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Key Takeaways
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American Hotel & Lodging Institute
Cours Outline
Day 1
F&B Executive Leadership & Operational Control
- Role of the F&B Executive (strategic + operational responsibilities)
- F&B structure: outlets, banquets, bars, room service, kitchen coordination
- Guest experience in F&B: key touchpoints and service flow
- Service standards and consistency (SOP discipline)
- Daily operations control: briefings, shift handovers, floor supervision
- Reservation and table management basics (flow, wait times, guest comfort)
- Managing peak times and service pressure
- Communication and coordination with Kitchen and Stewarding
- Handling guest complaints and service recovery steps
- Exercise: service flow mapping + “top service gaps” actions
Day 2
Service Excellence, People Management & Training
- Service leadership: presence, coaching, and on-floor problem-solving
- Team structure and role clarity (captains, servers, runners, hosts, bartenders)
- Communication standards and guest-facing language
- Delegation and accountability during service
- Upselling and suggestive selling (ethical and guest-focused)
- Managing difficult guest situations professionally
- Managing underperformance and discipline basics
- Training and onboarding plan for F&B staff
- Quality checks and supervisor inspection routines
- Exercise: role-play scenarios (complaint + upselling + service recovery)
Day 3
Cost Control: Food, Beverage, Labor & Waste
- Profit drivers in F&B (sales, cost, labor, productivity)
- Food cost control basics (portioning, recipe control, waste prevention)
- Beverage cost control basics (pour control, variance prevention)
- Purchasing and supplier management fundamentals
- Receiving procedures and quality checks
- Inventory control routines (counts, par levels, storage discipline)
- Managing theft/leakage risks (controls, approvals, tracking)
- Labor scheduling and productivity basics
- Menu engineering concepts (high-level) and cost awareness
- Exercise: cost leak identification + control action plan
Day 4
Compliance, Banquets Management & Performance KPIs
- Hygiene and food safety essentials (standards + staff habits)
- HACCP awareness (concept level) and audit readiness mindset
- Stewarding role and sanitation control basics
- Banquets and events operations: planning, execution, and staffing
- Service sequencing for events and VIP functions
- Coordination with Sales / Events team and kitchen planning
- Managing guest feedback and online reputation for outlets
- F&B KPIs overview (sales mix, average check, cost %, labor %, waste, guest scores)
- Daily/weekly reporting cadence and decision-making using data
- Capstone: 30–60 day F&B improvement plan (service + people + cost)
- Wrap-up: review + readiness checklist
