RESTAURANT STAFF
This staff member in a restaurant takes reservations, welcomes customers, and shows them to their tables
Who is the host or hostess
What written list presents the variety of food and drinks available to guests in a restaurant, often with prices?
What is menu?
It is a public room in a hotel or restaurant, where you can buy alcoholic drinks. It is generally more luxurious and drinks are usually more expensive. They tend to stay open later than pubs but not as late as nightclubs.
What is lounge bar or saloon bar?
Self-service where guests can see and choose what they want to eat. Customers help themselves or ask the waiter behind the table to serve them. The waiter may sometimes serve a few courses like a starter or soup. They have more time to help more customers but in a less personal way.
What is buffet service?
What do we call the method of cooking food completely covered in hot oil or fat?
What is deep frying?
This person leads the kitchen team, decides what dishes will be served, and makes sure all meals are prepared correctly
Who is the head chef
Item bartender needs to mix cocktails.
What is cocktail shaker?
This traditional British establishment serves drinks such as beer and cider, and acts as a social place where locals meet, talk, and relax
What is a pub?
This type of service is less formal and the most commonly. In this service the food is plated in the kitchen and served to the table.
What is Italien or Pre-plated service?
This dramatic method involves adding alcohol to a hot pan and setting it on fire to add flavor.
What is flambéing?
Person responsible for choosing wines, recommending and serving them to customers.
Who is wine waiter or sommelier?
What do we call strong, sweet spirits made from fruits, grains, or plants, typically served after a meal in small glasses as a digestif?
What is liqueur?
A restaurant where the menu lists items individually and prepares dishes to order; formal atmosphere.
What is an à la carte restaurant?
This service is formal and elegant, giving guests a lot of personal attention. Food is arranged on silver platters in the kitchen, then brought to the dining room, where the server uses a spoon and fork or tongs to serve each guest. It’s fast and efficient but requires many platters and special silverware.
What is English or Silver service?
In this method, food like fish or steak is cooked under or over an open heat source, such as a grill or barbecue.
What is grilling?
Employee responsible for the overall running of a restaurant: menu planning, atmosphere, hiring staff, bookings, greeting customers.
Who is FB manager?
What light alcoholic drink is traditionally served before a meal to stimulate the appetite?
What is an aperitif?
Restaurant with fixed-priced menus, a set number of courses with choices within each course, are a cheaper alternative. Items on the menu are ready at the same time, rather than made to order. This kind of restaurant is often family-run with a more informal atmosphere.
What is Table d’hôte restaurant?
This service is formal and elegant. Skilled servers bring the food from the kitchen on silver platters to a trolley, cook or complete dishes in front of the guests.When food is ready, it is served to the guests. This type of service takes a lot of time and skill.
What is Gueridon service?
Which method cooks food by surrounding it with hot air in an oven, usually at temperatures between 120°C and 240°C?
What is baking?
Person responsible for managing bookings, finding tables for customers, assigning serving areas and dealing with complaints.
Who is maitre d’hôtel?
A gadget with a corkscrew, bottle opener and foil cutter.
What is sommelier knife or waiter’s friend?
The most expensive, reflecting the high quality of food and beverages and the fact this types of restaurants often have recommendations from important food critics and organisations, which are highly prized.
What is gourmet restaurant?
In this style, staff bring large platters and bowls of food from the kitchen to the dining room, and guests serve themselves. It’s easy, quick, and cost-effective because it requires fewer orders, less staff, and simple preparation. However, some consider it too informal and too much like home dining.
What is family service?
This method keeps food above boiling water so it cooks gently without touching the liquid. What is it?
What is steaming?