Handout 7 Flashcards
refer to the preparation and presentation of meals and drinks, as well as the manner of service arrangements.
Food and beverage (F&B) services
played a vital role in the past and at present, and will also play a bigger role in the future of the accommodation industry since people who usually stay in hotels, resorts, and apartment hotels love food
F&B
This refers to whenever the demand for food is at its highest.
Food demand increases at peak times
may refer to seasonality or simply the time of the day (breakfast, lunch, or dinner)
Peak times
This means tailor-fitting the F&B menu with what the stakeholders require
Menu adjustment is based on stakeholders’ requirements.
This refers to how challenging the process of food preparation is, hence requiring more people to work together
Food preparation and service are labor intensive.
This refers to the shelf life of the ingredients that are used for making food as well as the finished products themselves.
Food is perishable.
This refers to the standards which different F&B establishments follow to ensure that everything is fresh and won’t do any harm to any consumer.
Food preparation follows strict standards of hygiene
when the guests are seated upon entry. The food server hands out the menu and takes the orders,
Table Service
a table service wherein the guest approves the food on the platter before these are served.
English Service
Upon his/her approval, the waiter puts the platters on the table, then, either the guest or the waiter portions the food into the plate of the others.
English Service
a table service wherein guests are seated, while servers fill large serving platters and bowls with food items from the kitchen and set these on the dining tables.
Family Service
a table service wherein food is pre-plated in the kitchen before a waitstaff can take it to the guest’s table.
Pre-Plated/American Service
a table service that is considered the most formal type of table service.
French Service
Partially cooked food is brought from the kitchen on a gueridon (a French side table with a circular top) or a cart which is also used for the final cooking.
French Service
a table service that is considered as a forerunner to the French service.
Platter/Russian Service
This requires that the waiter portions and carves the food on well-decorated silver platters before serving it to the guests.
Platter/Russian Service
when the guest enters the dining area and helps himself to the food, either from a buffet counter or he/she may get served partly at table by waiters and he/she collects any extras he/she needs from the counter.
Assisted Service
when the food is displayed on the buffet table and are portioned by the waiters or food servers.
Assisted Buffet
when the food is on a stand-alone carving station or may be one of the buffet sections wherein a waiter or a food server portions some parts of the food which can either be served to seated guests directly or guests can help themselves.
Carvery
when guests select their choice of meals from a counter and place these on a tray.
Self Service
where food is displayed on tables. Diners pick up a plate and choose from a varied menu of soups, salads, appetizers, entrée (main course), and deserts.
Buffet
usually found in school, office canteens, and hospitals. Guests choose food from a display counter informing the food server of their choices, who, in turn plates the food and hands it over to the guests
Cafeteria
small restaurants that primarily serve coffee-related beverages such as latte, cappuccino, espresso, and other hot beverages.
Coffee Shops and Tea Salons
when the guests order the food to be paid and served in one area
Single-Point Service
the type of service that provides a designated area where customers can buy meals quickly. The ordered meal or food is mostly consumed outside the food premises.
Take away
type of service wherein customers order their food or meal while not leaving their vehicles.
Drive-thru
when food is served after being ordered and may either be on-the-go or on a preorder basis, which is then to be served to or picked up by the customer.
Fast food
the provision of F&B service by means of automatic retailing
Vending