B.A. (Culinary Arts) Menu Development and Function Catering Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the TY BA Culinary Arts syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. The University is still examining the older Choice Based scheme for the third-year students teaching out on it - her Winter 2026 timetables for Semesters V and VI are headed "T.Y.B.A. Culinary Arts (Choice Based)" - so check which scheme your exam form names before you use this.
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Syllabus for Menu Development and Function Catering
Module 1: MENU PLANNING AND MENU DEVELOPMENT
- 1.1 Introduction to Catering & Menu Development
- 1.2 Menu planning
- 1.3 Menu design
- 1.4 Menu engineering
- 1.5 Menu Pricing
- 1.6 Gueridon Service - Practical / Workshop
- 1.7 Function Catering - Planning, Booking, Equipment & Layout, Menu Planning
Module 2: FUNCTION CATERING
- 2.1 Definition, History and Importance
- 2.2 Organization Chart Of The Banquet Department
- 2.3 Duties and Responsibilities
- 2.4 Types Of Banquets- Formal, Semi-Formal, Informal Banquet Sales
- 2.5 Banquet Reservation Diary and Booking Procedures Function Contract and B.E.O (F.P) Function
- Catering Menus.
- Types of Service in Banquets
- Staffing and Duty Allocation
- Toast Procedure at Wedding Reception
- Banquet Protocol
- Off Premise Catering and Outdoor Catering
Reference Books
- 1 Fundamentals of Menu Planning by by Paul J. McVety (Author), Bradley J. Ware (Author), Claudette Lévesque Ware (Author)
- 2 Food service Operations and Management: Concepts and Applications by Karen Eich Drummond, Mary Cooley, Thomas J. Cooley
- 3 Management by menu, Kotschevar, Lendal; Withrow, Diane, John Wiley & Sons
- 4 The Indian menu : planner, Roli Books
- 5 Choice Menus, Hollands, Marjorie, Collins
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.A. (Culinary Arts) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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