services
Menu Design and Planning
A good menu is at the heart of any successful restaurant. However a good menu is more than just an enticing list of dishes, it must be also be financially balanced to ensure maximum profitability. At boxedoff we provide the following services which ensures your menu both excites diners and increases your turnover.
- Review of existing menus and analysis of areas for improvement
- Season-ability and source-ability
- Balanced menus to optimise kitchen workspace logistics
- Pricing and your market
- Minimising waste
Practical Culinary Skills Training
Boxedoff offers comprehensive training services for all sections and specialism’s in any size of professional kitchen. It's often more financially sound to invest in the development of existing staff rather than to recruit new. Our experience ensures their skills are developed whilst the kitchen operates normally, ensuring no down-time or extra wage bills. Training offered includes:
- Basic Training, including knife skills, filleting, butchery, basic stocks & presentation skills
- Intermediate Training, including service logistics, team management skills, portion control, basic stock control and ordering & dish compilation and creativity
- Advanced Training including, full management training, financial management, people management, supplier negotiation skills, efficient stock utilisation, staff
- Training skills & recruitment skills
- Specialist master classes can also be run to provide skills in the following; Butchery, Pastry, Sauce, Larder & Bakery
Stock Control
Boxedoff Director, Glenn Lawson has experience working for one of the world’s largest food service organisations; as a result his skills in profitable stock control are second to none. Taking this experience and working it into a restaurant environment will ensure your restaurant’s stock control runs at optimum levels and improves your cash flow.
- Increase efficiency of Par stock control and monitoring procedures
- Improve gross profit margin for food
- Stock utilisation boot camp to result in increased saleable food volumes and reduced wastage
- Manage supplier negotiations to achieve best possible prices from wholesalers
Kitchen Hygiene Guidance
HSE legislation can be a minefield; however with our credentials and experience in this area we can ensure you are legally compliant. Compliance checks for legal requirements and action taken where necessary
- Training on Cooksafe
- Deep-clean management and schedules
Kitchen Design
A well laid out kitchen is not to be underestimated. Whether you are starting from scratch, or looking to increase the efficiency of an existing layout, we know what works.
- Appraise existing space and improve layout to increase productivity/efficiency
- Start from scratch consultancy for new kitchens to ensure best possible layout
- Product guidance to ensure the right oven, machinery or appliance for the job
- HSE compliant layouts
Recruitment
Restaurateurs who do not have professional culinary training often find recruitment a difficult process. We can assist in this process ensuring that potential staff are appropriate for the role and can perform to the level required.
- Review and improve recruitment policies
- Production of recruitment ads
- Appraise suitability of candidates and produce shortlists for interview
- Independently or jointly with restaurant owners interview candidates both on theory and practical cooking skills via cooking demos
Executive Chef Holiday Relief
This service allows clients to avoid the stress and difficulty associated with senior kitchen personnel taking holidays/leave. Boxedoff Director, Glenn Lawson can be hired on a daily basis to cover the absence of a senior chef.
