What is the Relationship of the Main Kitchen with the Other Sections?

 

It is important that the person responsible for the management of the kitchen (Executive Chef) has received a good education in management and that the people he works with are experienced in these matters in terms of a good management of the kitchen. In addition to the workforce, the kitchen must be well planned, and it must be able to produce adequately, on time and at the desired quality.

 

The relationship with other units is very important in the success of kitchen production. All units should be considered as a whole and necessary conditions should be created in order to ensure the best communication.

 

In kitchen management, when the relationship of the kitchen with other departments is considered, it is important to know that each of them is in relation with each other and to act in this direction in terms of ensuring the workflow. We can list the units with which the kitchen is directly or indirectly related as follows (Gökdemir, 2009, p.18);

 

 Service

 Laundry

 restaurants

 Bar and Lobby

 front desk

 Offices

 Pool, Banquet

 Technical Service departments.

 

To briefly touch on the relations of kitchen management with other departments;

 

Kitchen Service department relationship;

The department with which the kitchen unit has the most intense relationship is the service. Kitchen and service workers come together during the placing and taking of orders. In the bills sent to the kitchen regarding the orders, the number of dishes requested, the way they are cooked and other requests requested by the customer should be clearly and comprehensibly stated. Both departments have a close relationship with each other. Since a dish cooked in the kitchen cannot be presented to the customer as desired from the service, it will lead to customer dissatisfaction, so both departments should have good relations.

 

Kitchen Laundry relation;

 

The laundry unit is the part that has to be in good relations with many departments (such as service, kitchen, restaurant) in a hotel business. While it is responsible for hygienically cleaning the dirt, stains, and sweat odors that occur during working on the clothes used in the kitchen, it is also responsible for ironing it. It is inevitable for both departments to have a good and coordinated relationship so that the clothes and kitchen cloths used in the kitchen can be cleaned in a timely manner and the laundry department can perform its assigned task in the best way possible.

 

Kitchen Technical Service relationship;

 

Periodic maintenance of the equipment used in the kitchen, repairing in case of any malfunction, contacting the manufacturer when the problem cannot be resolved are carried out by the technical service. In order not to interrupt the workflow and production in the kitchen, the technical service must come and check it on time. For this reason, it is necessary for the head chef and technical service manager to come together and exchange ideas for more efficient and effective use of the tools used (Gökdemir, 2009, p.20).

 

Kitchen Purchasing relationship;

 

The kitchen buying relationship is very important. The purchasing department is not only responsible for purchasing the materials used in the kitchen. It is a department that has to meet the requests from other departments of the hotel business. Purchasing department can carry out the purchasing process by providing the information about the quality, quantity and characteristics of the materials to be used in the kitchen completely to the purchasing unit. Therefore, it is important to provide complete information. Quality and hygiene factors should always be prioritized during the purchasing process. Giving the information flow in a timely manner is important in terms of making a correct purchase.

 

Culinary Accounting relationship;

 

The kitchen has predetermined goals, budgets to meet. The accounting manager and the food and beverage manager or head chef must be in constant communication with the target cost and actual costs. A good manager is a manager who knows that he can obtain the most desired product with the least cost. From this point of view, the kitchen manager should evaluate his budget well. At the same time, since the salaries and overtime wages of the employees in the kitchen are paid by the accounting department, such information should be forwarded to the accounting department by the kitchen department in a timely manner.

 

Kitchen Human Resources relationship ;

 

The qualifications of the personnel who will be employed in a task in the kitchen and the required features should be reported to the Human Resources department in detail and in writing. It is the responsibility of the Human Resources Department to make a preliminary interview for the personnel required by the kitchen department in meeting the personnel needs. The final decision for personnel recruitment should be made by the head of the cook. In this respect, both departments must be in good relations.

 

Has Chef Ahmet Özdemir Note:

 

In this study, I have examined with appreciation and accepted as a source, Mr. The academic study titled "Kitchen Services Management" edited by Dr. Lecturer Sibel Önçel was used.

 

You may want to read other articles that I see as the following resource in professional kitchens...

 

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