality Industry remains Australia's most trusted and reliable reference for commercial cookery students and apprentice chefs.

Ceserani and Kinton's The Theory of Catering is a core text for every hospitality and catering student, delivering a comprehensive overview of the industry as a whole and presenting the theory necessary for competent professional practice. The content follows the food chain through its natural path, from commodity and its science, through delivery from the supplier, storage, preparation and production, to final service to the waiting customer. First published in 1964, this latest 11thedition has been comprehensively revised to reflect changes in the industry, including the new hygiene standards introduced in January 2006 and up-to-date information on the new licensing laws. The content continues to be divided into six parts covering, in turn: the hospitality industry as a whole, including current influences and trends; food commodities, nutrition and science; planning, production and service; organisation and business development; and legislation. The companion CD-ROM, anew feature for this edition, includes a Knowledge Quiz facility that enables students to test their knowledge of catering theory as they work through the book and their course, and prepare for examinations and assessment, while the Resource Centre makes available all the photos and digital artwork, tables and charts from the book that students can drop into essays, reports and presentations, helping them to complete their coursework and enhance the quality and presentation of what they produce.

This book offers students an accessible and applied introduction to microeconomics in tourism and hospitality through a comprehensive analysis of the market mechanism, demand and supply, firm behavior and strategy, and transaction and institution. This book not only helps students to master core microeconomic theories that are essential for understanding the tourism and hospitality industry, but, more importantly, it guides students to analyze consumer behavior and firm strategy specific to the industry. Throughout the book, readers are guided to develop the economic analysis of tourism and hospitality that progresses from economic intuition to graphical representation and to mathematical quantification. Carefully corralled case studies showcase the applications of key microeconomic theories in solving a wide range of real-world problems, including Uber’s surge pricing, Airbnb’s supply adjustment, and McDonald’s and Burger King vying for prime locations. This book is written in an accessible style, illustrated with exquisite diagrams, and enriched with a range of other features, such as chapter summaries, review questions, and further readings to aid readers’ further understanding. By reading this book, students will be able to develop an economist’s way of thinking, which will enable them to analyze tourism and hospitality businesses in a rigorous and critical manner. This book is essential reading for all tourism and hospitality students and teachers.