Caroline9

Welcome to Caroline's page!!!
==== This page is for my classmates to get links and notes. Also, I posted about my dream career. I love to cook so, I (after doing some research about the type of job I want) found the information below about the job I want to have... a restaurant owner. ====

** My Dream Career!!!! **
==== To **work my way up** to being a restaurant owner, I would start off as a waitress or chef in a restaurant. Most restaurant owners/managers start out in small positions and prove their way up to the top (but, being on Food Network wouldn't hurt :) ==== ==== **Schooling** for this career is extensive, and varied. Many managers are graduates of two- and four-year hospitality management programs in college. Internships and real-world experience in a food service setting is also required. Degrees in restaurant and institutional food service management and culinary school is also helpful. ==== ==== The average **salary** for a restaurant owner is $39,000. This is after paying for employees, heating/electric bills, ingredients/appliances, etc. The salary also depends on the popularity of the restaurant, what they sell, and the price of the products they sell. ==== ==== **Math** is the most important thing to know when you cook. It's fractions, fractions, fractions. You multiply, divide, add, and subtract them to altar recipes. Also, you have to know numbers. Cash registers do the math, but you need to know what you're doing with the numbers. Also, if your employees' salary is a percentage of the total profit each day, then you need to know how to divide or use percents. If your employees' salary is by the hour, you need to add up the total cost for the day. ==== ==== There are many **skills** needed to be a restaurant owner/manager. Restaurant owner/managers have to be prepared to work extremely long hours at their jobs. They come early and leave late. They should also be calm in the face of job pressures, and they must be flexible enough to deal with any emergencies that may arise. They need to be close to an expert in any position, in case they need to replace an employee. People in these positions often have to deal with handling numerous tasks, many of which occur simultaneously. ==== ==== These skills match my **personal talent** because I'm good with people and a leader. I can work long hours and I can solve problems well. If I am an owner of a restaurant, it would certainly help me to have my staff to help. I have many cooking skills and a creative spirit that will be useful when I get to cook things. I can multi-task as well. ====

==== **The history** of restaurant owning is extensive. Someone opens a restaurant and the family members keep it running for years. History can also tie into the restaurant itself. It comes from the menu, the types of food served, and where a productive location would be to place the restaurant. ====

If I were a restaurant owner, **people would rely on me** to give instructions. I would help keep things in order and make sure everyone is doing what they should be doing.
==== **I would rely on people**, too. My restaurant would be nothing without my staff. My wait staff would keep my customers happy and bring them their food. My kitchen staff would make the food and my cleaning staff would keep the place orderly and nice-looking. ==== ==== Depending on the type of restaurant, my **daily routine** might start with going to the market to buy fruits, vegetables, cheeses, breads, and meats that I need. I would also open the restaurant each day and start everything going. Because I’m the owner, not the manager, I would not have to stay the entire day. I would be buying ingredients, scoping out competition, researching ways to get good business, and keeping everything in check. ====

** My sources: **

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 * ==== My step-mom (owner of Sally’s Sweet Shoppe) ====
 * ==== Cooking class in Lake Geneva ====

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