4. At the end of the lesson the
students will be able to:
1. Identify what is table service.
Learning Objectives:
5. 2. Share and value the importance
of table service.
3. Demonstrate how to set- up the
different types of table service.
6.
7. is food service served to the
customer's table by waiters and
waitresses, also known as "servers". Table
service is common in most restaurants,
while for some fast food restaurants
counter service is the common form.
8. For pubs and bars, counter service is the
norm in the United Kingdom. With table
service, the customer generally pays at
the end of meal. Various methods of table
service can be provided. See, for
instance, silver service.
9. Table Service changed as there were
changes in:
• Social structure
• Architecture
• Food available
10. • Dining habits of rich were
recorded.
• Dishes were served.
• Meals were held private homes.
Status of diner is very important
Dining Habits of The Ancient World
11. • Small Dining Rooms with Couches.
• Dining Room defined by number of
couches.
• 5 couches with a table in front of each
couch.
12. • Basket of Bread on each table.
• Large Platters of Food.
Typical Banquet in Ancient Greece
(400 BCE)
14. • Families dined together.
• Invitations very important. By whom
& to whom.
Rules and Status were very important.
Romans more elaborate than Greeks.
Ancient Rome
15. Course Meal
• “Gustom” – Hors d’oeuvre and
“muslum” – honeyed.
• Wine
• Mensa primae –”first table” with
watered red wine.
Typical Roman Dinner
16. • Mensa secundae –”second table”
fruits & sweets.
• served with “unwatered” wine.
17. Status and Power still important
• Dining Room is now the “Main Hall”.
• “Boards” – daily meals.
• Tables in U shape.
• Dais for honoured guests and host.
• Covered tables – “sanap” over cloth.
Middle Ages through the Renaissance
18. • Salt Cellar - salt very valuable
• Chairs vs. Benches
• Carving knife – “officer of the mouth”
• Guests bring their own knifes
Middle Ages through the Renaissance
19. • Guests wipe hands (no forks).
• Napery – linen; napkin; apron from
napron”.
• “Napper” means to coat or cover.
French tables covered by “nappe.”
20. • Food served in “messes” (bowls) and
put on platters
shared by 2 to 3 people. Food on
“trencher” of stale
bread.
• English & French wealthy have lots
of silver
service ware.
French and English Banquets
21. • Mid 14th century - Study of food
and service.
• Mid 15th century - “On Honest
Indulgence & Good Health”
Platina Of Cremona- Interest in
manners and etiquette.
22. • 16th Century - Medici's of Florence
& Henry the VIII - Classic Fine
Dining.
– Wash Hands before eating.
– Fork used in serving food.
23. – Best Food to Guests
– Men and Women Share a real
plate and eat with spoons.
• 18th Century - Special linen and
dining room staff.
24. • Restaurants appear in France ~
1769
– restoratives
1789 - French Revolution brings
“democratization of dining”
25. • 19th Century - Guest-centered
service.
– 1825 Brillat-Savarin “Physiology of
Taste”.
– Industrial Revolution brings need for
“quick food service”.
26. – Counter Service is introduced.
– RR means series of restaurants -
Harvey House - all female wait
staff.
28. The manner in which the dinner
receives food.
The servants required to wait on the
table.
The number of courses offered.
29. American or Country Style
Services
Apartment or Blue Plate
Services
Formal or Russian Services
30. Family or Compromise
Services
French Services
Tray Services
Buffet Services
31. AMERICANOR COUNTRYSTYLESERVICES
this is an old type of service
involving serving oneself from a
common pot. It is fairly commonly used
for serving family meals or public meals.
32. APARTMENT OR BLUE PLATESERVICES
in this service, plates are served up
in the kitchen and placed on the table just
before the diners sit down. Eating begins
when the hostess signals. second portions
can be served from the kitchen or offered
from the serving dishes that are passed
from hand to hand.
33. FORMALOR RUSSIANSERVICES
this type of service is use only for formal
luncheons and dinners. It involves prevision
for an adequate number of waiters, as all food
is served by attendants. It is the most elegant
form of table service, but because this is
formal and demanding service, very few
homes have occasion to use it. Many good
restaurants and five-star hotels. However,
sometimes use the Russian service.
34. FAMILY OR COMPROMISE SERVICES
this style of service is somewhat a
compromise b/w the Russian and English
styles, that is some foods are served
directly from the kitchen on individual
dishes and some foods are served at the
table. Compromise service is best used
when the group at the table is small, not
more than eight.
35. It is a type wherein
food is served from the
table by a member of the
family, most likely the
mother. It is used
informally for daily family
meals, and also for formal
occasions for entertaining
small group of guests even
without competent waiters.
36. FRENCHSERVICES
this style is expensive because it
involves professional waiters to serve
properly and slowly. The atmosphere is
gracious and leisurely; dinners are given
the individual attention they much enjoy.
The chefs demonstrate culinary skills by
preparing meals in front of the guests.
37. TRAY SERVICES
wide acceptance of television,
increased interest in eating meals out-of-
doors, and appreciation of sit-by-fire
meals have helped made tray service a
popular one. Breakfast in bed, meals for
the ill and the convalescent are also
occasions for tray service.
38. This is a style of
service which does not
make use of the usual
dining table. Instead
dishes and table
appointment are arranged
in trays, which brought to
the diner.
39. BUFFET SERVICES
the most used style of meal service
for guest meals is buffet service; in fact it
is the only practical service for guest
meals in many homes if the number of
diners exceeds six.
40. A type of meal
service where food is
offered from the table and
diners help themselves to
the food, then go some
place to eat. There are no
provisions on the table for
individual covers. Only the
foods and table
appointment are found on
the buffet table.