Lecture 2 Flashcards
What are some types of healthcare institutions?
hospitals
long term care
assisted living facilities
What are the 3 different ways patients can order meals in a hospital?
- paper menu
- spoken menu
- room service menu
What is a paper menu?
patient circles choices and gets what they want but is highly labour intensive
Trayline
A conveyor belt carries patient trays along as employees put certain foods and beverages on each tray and the last employee checks it out
What are some potential advantages of Health Care Based Foodservices?
- dedicated audience
- satisfaction of helping others
- good pay plus benefits
- more nights and weekends off than for other staff at restaurants
What are some disadvantages of Health Care Based Foodservices?
- complexity of therapeutic diets
- extremely low budgets
- multiple dining areas
- facility is open 24/7
- finding and retaining good employees
Registered Dietitian
- minimum 4 years education
- completion of an approved dietetic internship
- pass the Canadian Dietetics Registration Exam
- to practice dietitian’s are legally required to register with their provincial regulatory body
- provide nutrition care to individuals and entire populations
- skilled in managing all aspects of a foodservice operation
Nutrition Manager
- 2 years education in foodservice and nutrition management
- professional registration-can voluntarily register with the Canadian Society of Nutrition Managers
- works with RD to provide nutrition care to patients/clients
- is a liaison between the foodservice and clinical nutrition
Executive Chef
- completion of an approved apprenticeship program and Red Seal Designation
- need minimum 5 years work experience after completion of Red Seal exam
- need safe food handlers certificate
- must be registered with the Canadian Culinary Institute
Front line workers
Are actively engaged in the actual production and service of the foods that are served in the foodservice operation
Can vary considerably in skill level
Chefs
- work under the executive chef
- organizes their work in a fashion that is based on the the French culinary arts tradition where front line chefs may specialize in specific areas
- all are well trained and knowledgable about food
Sous chef
- means “under the chief”
- second in command
- supervises activities of the specialist chef, chefs, cooks and other workers
Chef de Parti
- station chef
- in charge of a particular area of production
Saucier
- the sauce chef
- person responsible for sauteed items and many different sauces
- highest position
Boulanger
the bread chef