RESTAURANT STAFF
This staff member in a restaurant takes reservations, welcomes customers, and shows them to their tables
host / hostess
What written list presents the variety of food and drinks available to guests in a restaurant, often with prices?
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?
This person leads the kitchen team, decides what dishes will be served, and makes sure all meals are prepared correctly
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
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?