Training of Garnish and Carving for The UKM Community in Pacar Kembang Village, Tambaksari District, Surabaya

Abstract

In Pacar Kembang Village, Tambaksari District, Surabaya, there are many SMEs in the culinary sector. The problem with partners is less than optimal sales transactions, a difficult economy and a lack of knowledge to be able to increase purchasing power for this culinary specialty. Therefore, activities need to be carried out to increase people's purchasing power for culinary products produced by the UKM community. One way is to provide training in vegetable garnishing and fruit carving. Through this training activity, the appearance of culinary products can be made more attractive and can increase the selling value of culinary products. So the partner problems that must be addressed are the knowledge and skills aspect as well as the management aspect. The knowledge and skills aspect includes knowledge about selecting garnish ingredients, namely vegetables and carving (fruit) as well as the practice of making garnishes and carving. Management aspects include financial management and digital marketing. In this activity, partners are given training on making garnishes and carvings, applying garnishes and carvings to food products and evaluation is carried out using pre-test and post-test methods. Based on the evaluation results, it shows that the average pre-test score is 80.65; while the post test score was 87.78. This shows that after the training was held there was an increase in participants' knowledge and skills in making garnishes and carving. Keyword: Garnish, carving, UKM, Pacar Kembang