Kitchen Training and Kitchen Management Course Video Tutorial Library

Kitchen Management Course Online by Chefs ResourcesWelcome to Chefs Resources’ exclusive kitchen training video library geared towards providing Chefs with a way to give consistent training about basic kitchen philosophies to all your cooks, sous chefs, kitchen managers, and lead line cooks. We also offer a Kitchen Management Course Online that will help Chefs and aspiring Chefs learn the paperwork part of the business.

We know that time is money and there are only so many hours in a day. That’s why we created this kitchen training video library for Chefs, with the goal of making it easier for you to train your staff without having to be present. You can now focus on other tasks while your crew learns basic kitchen philosophies & practices from our videos.

Use our kitchen training videos as part of your regular training course for every new crew member, or as a refresher for long-time staff. And since they are business-oriented tutorials they may be something that your company will pay for the $25 monthly subscription fee, rather than coming out of your own pocket.

If you choose to have a group of your staff watch any of the videos in our kitchen training course, then consider having you or your sous chef pause the video on key points to have further discussion and answer questions about whatever principle is being presented. This will engage your crew in the presentation and get them thinking about it. There are suggested discussion topics on most of our kitchen training videos and a PDF downloadable version of the presentation where applicable.

I highly recommend banning your kitchen staff from using their phones during the video tutorials! They are getting paid for training, not playing on their phones during a training video!

We hope that you find this online kitchen training program useful for your operation. Simply click on the green “Watch Video” button for the training video you want your team to watch. It will open a separate page with that exclusive content on it. I recommend opening the video in its own full-screen window and starting it when your team is ready.

If you want a specific topic covered in a future video, leave your suggestions in the comment section below.

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Kitchen Staff Training Videos for Professional Subscribers

Use these videos to train your Line Cooks basic kitchen principles and philosophies
(46 minutes of video content in this section)

Mise en Place –
What is mise en place?

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9.30 minutes

Mise en Place kitchen training video lesson

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In depth discussion about the principles of mise en place and what it means. Mise en place is more than just your prep. It is also your utensils, your plates, your equipment, knowing potential challenges for the shift, and being mentally ready for the day.

The Kitchen Code
Part 1

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8.58 minutes

The Kitchen Code - Part 1 video course

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Part 1 presents 16 of 32 common rules of the professional kitchen. These rules may be unspoken, but long-time cooks know and understand them to be true.

The Kitchen Code
Part 2

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6.22 minutes

The Kitchen Code - part 2 video tutorial

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Part 2 presents the remaining 16 rules of the professional kitchen. These rules make life easier and less frustrating for everyone in the kitchen.

Improve Cook-Server Communication

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11.18 minutes

Improve Cook-Server Communication kitchen management video lesson

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Improving the communication between cooks & servers improves efficiency, decreases mistakes, stress & frustration, and increases speed of service. Good communication improves life in the kitchen. Poor communication creates a sh__ty work experience.

Calling the Wheel

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11.08 minutes

Kitchen Management Tutorial: Calling the Wheel - Expeditor

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Whether you call this position the Wheel Person, Expeditor, or something else, the person calling tickets to the cooks is essential to a smooth running operation. This video discusses some of the best practices for Calling the Wheel, traits of a strong Wheel Person or Expeditor, and proper responses from cooks when tickets are called.

Beating Murphy’s Law

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Check out our Kitchen Management Course section for kitchen supervisors, sous chefs, and chefs. Some of the videos in our kitchen management training program are also available to Premium subscribers, but for the Professional subscribers we have added new content, downloadable notes to accompany the original videos, video index timestamps so you can quickly jump to the sections that you are most interested in, and PDFs if appropriate for the section.

 

Kitchen Management Course Online Index – Basic Management Courses

These kitchen management training videos are for Sous Chefs & Chefs to gain insights into Kitchen Management & the benefits of Paperwork!  (fun…right?!?)
(over 1 hour of video content in this section)

Kitchen Basics – Food Safety Forms, Transfer Sheets, Waste Sheets

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24:14 minutes

Kitchen Management Section 1 - Food Safety Forms, Transfers, Waste
Video explanation of forms.
Video index timestamps.
Downloads for Safety Forms, Transfer & Waste Sheets.
Downloadable notes for this section.

