Types of Food Service

Question 1

Fast-Food Service

Answer 1

Customers order at a counter and are given their food straight away
(Good is being cooked all the time)

Question 2

Self-Service

Answer 2

Customer serve food themselves

Question 3

Take-Away Service

Answer 3

1. customers order at a counter and wait for it to be cooked, then take it to eat somewhere else
2. Some take-aways deliver

Question 4

Waited Service (table service)

Answer 4

Waiter and waitress’s take orders and deliver their food

Restaurants, cafés, hotels

Question 5

Plate Service

Answer 5

The presentation of a meal is done by the chef and are then brought out to the customer by a waiter

Question 6

Gueridon Service

Answer 6

The chef finishes the cooking or carving at the customers table

Question 7

Buffet Service

Answer 7

Each customer pays a fixed price and takes their food from a buffet table

Question 8

Calvert Service

Answer 8

Each customer pays a fixed price to queue up and be served meat
(veg, gravy and sauces separately)

Question 9

Vended Service

Answer 9

Vending machines are found in places where customers may want food and drink at any time of the day

Question 10

Travel Service

Answer 10

Food is cooked elsewhere, chilled and then transported to the plan, then to be reheated on the planes to be served

Question 11

Cafeteria Service

Answer 11

Customers are served ready-made food at a counter.