Week 011

Serving and Clearing

Food and Drinks
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At the end of this module, you should be able to:

Identify the different food and beverage service

Identify the different glass wares, service wares and

cutleries
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Food and Beverage Selections Serving

In serving the food, the server must position

himself/herself on the left side of the guest
and clear the soiled dishes on the right side.

Beverages are served from the right. In

contrary, plated food items are served from
the right due to the widespread use of plated
service.

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/food-preparation-and-serving/waiters-and-
waitresses.htm
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Food and Beverage Selections Serving

Service of Soup

The server must ensure that spillage must

be avoided when pouring soup to the guest’s
cup. He/ She may use a flat under as a drip
plate.
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Service from Flats

For the guest to appreciate the artistry of the

chef’s creation, the server must present the
dish to the guest in a way he/she will see it
perfectly.

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Service of Accompanying Sauces

1.A sauce boat must be used in serving sauce

with a sauce ladle. It must be placed on an
underplate.

2.Run the sauce ladle over the edge of the

sauce boat to avoid the table cover from
being soiled.
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3.Ask the guest where to put the sauce.

Always remember that the guest has his or
her own preference.
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Food and Beverage Selections Serving

Service of Wines

A.White Wines
B.Red Wines and young red wine
C. Wine of age and has heavy sediments
D. Sparkling Wine

Some tips about wines include:

1.Red wine is best served at room https://wallpapersontheweb.net/11233-drink-wine/

temperature.
2.White and rose wines are served chilled.
3.Sparkling wine are served cold.
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Providing Glass wares, Service wares, and Cutleries Suitable to Menu Choices
Several types of table service such as French service,
Russian service, English service and American service
must be taught to the server so that they will function
effectively and efficiently

1) French Service

2) Russian Service

3) English service

4) American service
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Providing Glass wares, Service wares, and Cutleries Suitable to Menu Choices
1) French Service

French service is the most elegant and the

most expensive type of service.

It is commonly used in fancy restaurants,

hotels, cruise ships, and casinos.

The food is being cooked at a side table near http://www.cateringvictoria.com/tableside-french-service.html

the guest called “gueridon”.

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2) Russian Service

Russian service is very much alike to the

French service

All courses are being prepared in the kitchen

and brought to the guest’s table sequentially.

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3) English service

It is the least expensive and the least

complex sort of service which is otherwise
called as the Family Style service.

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4) American service

This type of service is usually called as “plate

service” and is less formal compare to the
other services.

The food is individually plated before

bringing to the guest.
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Glossary
Sommelier: a person whose job is to serve and test wines.

Demitasse: a small coffee cup

Guéridon: means a trolley service

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References and Supplementary Materials

Cousins, J., Foskett, D. & Pennington, A. (2011). Food and Beverage Management. London,
UK: Godfellow Publishers Ltd.

Cousins, J., Lillicarp, D., Weekes, S. (2014). Food and Beverage Service. London: UK. Hodder
Education.

Lillicrap, D. & Cousins, J. (2010). Food and Beverage Services. London, UK: Hodder
Education.

Morano-Sulla, Ross Ann; 2016; TLE-TVL Food and Beverage Services; Quezon City: Phoenix
Publishing House Incorporated.

Tutorials Point (I) Pvt. Ltd. Food and Beverage Services (2016). India: Tutorials Point.