The story of a cook

Chapter 574 Prepare for the arrival of the delegation

In August, the "Red Kitchen Hat" delegation came to investigate and study. Yan Li attached great importance to this matter and started preparations in late July.What I need to prepare is a good meal, nothing else, if there is, the kitchen should be tidied up and stood at attention, so that the inspectors can visit the kitchen without embarrassment.Mr. Wang prepared more, because Yan Li and Dongfang Cuisine had communicated well, and the farewell dinner was held in Qinghua Pavilion.He has to prepare for the presentation of the team, the introduction of corporate culture, and the sharing session after the dinner.

"I planned it like this." Mr. Wang said: "When the inspection team comes, they will go to Fisherman's Wharf first, then coarse grains, and then go to the old store after the coarse grains. It will be five o'clock when the three stores are finished, and finally they will go to the new store. They visited the new store for a while, and the farewell dinner began at 06:30."

Yan Li said: "They visit slowly, and they can't finish looking at a store for a while. The old store is similar to the new store. They don't visit the old store and go directly to the new store."

I said, "Yes, just ask them to visit three stores. There is no need to go to all four stores. The entire staff is very nervous, so it's not worth it."

Mr. Wang said: "Then get out of coarse grains and go directly to the new store."

Yan Li said: "Okay. When you go to each store, the welcome ceremony should be done well, and the people at the front desk and the kitchen will come out."

"That's for sure." Mr. Wang said.

"The dinner will be held in the grand banquet hall of the new store, and the LD screen will be used to make a promotional video." Yan Li said.

"It's done, let it go directly when the time comes." Mr. Wang said.

"Old Tan, cook the dishes well that day, don't lose the chain." Yan Li said to me.

"Don't worry, I won't take off the chain." I replied.

After researching the reception of the inspection team, Yan Li made a decision to dismiss Mr. Zhang and let Zhou Xiaomei be the general manager of the new store.I directly objected, but Mr. Wang didn't say anything, and my objection was useless. Yan Li used the reason that Zhou Xiaomei was the goddaughter of the old aunt to defeat me as Zhou Xiaomei's uncle, so it was decided.

Zhou Xiaomei can be the general manager of the new store, but she doesn't want to be the general manager - Mu Xiuyu will be destroyed by Lin Feng.

The tree catches the wind.

Now I am the kitchen director of the company, Zhou Xiaomei is the general manager of the new store, Yang Zhijun is the head chef of Northeast cuisine in the new store, and I have found two other chefs in the new store, Guan Ping, Li Yan, Huang Lihua, Cao Xiaojuan, and the minister of Chuancai. I am looking for someone.The coarse grains are Cao Ligui, Master Li, and two chefs from the provincial capital.Li Shuang is the front desk manager of Fisherman's Wharf, and she has transferred the two floor directors from the provincial capital. The kitchen has two chefs I hired.The old store has Yu Wenxue, Bao Peng, Fang Lin, Huang Liguo, and Cao Jianjun. I found five of them directly, and Zhao Xiaojun, Li Haicai, Zhang Zhicheng, and Wang Tie indirectly.If I add Wang Hong, Zhou Jing, and Li Cheng, my team will be even bigger.

As the saying goes, when a pig is fat, it will kill others. I understand this truth.

Now I am doing very well. The old man and Yan Li trust me very much. It is not certain that there will be conflicts one day and then I will be nothing, so I don’t want Zhou Xiaomei to be the general manager. It is good to be the front desk manager honestly.

When I came to the new store, I was not in a hurry to go to the kitchen, so I took a look at the open stall on the first floor.

The big stew sister and the casserole sister are making preparations, and they greeted me warmly when they saw me coming.

"How much was the commission last month?" I asked.

The casserole sister said: "Two hundred and one, two hundred and one for each of us."

I said, "A lot, I got rich."

The two elder sisters had bright smiles on their faces.

There are a total of six casserole dishes, as long as there are more than [-] copies sold in a month, there will be a commission. Although one set only gives the producer a dime, it is too much. Six, as long as three of them exceed [-] copies, it will be a lot money.According to last month's statistics, there are [-] servings of "pot bottom meat", [-] servings of "casserole fish head", and [-] servings of these two dishes, which is quite a lot.

When I came to the smoked stall, Lao Qiao happened to put out the freshly smoked pig's trotters. There were more than 30 of them on a large square plate.

"Old Joe, it's getting better and better now." I said.

He smiled, put the trotters in order, and said, "The director just came over."

I nod.

He glanced at the stew and asked, "Director, when will we get a commission for the smoked pickles?"

I said, "Old Joe, you are at the price of a master now."

He laughed, and said embarrassedly: "Just ask, if you don't have a commission, you have to work hard."

"How is your apprentice learning?" I asked.

"It's okay, everything can be fixed."

"Do you still drink something every day?"

"Drink some, drink every day, take a good sip."

I asked, "What time do you get up in the morning?"

"Three o'clock, or we won't be able to do it." He said.

Now he and Lao Wang get up to work at three o'clock every day and get off work at two o'clock in the afternoon.

I went to the kitchen on the fifth floor to find Li Shuangliang, told him about the dinner of the inspection team, and decided on the dishes and staple food at the same time.

"Master Tan, will you use some engraving then?" He asked.

"You will?" I asked.

He said, "I'm not good at engraving, but my junior brother is good at engraving. If I need it, I'll call him to help engrave it."

I thought for a while and said, "Let's carve out a booth. The bigger one will be placed in the banquet hall. It will be magnificent."

"Okay, I'll call him over when the time comes, and we'll finish it in one night," he said.

"I want to entertain people well and cook something delicious." I said.

