F & B Service Interview Questions

Basic Questions

1. Why do you want to join F & B Service only?

Like to serve and interact with guest.

2. What is the French term for Napkin?

Serviette – 18 by 18 inch

3. What are waiter’s friends?

Waiter’s cloth, scribbling pad, wine opener, tip top pen & lighter.

4. Define Motel?
Hotel situated near Highway with garage facility and petrol station.

5. What is Coffee Shop?

Multi cuisine restaurant runs for 24 hours.

6. What is Floatel?
A luxury hotel on a Cruise Liner

7. What is Kiosk?
Stall on roadside open from all sides. Snacks are served from Kiosk.

8. What is the French term of wine waiter?

Sommelier

9. What is the French term for carver?

Trancheur

10. What is the French term for Captain?

Maitre d’ hotel

11. What are the other names of side station?

Sideboard & Dummy Waiter

12. Define the term cover?

It is the space required on the table for laying cutlery, crockery and glassware for
one guest.
Standard dimension of cover is 24inch by 15 inch.
Standard dimension for banquet cover is 27 inch by 15 inch.

13. What is the dimension of slip cloth?

1meter by 1 meter
 14. Differentiate between a la carte & table d hote?

A la carte menu Table d’hôte menu

There is wide choice of dishes under
each course.
Each dish is priced separately.
Dishes are cooked after receiving the
order.
Menu is fixed with limited number of
courses for a set price.
A limited choice may be offered for
each course.
The food is prepared beforehand and
available at a set time.

15. What is twelve courses of French Classical Menu?

 Horsd’oeuvre
 Potage
 Poisson
 Entrée
 Releve
 Sorbet
 Roti
 Legume
 Entremet
 Bonne Bouche
 Dessert
 Café

16. Some examples of French Classical Menu

Hors d’oeuvre – 1. Salads
Appetizer 2. Fruits & Fruit Juice
3. Canape- Small toasted bread with topping
4. Fritters
5. Patties
6. Skewers
Deluxe Horsd’oeuvre
 Caviar – Roe or eggs of Sturgeon fish
 Smoked Salmon
 Snails
 Oyster
 Pate de foe Gras – Goose Liver Paste
Potage- Soup Course 1. Consomme Julienne – Clear soup garnish with
juliennes of vegetables
2. Puree Saint Germain- Puree of green pea soup
3. Crème d’ Asparagis- Cream of asparagus soup
4. Clam Chowder – American thick soup
5. Lobster Bisque- Thick soup made of fish stock.
Poisson- Fish Course 1. Filet de Stromatee a l orly – Fillet of pomfret
seasoned and deep fried, served with tomato
sauce.
2. Sole Grillee- Sole fish seasoned and grilled
3. Filet de Stomatee Meuniere- Fillet of Pomfret
seasoned and shallow fried.
4. Homard Americane- Lobster cooked in tomato
sauce with white wine.
5. Filet de Sole A La Francasise- Fillet of sole
seasoned and deep fried.
Entrée- Entry of 1. Spanish Omelette
meat course 2. Organ Meats
3. Sausages
4. Penne in Pesto Sauce
5. Spaghetti in Carbonara Sauce
Releve- Main Course 1. Poulet Saute Mexicaine
2. Poulet A L Kiev
3. Navarin de Mouton
4. Boeuf Strognoff
5. Gigot de Mouton Roti
Sorbet- Rest Course Water Ice & Cigars

Roti- Roast Course Roasted Game birds like Chicken, Pigeon, Turkey,
Quail, Pheasant.
Legume- Vegetable 1. Veg Au Gratin
Course 2. Asperges Flamande
3. Artichaut Lyonnaise
4. Artichaut Provencale
5. Sauteed Mushroom

Entremet- Sweet 1. Crème Caramel

Course 2. Apple Strudel
3. Mousse
4. Gateaux Ananas
5. Bread & Butter Pudding

Bonne Bouche- 1. Anchovies on Toast

Savoury 2. Roe on Toast
3. Mushrooms on Toast
4. Canapes
5. Cheese
Dessert- Fruits & Nuts
Café Coffee
17. Name 10 glasses with their sizes?
 Cocktail glass - 10 fl oz ( 1 fl oz = 28.4ml approx. 30 ml)
 High ball glass - 8 fl oz
 Beer mug - 12 fl oz
 Beer goblet - 12 fl oz
 Brandy balloon / snifter -8 fl oz
 Champagne (saucer/ flute/ tulip) -6 fl oz
 Pilsner - 10 fl oz
 Old fashion glass - 8 fl oz
 Red wine glass/ White wine glass - 8 fl oz
 Margarita - 6 fl oz

