The food industry is a complex, global collective of diverse businesses that together supply much of the food energy consumed by the world population. Only subsistence farmers, those who survive on what they grow, can be considered outside of the scope of the modern food industry. Food processing is the methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for human consumption. Food processing takes clean, harvested or slaughtered and butchered components and uses them to produce marketable food products. There are several different ways in which food can be produced. The aim of the book is to put researchers engaged in different areas of research on a common platform so as to be benefited by the current state of knowledge in the field of this subject. CONTENTS: Introduction; Food Service Operations; Food Service Planning and Management; Principles of Food Production; Restaurant Development.

Gopal Verma joined Heritage Hotels and Resorts of Khajuraho in 2005, and has more than 8 years of executive recruiting experience across a range of board and senior management positions. He leads the Consumer Goods & Services Practice, and has special expertise in the packaged goods sector, where he has recruited chief executive officers, chief operating officers. He also is a member of the MP Board Services and Hospitality & Leisure Practices.