Explain a few more words to him, especially the banquet dishes that day, focusing on explaining.

The banquet menu is designed as follows:

Four-course smoked sauce: braised pork head with arhat belly smoked chicken head and chicken feet assortment

Four cold dishes: Raw marinated sea crab sashimi and grandpa three kinds of chili and sesame dishes

Sidao Stir-Fried: Fried Dried Vegetables from the Farmhouse
Four specialties: pot bottom meat casserole fish head small tofu flavor mashed potatoes
One soup dish: braised crab roe with three delicacies

Dessert: Brown sugar pot helmet

Staple food: meat dumplings, sauerkraut, big stuffing, steamed dumplings, pork and fennel, fried dumplings
A plate after dinner.

"Braised pig's head" and "Luohan belly" are traditional old pickles in Northeast China. Most of the delegation this time are from the south of the restaurant, asking them to try the old Northeast craftsmanship.Chicken head and chicken feet are the signature dishes. It is estimated that there are very few restaurants that sell such a large dish. Let them open their eyes. Besides, it is really delicious. There is no semicolon in the whole Binhai.

"Local sauerkraut fish" was made by the master of Binhai Bay in the last competition. He won the gold medal in seafood dishes. Later, he learned the recipe from others.

"Small tofu" and "flavored mashed potatoes" are the characteristics of the Northeast. It stands to reason that these two dishes cannot be served on a big table, but the people who inspected are all catering people. Big fish and big meat are not attractive to them. Features, see Kung Fu.

The most distinctive thing is the dumplings, which are the same as steamed and boiled, and the reputation of Qinghua Pavilion has been blown out.In fact, people all over the country know Qinghua Pavilion now, because by the second half of 300, there were more than [-] Qinghua Pavilion dumpling restaurants across the country.In the south, Qinghua Pavilion in Shanghai has a good business, while in the north, the one in Binhai.I introduced chefs to Qinghua Pavilion in Zhengzhou, Taiyuan, and Datong. I found the head chef in Shanghai. His surname is Zheng, and he cooks better.

I am somewhat famous in the Binhai catering industry, mainly because of the platform of Qinghua Pavilion. If there is no Qinghua Pavilion, I would not be famous. I would be an ordinary cook, and no one would know who I am.

Therefore, the platform is very important. The era of one person fighting alone has passed, and everything is about the team. No matter how good a person is, there is no team. Team wins.

When I came to the front desk, I saw Zhou Xiaomei. She was arranging work for several floor managers.

Now she already has the aura of a superior person faintly.

"Uncle, when did you come?" She came over with a smile after arranging the work.

"It's been a long time. I just came from the kitchen to see Manager Zhou." I joked.

"Look, see if I look like a manager." She stood in front of her, with her chest up and her head up.

A decent professional suit made her look extraordinary. She was wearing a pair of high heels and her hair was pulled up high. I am 1.7 meters [-], and I am not as tall as she is standing in front of her.

"Are you growing taller?" I asked.

"How long is it? It's still 1.7 meters two. I wear high heels, which makes me look taller." She said.

"Standing in front of you is stressful."

"Cut! No energy."

"How about training the waiters these days?"

"Well, on the day of the dinner there was a team presentation, a practice session, and a dance rehearsal," she said.

"You don't sing a song?" I asked.

"Sing a song, show it." She said confidently.

"Try to meet a handsome guy and marry him, so that the major issues of life can be solved by the way."

After chatting with her for a few words, she shared an idea and planned to apply for a membership stored value card.At that time, many restaurants had membership cards, which were given to friends by the bosses, and they could be used for discounts, so membership cards were also called discount cards.What she means is to store value in the membership card, so that you can spend more than the value when you spend.For example, if a customer applies for a 1000-yuan stored-value card and directly stores 100 yuan in it, the customer can spend [-] yuan, and it is cheaper to pick up [-] yuan, which is equivalent to a [-]% discount.

This method of storing value is very common now, and there were not many in [-].

"This is fine, not only the money is collected in advance, but also the customer is locked." I said.

"I think it's okay," she said.

"Did you tell President Yan?" I asked.

"Not yet, think about it with you."

"I think it will work," I said, and then asked, "Is this card easy to make?"

"There are specially made ones, they even have credit card machines, and they are also in charge of the church."

"The guest can't recharge the value with the card in other places?" I asked.

She said: "If you can't recharge it, one machine will make a kind of card with a password. If you can recharge it in other places, every restaurant will have to pay for it."

It's the same thing when I think about it. The people who make the cards are smarter than us, so I can't fail to think of this.

Tell her to do it in four stores, and customers can spend at any one with a card. This will have a great influence and more people will do it.That's what she meant too, and she was going to tell Yan Li after she had thought it over.

She is really a business person with an economic mind. I don’t think about it. Most of my thoughts are how to cook well, what kind of food is suitable for business, how to develop new products, and how to manage. How to train chefs, these are my strengths.

It is necessary to study the management and operation of the front desk. This is a shortcoming and needs to be strengthened.

After studying the stored-value card with Zhou Xiaomei, she told me that Zhang Li called her and wanted to work in Binhai.I was a little taken aback and asked her why.She said that Zhang Li and her husband were divorcing.

"Divorce? Why?" I asked.

"Isn't her husband infertile? He always fights with her. Last month, the two of them started having sex, and her husband even did it," she said.

I frowned and said nothing.I thought that Zhang Li's husband is also the same. If there is no child, there will be no child. If you can't adopt one, what's the trouble?He also beat his wife with his hands, which is really promising.

I said, "It's best not to get a divorce. If she comes to Binhai after a divorce, don't come if she hasn't divorced. It's not messy enough."

"That's what I told her too."

(End of this chapter)