Università Roma Tre

Catering as the main user of gastronomic technologies
Food consumption outside the home - Terminology of catering - Structure and organization of catering in Italy (traditional and modern commercial catering, collective, automatic, etc.) – Main format of meal delivery points - Main operators in the Italian catering market and related strategies and brands - General information on the catering supply chain.
The production chains of the main food products used by catering
Systems, methods and techniques of production and conservation (pasteurization, sterilization, refrigeration, freezing, etc.) of the products most commonly used in catering firms - In-depth examination of some production chains such as: bread, pasta, vegetable preserves, oil, meat, cured meats, wines.
Supply and storage of food products
Brief description of the operating flow of purchases with analysis of: Search, selection and evaluation of suppliers - Orders and purchase contracts - Calculation of the Reorder Point - Calculation of the purchase Economic Lot - Systems and methods of transport, receipt and control of food goods - Storage, operational management and inventory accounting of warehouse.
Physical structure and operating principles of catering systems
The kitchen structure, lay out and main features - Restaurant room requirements - Main kitchen equipment for commercial and collective catering - Organization of the catering system - Centralization in catering systems - Production parameters and optimization of catering systems.
Basic operations of food preparation and cooking methods
Preliminary actions necessary for the preparation of foods (Cutting, Extraction, Combination, etc.) and their mechanization with particular regard to the preparation of vegetables and meat - Modern food processing machines - The use of heat in the food cooking processes ( Conduction, Convection, Radiation, Induction) - Analysis of the cooking of vegetables, meat and other foods (Cereals, Eggs, Milk) with particular deepening of the cooking process with fats and special attention to the transformations that undergo the various foods.
New gastronomic technologies
General information on the latest gastronomic methods with particular regard to the following techniques: Vacuum cooking - Roner - Pacojet - Sonication - Confit - Molecular cuisine (Gelification, spherification, emulsion, pressurization with siphon, suspension, pulverization, cooling with liquid nitrogen, frying in sugar) .
Techniques and methods for the distribution of meals
Transported Meals - The logic of temperature links - conventional system and deferred link system Cook and serve – Cook and Chill (refrigerated and frozen) - Packing and transport of meals (systems and equipment).
Fundamentals of economic management of catering
Determination of the costs of the food courses (recipes and standard costs) - Methods for the definition of the mark-up - Fundamental elements of the company balance and calculation of break even and profit.
The business management system through the adoption of voluntary norms
System certifications (quality, environment, worker safety, social accountability) - Certifications related to food safety and organic production.
Sustainable development for food production companies.
The ethical aspects involved – Environmental, social and economic implications – Eco-friendly MOCA - The calculation of carbon foot print applied to food - The commercial implications of sustainable development.

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