18. Name some plates with their sizes?

 Quarter Plate -6’’ inch in diameter
 Half Plate -8’’ inch in diameter
 Full Plate - 10’’ inch in diameter
 Soup bowl - 250ml
 Soup Plate - 8’’ inch in diameter
 Tea Cup - 200 ml
 Coffee cup - 100 ml

22. What is continental breakfast?

 Choice of Fresh Fruit Juice
 Choice of Assorted Bread (toast, croissants, rolls, brioche, muffins, etc)
 Served with Preserves (Jam, marmalade), Honey
 Beverages (Tea / Coffee / Chocolate)

23. What is the cover of Continental breakfast?

 Juice glass
 Sideplate with B and B Knife
 Napkin , Bread Boat, Butter Dish on a doily on a side plate with butter knife
Preserve Dish on a doily on a side plate with a preserve spoon
 Breakfast cup and saucer and a teaspoon, Sugar Basin and tongs Slop Basin,
Tea Strainer
 Jug of cold milk or hot milk/ water jugs

24. What is Aamerican breakfast?

 Fruit juice. & Fresh fruits.
 Breakfast cereals.
 Eggs to order.
 Ham/steak/sausages.
 Grilled Tomatoes/mushroom/potatoes.
 Pancakes/waffles with syrup and honey.
 Breakfast rolls/bread/toast/muffins.
 Butter/preserves.
  Coffee/Tea.

25. What is American Breakfast Cover?

 Side plate with side knife.
 Large knife and fork.
 Dessert spoon and fork.
 Breakfast cup and saucer with a teaspoon.
 Napkin.
 Water goblet.
The table accompaniments required are:
 Bud vase.
 Preserve dish on an underliner with preserves spoon.
 Sugar bowl with sugar cubes.
 Cruet.
 Table number.

26. What is English breakfast?

 Fruit juices & Stewed fruits
 Breakfast cereal: Cornflakes, Wheat flakes, Oats, Muesli, and Porridge.
 Eggs: Omelette, fried, poached, scrambled, boiled.
 Fish
 Meat: Ham, Sausages, Bacon, Salami.
 Bread: Breakfast rolls/toast/bread.
 Beverages: Coffee/tea/hot chocolate.

27. What is cover for English Breakfast?

 Joint Knife and Fork ,
 Juice glass
 Fish Knife and Fork
 Dessert Spoon and Fork
 Side-plate with B and B Knife
 Napkin
 Bread Basket, Butter Dish on a doily on a side-plate with butter knife
 Preserve Dish on a doily on a side-plate with preserve spoon
 Breakfast cup and saucer and a teaspoon
 Sugar Basin and tongs
 Slop Basin, Tea Strainer
 Cereal Bowl on doily on an under plate
 Jug of cold milk
 Salt and Pepper Cruet,
 Under-plates for pots or hot milk water jugs

28. What is cigar?

A cigar is a rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco leaves made to
be smoked.
29. Name 5 brands of cigar?
 Robert Burns, Romeo, Romeo-Y-Julieta, La Corona , Havana.

30. Name 5 international brands of cigarettes?

 Camel, Pallmall, 555, Dunhill, Phillip Moris

31. What is English service?

The basic of the English service is that it gives the opportunity to help themselves
to the service of the dishes. In this case the waiter brings the plates and dishes to
the sideboard or to the table and sets them in front of the host. The host then
portions the food and distributes it.

32. What is French or Silver service?

In French service the server serve the food to the guest by dividing the food into
portions. Generally French service is also known as silver service. The portion are
individually served from electroplated silver or earthenware containers and served
on the plates placed on the table in front of the guest.

33. What is Russian service?

The basic element in Russian service is derived from the old Russian style of having
large joints, whole fish or whole birds, often decoratively treated in dishes with
their elaborates garnishes kept on the side board visible to the guest to help
themselves .

34. What is American service?

The food is served on guest's plate in the kitchen itself in predetermined portion.
The accompaniments served with the food, the color, and the presentation are
determined in the kitchen. The food plates are then brought to the guest. This
service is commonly used in a coffee shop where service is required to be fast.

35. What is Gueridon service?

Food is served from the side table or trolley, may include carving, cooking and
flambéing, preparation of salads and their dressing.

36. What are mother basic sauces?

Béchamel, veloute, tomato, espagnole, hollandaise & mayonnaise.

37. Name different types of tea?

Black Tea, Green Tea, White Tea, Olong Tea, Herbal Tea

38. What are the different types of coffee?

Espresso Coffee, Cappuccino Coffee, Americano, Café Latte, Café Mocha.

39. What is beer?

Beer is an alcoholic beverage. It is produced by the fermentation of malted barley. It
is flavoured with hops, which act as a natural preservative.

