Food Production
& Safety
& Safety
This is the temperature danger zone for food service
What is 41-135 degrees F?
General liability coverage covers your business in cases of:
Accept any of these three:
What is personal injury?
What is bodily injury?
What is property damage?
With this service style, guests control food portions as they serve themselves
What is buffet service?
Shellfish, fish, gluten, peanuts, treenuts, soy, eggs, and milk
What items make up 90% of all food related allergies?
From the left, with the left hand
How should you clear items from a seated guest?
This style of seating allows for the maximum seating in a room
What is theater style?
Poultry, Beef, Lettuce, Seafood
What is Lettuce, Seafood, Beef, Poultry?
Appetizer, soup, salad, intermezzo, main, cheeses, dessert coffee
What is the standard order of service?
A style of service where guests serve themselves from platters presented by a server
What is butler service?
The food, or premises in which food is sold, cooked, or eaten, satisfying the requirements of Jewish law
What is kosher?
The suggested ratio of service staff to guests for buffet meal service
What is 1 server per 30 guests?
This style of seating requires the most square footage per guest
What is a hollow square?
Bacteria can double in quantity every __ to __ minutes
What is 10 to 20 minutes?
These can help extend a hot food item's holding time and keep foods from drying out
What are sauces?
The standard staffing ratio for American (plated) service
What is 1 server per 20 guests?
Ingredients and dishes that conform to Islamic dietary guidelines are known as
What is halal?
We suggest this portion for "heavy appetizers" during a 2-3 hour reception with no dinner service.
What is 11-14 pieces per person?
If seating guests at round tables, this many square feet person is suggested for a comfortable dining experience.
What is 11 - 13 feet pp?
Biological, chemical, and physical are examples of this
What are the three types of hazards that can make food unsafe?
We use this formula to calculate monthly food cost:
What is (Starting Inventory) + (Purchased Inventory) - (Ending Inventory) = Food Cost?
During this service, food is prepared in the kitchen, presented on platters, and placed on guest tables for guests to serve themselves
What is Family Style, or English Service?
With this diet, guests do not consume animal flesh, but can consume dairy and eggs
What are lacto-ovo vegetarians?
With an action station, guests can expect this many ounces for a main entree
What is 6-8 ounces?
This type of caterer works with challenges that include unfamiliar spaces, lack of kitchen availability and equipment provisions
What are off-premise caterers?
This is the point at which control can be applied to prevent or eliminate a food safety hazard or reduce it to an acceptable level
What is a Critical Control Point?
This is known as the "358 rule" for floral centerpieces
What is three types of focal flowers, five stems of greenery, and eight stems of accent or filler flowers?
With this style of service, platters are prepared in the kitchen, and food is served to a seated guest by a server from platters to individual plates
What is French banquet style service?
Those who follow this diet may have limited ability in the pancreas to produce insulin to bring down sugar levels
What is a diabetic diet?
To serve one 8 oz cup of coffee to 150 guests, you would order this many gallons of coffee
What is 9 - 10 gallons?
We use this calculation to figure out how much dance floor space is needed for an event
What is 4.5 square feet per person, assuming 50% of guests will dance at any given time?