Catering Establishments and Services Flashcards
What do catering establishments serve?
Food and drink
Give 4 examples of catering establishments.
Restaurants, school canteens, hotels and wine bars.
What are commercial catering establishments?
They sell food and drink to make a profit.
Give some examples of a commercial catering establishment.
Restaurant
Take-away
Bed and Breakfasts
What are non-commercial catering establishments?
They don’t need to make a profit.`
Give some examples of non-commercial catering establishments.
Prisons
Schools
Hospitals
What do residential catering establishments provide?
They provide accommodation for their customers as well as serving food and drink.
What is non-residential catering establishments?
Catering establishments that don’t provide accommodation.
What are contract caterers?
They provide food and drink at places where it’s not usually provided. They’re often hired for private events, such as parties or weddings.
Name 10 types of catering food service.
Cafeteria Service Fast-Food/Take-away Service Self service Waited service Plated Service Gueridon Service Buffet Service Carvery Service Vended Service Travel Service
What are the advantages of cafeteria service?
Don’t need many staff, or skilled
Can serve a lot of customers quickly
What are the disadvantages of cafeteria service?
Food has to be kept hot
Customers have to queue
Give some advantages of a take-away/fast food service.
Don’t need skilled staff
Can serve a lot of customers quickly
Easy for customers to get whilst out
What are the disadvantages of take-way/fast-food service?
Need expensive, specialist equipment
Expensive rent for high street outlets
Limited menu options
What are the advantages of self-service?
Don’t need a lot of staff
Customers don’t have to queue for food
Customers can take as much as they want
What are the disadvantages of self service?
Hard to know how much food to provide for customers.
A lot of food gets wasted and when there are dying children in Africa this is quite bad.
What are the advantages of waited service?
Can serve lots of people quickly
Provides a personal service
Customers have a wide choice of food
What are the disadvantages of waited service?
Expensive to employ waiting staff
Specialised equipment needed for serving, such as trolley.
What are the advantages of plate service?
Easy to control the size of each portion
Presentation of each dish will be similar
What are the disadvantages of plated service?
Presenting the food uses up the chefs time.
What are the advantages of gueridon service?
A good way to impress customers.
What are the disadvantages of gueridon service?
Need a chef who can perform for customers
Need specialist equipment, such as flambe trolleys
What are the advantages of carvery service?
Don’t need a lot of staff
Each customers pays a fix price
Customers can pick exactly what they want
What are disadvantages of carvery service?
Need staff to employ to carve the joints of meat
Customers have a limited choice
