Colleges in Lucknow

About 80% of the graduates are employed by Hospitality and other service sectors through on-campus and off-campus recruitment processes.

Eligibility for Admission

Qualifying Examinations:

A pass in 10+2 system of Senior Secondary examination or its equivalent with English as one of the subjects. Candidate must have passed English as a subject of study (core/elective/functional) in the qualifying examination.

Those appearing in 10+2 or equivalent examination can also appear in JEE 2013 on provisional basis. Provisional admission will stand cancelled if proof of having passed the qualifying examination (10+2 or its equivalent) is not submitted at the time of counselling or at the time of admission.

The offer of admission is subject to verification of original certificates/documents at the time of admission.

Yes, the ollowing syllabus is followed

THEORY :

Unit-1 : Brief knowledge of: a) Development of catering industry, job prospects and careers in the catering industry. b) Different types of catering establishments. c) Relationship of the waiter with – i) Customer, ii) Kitchen, and iii) Management.

Unit-2 : Brief description and correct uses of : a) Different types of cutlery, crockery, silverware, flatware, hollowware and glassware used in a standard catering establishment. b) Different types of equipment – Baine Marie, plate warmer, hot plates, microwave oven, ice cream machine, coffee machine, ice cube machine, side boards, dish washing machine, glass washing machine. c) Special equipment – Nut cracker, grape scissors, Oyster service, caviar, lobsters, snails, cheese. Cigar cutters, wine bottle openers, gueridon equipment. d) Different types of restaurant linen, exchange and requisition systems.

Unit-3 : Preparation of the restaurant – Mis-en-place & mis-en-scene, rules for laying of table and waiting. Useful tips for Food/Beverage service. Restaurant vocabulary – English and French.

Unit-4 : Various forms of a meal courses: Hors d’ oeuvres, Potege, Poisson, Entrée, Releve (main), Sorbet, Roti, Legumen, Entrement, Savoury, Desserts and Cafe.

Unit-5 : Table Sauces – accompliments/garnishes. Unit-6 : Meals and Menu planning – Different types of Menus (a) Table d’hote, (b) A’la carte, (c) State Banquets, (d) Buffet – cold/hot spreads, for various types of function.

Unit-7 : Different forms of service – Russian, American, French, Indian and English.

Unit-8 : Staff organisation of F&B Deptt., and inter & intra departmental coordination.Unit-9:Silver polishing methods – (a) Polivit method (b) Plate powder (c) Burnishing method.

Unit-10 : Significance of pantry & still room in F&B operation, Functions of pantry and sections of pantry.

Unit-11 : Kitchen stewarding. Broad specifications of light and heavy duty equipment, Restaurant, Pantry and Still room equipment.

Unit-12 : Modern trends in the Hotel and Catering industry: – Ecotels – Fast Food outlets – Adventure Tourism – Theme Restaurants – Welfare Catering

Yes, it is offered.

Unit-1 : Importance of kitchen in Hotel & Catering establishments; Aims and objectives of Cooking, classification of raw materials, preparation of ingredients, methods of mixing foods, effect of heat on various foods, weighing and measure, texture of food, Culinary terms.

Unit-2 : Methods of cooking with special application to meat, fish, vegetables, cheese, pulses and egg. Conventional and non-conventional methods of cooking, solar cooking, microwave cooking, fast food operation. Varieties of fish, meat and vegetables. Accompaniments, garnishes and rechauffe.

Unit-3 : Balancing of recipes, standardization of recipes, standard yield, maintaining recipe files. Menu planning, portion control, brief study of how portions are worked out. Invalid cookery. Purchasing specifications, quality control, Indenting and Costing.

Unit-4 : Description and use of the following : Basic stocks, Aspics & Jellies. Roux blanc, Roux blond and Roux brun. Recipes and quantities required to produce 10 litre of stock, white & brown. Recipes required to produce one liter of the following: Béchamel sauce, tomato sauce, veloute’ sauce, espagnole sauce, Hollandaise and mayonnaise sauce with the necessary precautions to be observed while preparing these, with minimum five derivatives of each. Soup – Definition, classification of soups with example in each group, recipe for one litre consommé, 10 popular consommés with their garnishes.

Unit-5 : Eggs – Structure, selection of quality, various ways of cooking eggs with example in each method and prevention of blue ring formation.

Unit-6 : Vegetables – Effect of heat on different vegetables in acid/alkaline medium and reaction with metals. Method of cooking different vegetables with emphasis on cooking asparagus, artichokes, brussel sprouts.

Unit-7 : Theory of Bread making, Bread rolls, Bread sticks, Indian Breads.

Unit-8 : Pastry – Recipies of short crust pastry, puff pastry, flaky pastry choux paste, danish pastry and their derivatives. Recipies and method of preparation of plain ice cream.

Unit-9 : Kitchen stewarding and upkeep of equipment.

Unit-10 : Staff organisation of Kitchen, coordination with the Departments.