FOOD BUSINESS CLASS (Food Entrepreneurship & Catering Skills Program)

Description

Develop practical cooking and business skills needed to start and successfully run a profitable food business. Students master over 70 high-demand African and continental recipes while learning bulk food production, food costing, packaging, customer service, and marketing strategies for catering, food trays, and daily meal sales.

Training Location: Beside Boku mart, Okunola bus-stop, Egbeda, Lagos state, Nigeria

Course Duration: 8 weeks, 3 hrs, 3 times a week

Course Outline:

• Foundations: Kitchen safety, hygiene standards, food handling practices, knife skills, cooking methods, and professional kitchen discipline.
• Core Local Dishes: Preparation of popular Nigerian and African meals including soups, stews, rice dishes, grills, swallows, breakfast options, and high-demand everyday foods.
• Continental & Specialty Meals: Pasta dishes, seafood, pastries, snacks, small chops, and buffet-style recipes to expand menu variety and attract premium customers.
• Bulk Cooking & Catering Production: Batch cooking techniques, portion control, food tray setup, packaging, presentation, and managing large orders and events efficiently.
• Food Costing & Profit Planning: Ingredient costing, budgeting, pricing strategies, inventory control, waste reduction, and menu planning for maximum profit.
• Customer Service & Marketing: Client relations, branding, packaging design, social media promotion, online sales, and business setup strategies for launching and growing a food enterprise.
• Final Practical Project: Plan, prepare, cost, and present a complete food tray or catering order as a real business simulation.
• Outcome: Food entrepreneur, caterer, food tray vendor, home-based chef, event food service provider, or small restaurant operator.