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American Service (Pre-plated
Service)
• This is a style of service imported from the US known as PRE-
PLATED SERVICE. Coffee shops which are informal restaurants
adopt this style of service. It is the most common style of table
service found in the United States. This is a very simple and
informal kind of service. It is also known as pre-plated service.
It is used in coffee shop and restaurants with a busy lunch time.
FEATURES
• The food is portioned and pre-plated in the kitchen by the chef.
• The pre-plated food is brought into the restaurant by the waiter
• Beverage his served from right hand side and clearance is done
from right hand side.T
American Service (Pre-plated
Service)
• Advantage-
• It is quick and simple.
• There is less spilling.
• Less chances of complaints.
• No maintenance of silver items.
• On plate, looks superb.
• Strong portion control mechanism.
• Standard can be set and maintained.
• Disadvantage-
• Food service becomes a dull and listless affair.
• It cannot fetch high returns and big margins.
• Food gets rapidly cold, often may need reheating.
• More to and fro rounds required for fetching plates.
• Uninterested, unnecessary, garnish can’t be avoided, may annoy the guest.
• Too much of wastage in the plates as guest can’t quantify.
• Big eaters remain hungry as they can’t share less eater’s portion.
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