Scheduling


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10.39 minutes

Kitchen Management Course Section 2 - Scheduling
Video discussion of purpose & creative uses for a schedule.
Video index timestamps.
Download for Schedule Form.
Downloadable notes for this section.
How to use the Schedule Template demo.

Recipe Templates & Purpose


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27.42 minutes

Section 3 - Recipe Template Training Tutorial
Video demo of a variety of Recipe Templates.
Video index timestamps.
Downloads for 5 Recipe Templates.
Downloadable notes for this section.
Excel Trick & Tips

Prep Sheets –
the Obvious & the Subtle

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9:56 minutes

Section 4 - Prep Lists
Video discussion additional benefits of prep forms.
Video index timestamps.
Downloads for 3 Prep Sheet styles.
Downloadable notes for this section.

Kitchen Management Course – Advanced Courses

Kitchen Management Training For Sous Chefs, Kitchen Managers & Chefs
(3.8 hours of video content in this section)

Restaurant Inventory Control
– Part 1

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17.20 minutes

Kitchen Management Course Section 5 - Inventory part 1
Video: How to correctly Take Inventory.
Video index timestamps.
Downloadable PDF for the Inventory series.
Downloadable notes for this section.

Restaurant Inventory Control
– Part 2

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30.11 minutes

Kitchen Management Course Section 5 - Inventory part 2
Video: How to Find & Fix Inventory Errors before period-end closing.
Video index timestamps.
Downloadable PDF for the Inventory series.
Downloadable notes for this section.

Restaurant Inventory Control
– Part 3
Find/Fix Inventory Errors

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13.28 minutes

Inventory part 3 - How to Edit Excel Inventory Sheets
Video: Step-by-step demo of how to use Excel to Fix Inventory Errors.
Video index timestamps.
Downloadable Food cost Calculation Form

Food Cost % Myth

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9.37 minutes

Kitchen Management Course Section 6 - Food Cost Myth video tutorial

Video: Food Cost % Actual -vs- Theoretical with discussion of Sales Mix and Margin
Video index timestamps.
Downloadable Food Cost Myth PDF.
Downloadable notes for this section.
Downloadable menu Sales Mix form.

Forty Thieves of Food Cost

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53.12 minutes

Food Cost Myth training video

Video: In-depth review of Food Cost Management
Video index timestamps.
Downloadable 40 Thieves of Food Cost PDF.
Downloadable notes for this section.
40 Thieves PowerPoint download.
8 Downloadable food cost related forms.

Prepare for P&L Meetings

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40.36 minutes


How to Handle P&L Meetings video tutorial

Video: How to Successfully Manage P&L Meetings
Video index timestamps.
Downloadable notes for this section.
P&L Meetings for Success PowerPoint download.

Menu Engineering – Increase your Profits

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9.45 minutes

Menu Engineering Kitchen Management Course
Video: Menu Engineering Basics and how to use menu layout to increase your profits.
Video index timestamps.
Downloadable Menu Engineering PowerPoint PDF.
Downloadable notes for this section.

Analyze Sales Mix to Increase Profits

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32.30 minutes

Sales Mix Kitchen Management Course
Video: In-depth demo of Sales Mix Analysis and how it can increase your restaurant revenue.
Video index timestamps.
Downloadable Sales Mix Analysis PowerPoint PDF.
Downloadable notes for this section.

Art of Plate Presentation

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25.15 minutes

The Art of Plate Presentation Course
Video: Geometric shapes create the backbone for designing artistic plate presentations. Lots of photos showing different plating techniques.
Video index timestamps.
Downloadable Plate Presentation PowerPoint PDF.
Downloadable notes for this section.
Links to additional food porn inspiration.

 

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