Food and beverages

                                                                  food and beverages

What is Food and Beverages?

·         FOOD

Food  plant  animal  nutrients Carbohydrates Fats Proteins Vitamins Minerals ingested  organism  cells  Energy, maintain Life, or stimulate Growth.

·         BEVERAGES

Beverage liquid  human  

What is Food and Beverages Services?

Food and Beverages Services is one of the category/Requirements that you need to take for Hotel and Restaurant Management.

The Food and Beverage Services sector includes those businesses that prepare take away food for immediate consumption, those that sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on and off the premises, those that provide catering services for functions, as well as those that provide food and/or beverages for consumption in restaurants, cafes or dining rooms, pubs, taverns, night clubs and bars.

This is all about Customer Service, Food preparation, Cleaning Duties in Full service Restaurants, Casual Dining eateries, Skirting, Table Napkin Folding and other Eating and Drinking places.

Types of Table Services?

v  French Service -- This involves table side preparation.  The food to serve is partially prepared at the kitchen. The preparation of food is completed at the side of the customer’s table and done by a Chef or Headwaiter.

v  Silver Service/Russian Service -- The food is portioned into silver platter with enough servings for one table.

v  American Service -- This type of service may also called “Plate Service” because food is served into the customer’s plate in the kitchen itself and brought to the guest.  Plated foods usually served with garnish on the right side of the customer.

v  Buffet Service -- At the buffet table, the customers have to fall in line to get their own food.  This is Self Service.  The foods in buffet table are arranged in sequence.  There is a risk in this type of food service because it’s possible in shortage of food.  The waiters should portion the food in each customer’s plate to prevent this shortage.

v  Fast Foods -- It is also a “Self Service”. The foods are cooked and displayed at the counter.  Customers should fall in line with a tray at a counter.  The payment should pay at the Cashier at the end of the counter.

v  Counter Service -- This service is very common in food chains.

v  Gueridon Service – This is a Service where a Dish comes partially prepared from the kitchen to be completed in the Restaurant by the Waiter or when a complete meal is cooked at the table side in the Restaurant. The cooking is done on the Gueridon Trolley which is a Mobile Trolley with a gas Cylinder and Burners. The Waiter plays a prominent part as he required to Fillet, Carve, Flambé and prepare the food with Showmanship.

v  Snack Bar Service – Tall stools are placed along a counter so that the Guest may eat the food at the Counter itself.

v  Assisted Service – The Guest enters in the Dining area and Helps Himself to the food, either from a Buffet counter or he may get served partly at table by Waiter/Waitress and he collects any extras he needs from the counter. Eating may be done on either at table, standing or in Lounge area/Banquet Hall.

v  Cafeteria Service – This Service normally exist in industrial Canteens, Colleges, Hospitals or Hotels Cafeterias. To facilitate quick Service, the Menu is fixed and displayed on Large Boards. The Guest may have to buy Coupons in advance, present them to the Counter Waiter who serves the desired items.