Properly Portion an Olive Garden Salad
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The document provides instructions for properly portioning an Olive Garden salad. It lists the necessary equipment, ingredients, and steps to portion the salad according to Olive Garden standards. The chart shows the correct amounts of ingredients for portioning the salad, including roma tomatoes, pepperoncinis, red onion rings, black olives, and croutons. Portioning salads correctly is important to control food costs and maintain profitability.
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Properly Portion an Olive Garden Salad
- 1. PROPERLY PORTIONING AN OLIVE GARDEN SALAD
- 2. Portioning OG Salad • Salad portioning is required as part of Olive Garden standards. • As noted throughout training, salad is portioned according to the number of guests who order salad with their meal. • The following chart shows the correct amount of ingredients for a properly portioned OG Salad.
- 3. Steps 1. Sanitize the work surface 2. Gather equipment 3. Retrieve ingredients 4. Wash hands and put on food handling gloves 5. Balance(tare) the digital scale 6. Portion the salad
- 4. Sanitize the work surface
- 5. Equipment/materials needed SaladTongs Brown TongsSteam Table Pans Food Handling Gloves Digital Scale
- 6. Ingredients needed Red Onion Rings OG Signature Salad Dressing Homestyle Croutons
- 7. Washing your hands & donning gloves Handwashing: • Rub hands vigorously with soap • At least 20-25 seconds • Under hottest tolerable water
- 10. Portioning OG Salad RomaTomatoes Pepperoncinis
- 11. Portioning OG Salad Red Onion Rings Black Olives
- 12. Portioning OG Salad OG Signature Salad Dressing Homestyle Croutons
- 13. Need for portioning: A vital aspect The need for food portioning is a vital aspect within the hospitality industry as portioning is a critical factor in controlling food cost.
- 14. How much is too much? Example-RomaTomatoes Over-portion $3.00/# Five per pound=Approx. 3 oz. each Six slices per tomato 19 cents per ounce One slice=1/2 oz. Overage: 1 slice Per 100 servings/day Annual Cost per overage: $3,467.50
- 15. How does it affect me? Inadequate portioning Confused guests Loss of profit=budget cuts Loss of employee incentives Loss of jobs Over-portioning is against the standards Corrective action up to and including termination
Editor's Notes
- “How to properly portion an Olive Garden salad.” Created by: Alex B. Criswell For: EDCI 66300 in the summer 2013 semester Mambo Italiano playing in background 15 seconds
- Narrator: Salad portioning is required as part of Olive Garden standards. Salads are portioned according to the number of guests who order salad with their meal which are 1-2 guests, 3 guests, or 4-5 guests. The following chart, which is also included in your training materials, shows the correct amount of ingredients for a properly portioned Olive Garden salad according to the guest count.
- The steps of this video include: Sanitize the work surface Gather equipment Retrieve ingredients Wash hands and put on food handling gloves Balance (or tare) the digital scale Portion the salad (according to the guest group size)
- Step one: Sanitize the work surface Narrator: First, the work surface needs to be sanitized prior to portioning out a salad. To sanitize the work surface, we will need a towel, a bucket, access to potable water, and a quaternary ammonium sanitizer solution. 2) Mix the Quaternary Ammonium (Q-25) packet contents with one gallon of lukewarm water in a sanitizer bucket. 3) Submerge the towel into the bucket containing the sanitizer solution, to ensure all areas of the towel are moistened and then wring dry. 4) Wipe the damp sanitizer towel across your work surface covering all exposed areas you will be working with and allow to wiped surface to air-dry.
- Step two: Collect all equipment needed for salad portioning Narrator: The following materials/equipment will be needed to properly portion a Olive Garden salad: Olive Garden salad bowl & salad tongs Digital scale 1-oz ladle 2-oz spoodle Brown tongs Metal salad tongs Food handling gloves (preferably vinyl, non-powdered/non-latex) Assorted Steam table pans Third size-For croutons and salad dressing Half size-For salad toppings and salad mix
- Step Three: Retrieve all necessary food ingredients for an Olive Garden salad. The following ingredients will be needed to make an Olive Garden salad: Olive Garden Salad Mix (Iceberg & Romaine Blend) Sliced Roma Tomatoes Pepperoncinis, drained Black Olives, drained Red Onion slices (rings) OG Signature Salad Dressing Homestyle Croutons
- Step Four: Washing your hands and applying gloves Narrator: Before the salad portioning process, a food handler is required to wash their hands and don gloves prior to handling ready to eat food. 1) Washing your hands is not a complex task, but it must be done correctly in order to prevent the spread of germs that can cause foodborne illness. 2) Food workers will need to wash their hands with hot water and soap while vigorously rubbing their hands together under the water for at least 20-25 seconds and then dry your hands with a single use paper towel. 3) Once you have washed your hands, you may put on your food handling gloves in order to handle ready to eat food and prevent cross-contamination.
- Step Five: Show the proper method on how to operate and balance a digital scale. Narrator: In order to weigh an Olive Garden salad properly, individuals must be able to balance a digital scale prior to portioning the salad. To use the scale, you will first need to place it on a flat surface and then power on the scale. Place the OG salad bowl with the tongs on the scale. You will see the weight of the salad bowl and tongs displayed on the scale screen. In order to weigh the salad greens, the user will need to “zero-out” or “tare” the scale. Press the “zero/tare” button on the scale and the scale display will now display “zero” ounces. You are now ready to portion an Olive Garden salad.
- Step six: Demonstrate proper portioning technique according to the guest group size. Narrator: For this video demonstration, a 1-2 guest salad will be portioned; however, the method demonstrated is the required technique used when portioning a salad. It is imperative that employees follow the provided chart in your training materials to accurately portion an Olive Garden salad. Begin by placing salad greens in the OG salad bowl with the tongs on the balanced digital scale until the scale screen displays the proper weight. In this case it is 5.6 ounces. Next, place two roma tomato slices, two pepperoncinis, two black olives, and six red onion slices into the salad bowl. Be sure to place the ingredients in a uniform order to allow for proper food presentation. Finish the salad with two ounces of Olive Garden signature salad dressing and ten croutons. Once complete, you may remove your gloves and prepare to deliver the salad to your guests.
- Now that we are ready to serve our OG salad, let’s take a moment to understand the need for portioning. Narrator: The need for food portioning is a vital aspect within the hospitality industry as portioning is a critical factor in controlling food cost. According to Schmidgall (2006), food cost is one of the top controllable expenses in the restaurant business.
- “How much is too much?” For example: Roma Tomatoes are $3.00 per pound, with about five per pound weighing at 3 ounces each. With six slices per tomato, it roughly figures to about 19 cents per ounce. With an overage of one slice, at ½ ounce each with 100 servings per day, the annual cost of this overage is $3,467.50 for this single product alone! Imagine how many products you give “just a little bit extra” on; it’s like throwing your profits into the trash. If all employee’s effectively portion food; food costs will remain low and will bring substantial profit to the restaurant.