Front of House fields

The Front of House block is the part of a recipe that exists for the person talking about the dish rather than making it. Its own note draws the line: “What front-of-house staff reference — no measurements. Ingredient names and the menu description come from the fields above.”

So this block is not a second copy of the recipe. The description and ingredient names are already shared; this is what a server needs in addition.

The fields

• Signature item — marks a dish as one of the ones you are known for. Use it sparingly; if everything is a signature, nothing is.
• Selling points — why a guest would want it. Written as something a server can say out loud, not as marketing copy.
• Tips to sell — the how rather than the what. “Suggest it to anyone ordering the lighter starters” is a tip; “it’s delicious” is not.
• Upsells (optional) — what pairs on the check.
• Pairings (optional) — what pairs on the plate or in the glass.

Why this beats a separate server document

Most brands keep two things: a recipe for the kitchen, and a training sheet for the floor. They drift, because only one of them changes when the dish does.

Here they are one record. Change the dish and the server’s version changes with it — and if a supplier swap means the description is now wrong, the correction lands in both places at once because there is only one place.

Plated result

Presentation and Quality check describe the finished-dish standard, and are shown in every view — the only block both a server and a cook see identically.

That is deliberate. “Is this right to send?” is the same question at the pass and at the table, and two different answers to it is how a dish goes out inconsistent.

• Presentation — what it should look like. Bowl, garnish placement, height.
• Quality check — the pass/fail a cook or expediter applies before it leaves.

(A reference photo for the plated result is coming; these are text fields today, so be specific enough to be checkable — “garnish at the 2 o’clock, herbs not wilted” rather than “looks appetising”.)

Where it shows up

Front of House content appears on screens set to show it — either a viewer set to Front of House only, or a cook switching view on a screen that offers both. See Enrolling a recipe viewer and What each view shows.

⚠ Allergens appear in both views, and always will. They are not a Front of House “field” you can forget to fill — they roll up from the ingredients. Do not duplicate them into selling points.