Intending to start a F & B business but you are wondering what you need to do, what licences are needed, how to stock up ingredients, identifying your target clientele and most importantly, how to price a food service menu? Do you want to know how to calculate food cost in a food establishment or food stall? How to calculate food cost and price your food items working from your home kitchen? 

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Recipe and food costing can enable you to maximise profits if you are able to calculate recipe costs, cut down on waste and track inventory more effectively. A proper menu and recipe costing can quickly summarise the percentage of food cost for every recipe. This allows you to adjust profit margins based on the actual costs of purchases by recipe or menu. In this highly anticipated one day course, you will be taught the basic mechanics of starting a F & B business and computing food cost and pricing a menu. Learning this basic skill can kickstart your journey for a career or business in the F & B industry. There are many more techniques and skills that you need to acquire for a career/business progression in the F & B industry, but this Basic Food Costing & Food Menu Pricing Skills - Starting A Food Business  is a good start towards a career or business in the F & B industry, or simply offer home-based food catering or bakery service.

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Brief Summary of Course Outline:

- Starting a business: different types of businesses

- Identifying your target clientele

- Menu planning: set menu/ala carte/catering for events

- Food costing/purchasing and cost control - labour and overheads

- Menu structure

- Selecting suppliers

- Costing sheet

- Wastage

- Inventory