Jobs in Hospitality The kitchen and dining areas are filled with activity even before the doors open Servers listen to details about the night’s specials The manager makes sure the tables are ready Opening Opening a new restaurant is a big undertaking You need to find a good location The food has to be interesting and delicious And it should be priced well The place must look and feel welcoming I’ve worked as a cook a server a manager says Briana Fore She runs a restaurant that just opened in Oregon The first days were hard she says I had all the knowledge of what it takes to open a place she adds Still it’s challenging So many little things need to be covered 4
The restaurant business is not easy But this profession can be rewarding Adults in North America buy food or drinks from restaurants nearly five times each week on average Feeding all of those people keeps plenty of workers busy Eating Out Over the Ages Roman Empire The empire was at its height in the year A D 117 or so People traveled to marketplaces which grew as the cities did Inns opened along the roads where the travelers could eat France after the Revolution Only the rich had chefs before the revolution which ended in 1799 Then the ruling class was overthrown The chefs were free to bring fine dining to the masses Modern America The first McDonald’s opened in the 1940s It offered low-priced food fast In 1954 Ray Kroc bought the place He turned the new fast-food concept into a chain of restaurants 5
On the Menu Restaurants are a large part of the North American economy How large Almost half of the money spent on food goes to restaurants There are almost a million places to eat in the U S and Canada Keeping customers happy is part art and part You Know It science Some dishes change with the seasons For example some places cook with apples during apple season The people who run restaurants also follow trends Teens and younger people care more about their health now So more places are offering healthy kids meals preparing and serving meals restaurant industry STEM stands for Science Technology Engineering and Math People in the use these studies to find new or better ways of 6
Experiments with Food Fine restaurants sometimes have labs These are special kitchens where chefs try out new recipes Lena Kwak is a California chef who invented a new flour while working at a lab It took lots of trial and error on her part Kwak’s job was to help people on special diets She worked like a scientist to make flour with no gluten That is a protein found in grains It makes some people feel ill What tech trends stand out Technology is changing the business of eating out In some places people can place orders on computer tablets Restaurants with take-out service are also trying out plates spoons and other items made from plants such as corn and beets These bioplastic items breakdown in the trash They do not hurt the environment 7
