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Food Service and Catering Ventures
The cooking of food is known as food catering, while the serving of food is known as food service. In our society there are over 130,000 food service and catering venues that make up Australia’s hospitality industry. People are increasingly acquiring food from various establishments due to the upsurge in busy lifestyles within our society. Any type of business or venture that provides a service of food is referred to a catering establishment. Each of these establishments is trying to provide a service that meets the needs of their customers. This may be a milk bar, restaurant or takeaway-home delivery service. Consumers have a wide range of choices available within different formal and informal styles of catering services.
Types of Catering Establishments
Non-commercial or commercial are what most food service enterprises are classified under. Most food service and catering establishments operate to make a profit, however some exist in order to support people in need by providing important community services.
Commercial Establishments
Commercial establishments provide services for customers in exchange for money. They have an established business in which they wish to make a profit.
Examples are:
• Restaurants
• Cafes
• Bistros
• Cafeterias
• Taverns
• Hotels and Motels: Room service, function rooms, restaurants
• Fast Food and take away stores
• Function and convention centres
• Food Stalls
• Mobile food vans
• Caters: Public events, private functions, transport for example airlines, film and television
Non-Commercial Establishments
Non-commercial establishments work to support a client, they do not make a profit from their customers. Any profit made goes back into the establishment.
Examples are:
• Canteens: Schools, colleges, and universities, sport and work
• Fundraising food stalls
Caterers: Hospitals, nursing homes, prisons, defense services, boarding schools, childcare centers, charities, and relief and emergency service
The cooking of food is known as food catering, while the serving of food is known as food service. In our society there are over 130,000 food service and catering venues that make up Australia’s hospitality industry. People are increasingly acquiring food from various establishments due to the upsurge in busy lifestyles within our society. Any type of business or venture that provides a service of food is referred to a catering establishment. Each of these establishments is trying to provide a service that meets the needs of their customers. This may be a milk bar, restaurant or takeaway-home delivery service. Consumers have a wide range of choices available within different formal and informal styles of catering services.
Types of Catering Establishments
Non-commercial or commercial are what most food service enterprises are classified under. Most food service and catering establishments operate to make a profit, however some exist in order to support people in need by providing important community services.
Commercial Establishments
Commercial establishments provide services for customers in exchange for money. They have an established business in which they wish to make a profit.
Examples are:
• Restaurants
• Cafes
• Bistros
• Cafeterias
• Taverns
• Hotels and Motels: Room service, function rooms, restaurants
• Fast Food and take away stores
• Function and convention centres
• Food Stalls
• Mobile food vans
• Caters: Public events, private functions, transport for example airlines, film and television
Non-Commercial Establishments
Non-commercial establishments work to support a client, they do not make a profit from their customers. Any profit made goes back into the establishment.
Examples are:
• Canteens: Schools, colleges, and universities, sport and work
• Fundraising food stalls
Caterers: Hospitals, nursing homes, prisons, defense services, boarding schools, childcare centers, charities, and relief and emergency service
Task 1
Glossary
Provide definitions for the following words and give an example where possible:
Catering: Provide (food and drink), typically at social events and in a professional capacity: "he catered a lunch for 20 people".
Restaurant: A place where people pay to eat meals
Cafe: Corporate Average Fuel Economy.
Bistro: A small restaurant.
Brasserie: An informal restaurant, esp. one in France or modeled on a French one and with a large selection of drinks.
Room device:
Takeaway service
Home delivery service:
Function (event):
Food Service:
Legislation:
Management:
Marketing:
Ordering:
Production process:
Workflow:
Glossary
Provide definitions for the following words and give an example where possible:
Catering: Provide (food and drink), typically at social events and in a professional capacity: "he catered a lunch for 20 people".
Restaurant: A place where people pay to eat meals
Cafe: Corporate Average Fuel Economy.
Bistro: A small restaurant.
Brasserie: An informal restaurant, esp. one in France or modeled on a French one and with a large selection of drinks.
Room device:
Takeaway service
Home delivery service:
Function (event):
Food Service:
Legislation:
Management:
Marketing:
Ordering:
Production process:
Workflow: