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Food Service Styles

• What is your favorite restaurant of all time?


• What makes it your favorite?
• How is the service?
• What are the roles of the waitresses and
waiters?
5 Major Styles of Table Service

• French
• Russian
• American
• Buffet
• Family Style
Dining Room Brigade
(Brigade de Service)

Dining Room Manager


(Maitre d'Hotel)

Table Captain Wine Steward


(Chef de Range) (Sommelier)

Principal Server Bus Person


(Commis de Range) (Commis Debarrasseur)

Assistant Server
(Commis de Suite)
French Service
• Basis of evolution of all other styles
• Most detailed of styles
• Purest form-6 person dining room brigade
• Seating
– maitre d’hotel selects station and assigns guests
to table-can designate guest status
• Menu Presentation
– principal server presents menu, takes
preliminary beverage order (cocktail)
– table captain takes food orders
French Service, con’d

• Wine selection
– wine steward offers wine list, offers
suggestions for appropriate wine choices
– wines may be purchased by glass or bottle
• Table Service
– 8 courses served: appetizer, soup, fish,
intermezzo sorbet (clear palate), meat, salad,
dessert, cheese
– principal server and bus person responsible for
all table clearing and resetting
French Service, con’d

• Table-Side Cooking
– traditional in French service for salad, some
entrees and flambeed desserts
– principal waiter works from geridon (roll cart)
with a rechaud small open flame heating unit
French Service
Russian Service

• Generally used for banquets that involve


table seating for 6-12 guests
• All food fully prepared in kitchen and
arranged on serving dishes
• Servers bring food to table and distribute by
portion to guests
• Entrees are placed on platters
American Service

• Most prevalent in American restaurants


• Dramatically reduces number of servers
• All food cooked and plated in kitchen
• Stainless steel covers used to keep food
warm in banquet service
• Minimizes serving equipment and cleanup
• Food portions tightly controlled, aiding
profitability
What restaurants have you been
to that serves “American” Style?
Buffet Service

• Variety of food items set on tables


• Guests help themselves
• Many are “all-you-can-eat”
• Some offer carving stations and service
staff to assist guests
• Elaborate decorations add visual appeal and
reinforce cuisine or theme
• Informal-guests pick up flatware; Formal-
place settings at table; wait staff-beverages
What restaurants serve buffet
style in Lincoln?
Family Style Service

• Often called English service


• All food brought to table on platters or in
bowls
• Guests pass the dishes and serve themselves
with serving utensils
• Increases possibility of spread of disease
– Why?
Where have you had family
service dining?
Sequence of Service

1. Welcome guest 9. Serve salad


2. Seat guest 10. Clear salad
3. Present menu 11. Serve entree
4. Beverage order 12. Clear entree
5. Menu Order 13. Offer dessert menu
6. Serve bread, butter 14. Serve after dinner
beverages
7. Serve appetizer 15. Clear dessert
8. Clear appetizer 16. Present check
Rules for Table Service

• Serve food with left hand from guest’s left


• Beverages - right hand from guest’s right
• Position plates attractively, entrée in front
of guest
• Clear dishes-right hand, guest’s right
Optional Service Rules

• Dessert service
– for visual impact, serving tray or dessert cart
– soft desserts, already dished
– desserts on carts or trays are pre-portioned and
on plate
• Salad service
– if separate course, set in front of guest
– if served with another course, place to left
The Serving Profession

• Servers among most important staff


members--------Why?
• Poorly trained servers-low sales, no-return
• Satisfaction in gratification of helping
people enjoy themselves
• Demanding on time and energy
– 6-7 days per week
– 12-14 hour days sometimes required
– often working when friends are “off”
Think about your favorite
restaurant….
1. Out of the five dining 3. In your own words,
styles we talked describe buffet dining
about, which is the service.
closest to your 4. In your own words,
favorite restaurant? summarize French
2. What characteristics service.
of your restaurant 5. In your own words,
make you believe it describe family style
is a ________ dining dining.
service?

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