40. What is the serving temperature of beer?

7 deg Celsius

41. Name 10 international beer brands?

Foster’s, Carlsberg, Toburg, Heineken’s, Amstel, Corona, Budweiser, Guiness, Crown
Lager, Pilsner.

42. What is fermentation?

Fermentation is the process by which yeast converts the glucose into ethyl alcohol
and carbon dioxide gas.
 
43. Name 5 black grapes variety?
 Cabernet Sauvingnon, Merlot, Meunier, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir

44. Name 5 white grapes variety?

 Chardonnay , Muscat, Riesling, Saint Emillion, Sauvignon Blanc

45. What are the different types of wine?

Red Wine, White Wine, Rose Wine, Sparkling Wine (with fizz), Fortified Wine (15
to 22 % alc. By volume) & Aromatised Wine ( High alcoholic content with herbs and
spices )
Note: Red Wine, White Wine, Rose Wine & Sparkling Wine has alcoholic content of
12 to 14 % Alc. By volume.

46. Can we produce white wine by using black grapes?

Yes , it is the skin of the grapes that impart colour to the wine. We will not let the
skin to remain in the contact of the grape juice.

47. How to differentiate between red wine and white wine glass?
Red wine glass will be having broad glass bowl and white wine will be having long
stem because white wine is served chilled.

48. What are the serving temperature of Wine?

Red Wines: 12˚C to 18˚C, White Wine: 8˚C to 12˚C, Champagne / Dessert Wine:
5˚C and 7˚C.

49. Name White Grapes

Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Saint Emillion & Sauvignon Blanc

50. Name Black Grapes?

Cabernet Sauvingnon, Merlot, Meunier, Pinot Meunier & Pinot Noir

51. Wine regions of France?

Alsace, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Cotes du Rhone

52. Name Red wine from France?

Château Lafite-Rothschild, Chäteau Latour, Château Margaux, Châteauneuf du Pape
& Côtes du Rhône

53. Name White wine from France?

Chateau d Yquem, Montrachet , Muscadet , Pouilly Fuissé & Pouilly Fumé

54. What is cocktail?.

A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink with one or more spirit and other falavouring
agents like juices, alcoholic syrups etc. It can also be garnish with fruits.

55. Name some classic cocktails

Whisky – Rusty Nail, Whisky Sour
Rum- Mojito, Pinacolada
Vodka- Bloody Mary, Blue Lagoon
Brandy- B & B, Sidecar
Tequila – Margarita, Tequila Sunrise
Gin- Pink Gin, Pink Lady

56. What is champagne? Name brands of champagne?

Champagne is the sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France.
Charles Heidsieck, Dom Perignon, Dom Ruinart, Joseph Perrier & Moet & Chandon

57. What is difference between irish whisky & scotch whisky?

Scotch Whisky (Scotland) Irish Whisky ( Ireland)

Malted Barley Malted Barley, Corn and Wheat.
Distilled Twice Distilled Thrice
Smoky flavor Light and smooth taste
Aged in oak casks for more than three Aged for minimum three years.
years.
Johnnie Walker & Chivas Regal Jameson & Bushmill

58. What is single malt Scotch Whisky?

Single malt scotch whisky is made from malted barley from single distillery only.

59. Name the brands of Scotch Whisky?

The Antiquity, Black & White, Chivas Regal, Johnnie Walker, Teacher's.

60. Name the brands of Single Malt Whisky?

The Dalmore, Dufftown, Glendullan, Glenfiddich, The Glenlivet.
61. What is difference between patent still & pot still?

62. What is Brandy

Brandy is fermented and distilled alcoholic beverage made from grape juice.
Fines quality of Brandy is Cognac.

66. What are the brands of Cognac of Brandy?

 Camus Cognac, Hennessy, Hine, Martell & Rémy Martin

67. What is vodka?

Vodka is the national drink of Russia. It is fermented and distilled alcoholic

beverage obtained from potato or sweet potato. It is highly rectified spirit
obtained by passing the alcohol vapour through charcoal. It is colourless and
odourless liquour.

68. Name some brands of Vodka?

Smirnoff, Stroganoff, Absolute, Belvedere, Beluga.

69. What is Gin?

Gin is an alcoholic beverage obtained from fermented and distilled cereals. It is

flavoured with 108 herbs and spices called botanicals. It has prominent flavor of
Juniper berry.

70. Name some brands of Gin?

Gordon’s, Tanqueray, Beefeater, White Satin, Hendrick.

71. What is Tequila?

Tequila is the national drink of Mexico. It is obtained by the fermented and

distilled juice of blue agave plant.

72. What are the brands of Tequila?

Patrón Silver, Don Julio, Jose Cuervo, Casa Noble, El Jimador