IN MANUEL'S KITCHEN

You find catering services only in

hotels, restaurants or cafes.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Commercial catering is usually found in

hotels, restaurants, pubs, bars, cafes or

fast food outlets, where you can eat in or

take away the food and beverages you

buy. But commercial catering can also be

found in the transport industry in places

such as railway stations, airports or

motorway service stations and on ships

and trains, where the place you eat is

called a buffet car and offers self-service,

or on aeroplanes, where on the other

hand there is waiter service provided by

the cabin crew.

How does pub and bar food differ?

Answer explanation

Bars and pubs are always

open at night but increasingly they are serving food and drinks

during the day too . In pubs the food is usually home-made and

traditional, whereas bars tend to offer a European-style menu of

salads and sandwiches.

Catering is providing people with

food and drink.

• TRUE

• FALSE

This kind of restaurants offers fixed-priced menus, a set

number of courses with choices within each course, they are a

cheaper alternative. Items on the menu are ready at the same

time, rather than made to order. This kind of restaurant is often

family- run with a more informal atmosphere.

• international chain

• gourmet restaurants

• Table d'hote menu restaurants

• ethnic restaurants

Nowadays , many restaurants are part of a regional , national

or international chain , so menus, service, _____ and cost

are unified and you know exactly what to expect.

In this kind of restaurant, the type

of menu shows lists and prices, all items individually and

prepares dishes to order.

• a la carte restaurants

• gourmet restaurants

• specialist restaurants

• ethnic restaurants

This is a picture showing the following kind of service:

• waiter service

• buffet service

• canteen

• service station

'Let's get a __ ___ tonight, I don't

feel like cooking'.

• subsidised

• takeaway

• reception

• café

The term 'catering' is only used for

social situations like parties.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Catering is the provision of food and

drink and it is divided into two basic

sectors: commercial businesses, where

the main aim is to make a profit, and

non-commercial businesses (welfare),

where the main aim is to provide a non-

profit-making social service.

Commercial catering could be offered in the following places, except:

• Hotels

• Restaurants

• Cafés

• Hospitals

Answer explanation

This is an example of welfare catering, where catering ranges from providing

food for workers at a subsidised price in

factory or office block canteens, to

catering in hospitals, schools or prisons,

where people pay nothing or very little

for the service.