Food & Beverage Operations: Skills, Standards, and Performance Impact

This report examines the professional skills necessary for managing food and beverage operations, emphasizing the importance of food service skills for meeting customer demands. It outlines the legal requirements and regulatory standards related to food safety, health, safety, alcohol licensing, and responsible alcohol service, referencing the Food Safety Act of 1990 and other relevant regulations. The report highlights the importance of adhering to these legal standards to ensure food safety, prevent health problems, and maintain organizational performance. It also addresses the implications of failing to meet these legal requirements, including potential prosecution and product recalls, impacting the overall operational performance of food and beverage businesses.

MANAGING
FOOD AND
BEVERAGE
OPERATIONS
Task 2

PROFESSIONAL FOOD AND
BEVERAGE MANAGEMENT SKILLS
 There are various professional skills in managing the food
and beverage operations.
 Food service skills are the skills which are necessary to
adopt by the food service outlets. This is because it allows
the food business to serve the customers as per the
demands. The lighthouse restaurant has the staff which
should attain these skills in order to attain successful
accomplishment within the organization (Davis,
Lockwood, Alcott and Pantelidis, 2018).

LEGAL STANDARDS OF FOOD AND
BEVERAGE SERVICE OUTLETS
 Legal requirements and regulatory standards are categorized in food
safety, health and safety and alcohol licensing and responsible service
of alcohol.
 The Food safety act of 1990 states that the food organization must not
harm the customers in terms of health and safety. Food served to the
customers must be with good content and quality as expected by the
customers. Damages not any false or misleading directions with the
demands of the customers. Food safety and hygiene regulation 2013
and the food hygiene regulation 2006 are the other laws of food safety
(Mor, Srivastava, Jain, Varshney and Goyal, 2020).

IMPORTANCE OF MEETING THE FOOD
AND BEVERAGE LEGAL STANDARDS ON
PERFORMANCE
 Following the food and beverage legal standards
has the importance on the performance of the
organization.
 It serves the food to the customers without any
contamination which results in the reduction of
health problems.

IMPLICATIONS OF FAILING TO MEET THE
PROFESSIONAL FOOD AND BEVERAGE LEGAL
REQUIREMENTS UPON THE OVERALL OPERATIONAL
PERFORMANCE
 There is a negative impact if the food business
fails to meet the professional food and beverage
legal requirements on the operational performance
of the organization.
 These are the implications which result in the
consequences of prosecution and product recalling.

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