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Math in the Culinary Kitchen?

• Yes!

• Math in the culinary kitchen

includes:

• Examples:

• Converting recipes

• Measuring ingredients

Math Skills Food Costs Percentages Weights and Measures

Math Skills

• Are used to:

• Adjust cooking times and

temperatures

• Establish portion sizes

• Estimate profits for

business

• Increase or decrease recipe

yields

• Order supplies

• Weigh ingredients

Food Costing

• The cost of the foods and

beverages that go directly into

production of menu items

• To calculate food cost:

• Cost of Goods Sold ÷ Sales =

Food Cost %

• A rate or proportion of 100

• Formulas are often expressed

in baker’s percentages

• Used in recipes

• Used to calculate taxes

(click on image for video)

Weights and Measurements

• Ingredients must be accurately

weighed and measured

• Ensures the food will be of

high quality

• Also ensures the recipe will be

same each time

Math Skills

• Are also needed to calculate:

• Change for customers

• Customers’ bills

• Sales tax

• Work hours and pay rate

• Tips and gratuity

Who uses Math Skills in Culinary Arts?

• Bakers

• Chefs

• Cooks

• Managers

• Servers

Let’s Practice!

• A chicken spaghetti recipe for

48 costs $138.82 to prepare

How much is each individual

portion?

• Formula

Portions = Cost Per Portion

• Your recipe for blueberry pancakes serves 24 You need

to serve the entire middle school faculty for the teacher workday breakfast There are

62 teachers on campus and they each will eat two

pancakes What is the conversion factor for your recipe?

• Formula

References and Resources

Images:

• Microsoft Office Clip Art: Used with permission from Microsoft™ (slides 1, 5, 6, 8, 10)

• Shutterstock™ images: Photos obtained with a subscription (slides 3, 5, 8, 9, 10)

Textbook:

• Labsneksy, Sarah R Applied Math for Food Service (1998) Upper Saddle, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

• Culinary essentials (2010) Woodland Hills, CA: Glencoe-McGraw Hill.

• Foundations of restaurant management & culinary arts (2011) Boston: Prentice Hall.

Videos:

• Percent word problem example 5

Find the number that is expressed as a given percentage.

http://

www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-seventh-grade-math/cc-7th-fractions-decimals/cc-7th-percent-w ord-problems/v/solving-percent-problems-3

• Discount, tax, and tip word problems