Buffet Service

A buffet is a self-service style where the guests serve

themselves. This style is a great method for feeding
large numbers of people with minimal help. The dinner
buffet is the most practical and congenial way in which
to care for your guests. There are many variations of
the Buffet Service.

Seated service
means service to seated patrons or service where patrons
may order at a counter or bar but must consume any food or
beverages whilst seated.

Self service
the serving of oneself (as in a restaurant or gas station) with
goods or services to be paid for at a cashier's desk or by using a
coin-operated mechanism or a credit or debit card.

Russian (Silver) Service

Foods are cooked tableside, just like cart French service, but
instead, servers put the foods on platters and then pass the
platters at tableside. Guests help themselves to the foods and
assemble their own plates.
 English or Family Service
The waiter brings food on platters, shows to the host for
approval, and then places the platters on the tables. The
host either makes food portions and serves the guests or
allows the waiter to serve.

American Service
Guests are seated. Foods are pre-portioned in the kitchen,
arranged on plates and served by servers from the left.
Beverages are served from the right. Used dishes and
glasses are removed from the right.

Different Tableware

flatware
Cutlery includes any hand implement used in preparing, serving, and
especially eating food in Western culture. A person who makes or sells
cutlery is called a cutler

Earthenware
is glazed or unglazed nonvitreous pottery that has normally been
fired below 1,200 °C. Basic earthenware, often called terracotta,
absorbs liquids such as water.

Champagne Flute
A champagne glass is stemware designed for champagne and other sparkling
wines. The two most common forms are the flute and coupe, both stemmed;
holding the glass by the stem prevents warming the drink.
 Bone china
Bone china is a type of ceramic that is composed of bone ash, feldspathic material,
and kaolin. It has been defined as "ware with a translucent body" containing a
minimum of 30% of phosphate derived from animal bone and calculated calcium
phosphate.

Bowl
A bowl is a typically round dish or container generally used for preparing, serving, or
consuming food. The interior of a bowl is characteristically shaped like a spherical cap,
with the edges and the bottom forming a seamless curve.

Fork
In cutlery or kitchenware, a fork is a utensil, now usually made of metal, whose long
handle terminates in a head that branches into several narrow and often slightly
curved tines with which one can spear foods either to hold them to cut with a knife or
to lift them to the mouth.

Glass
Glass is a non-crystalline, often transparent, amorphous solid that has widespread
practical, technological, and decorative use in, for example, window panes,
tableware, and optics. Glass is most often formed by rapid cooling of the molten
form; some glasses such as volcanic glass are naturally occurring.

Ladle
A ladle is a type of cooking implement used for soup, stew, or other foods. Although designs
vary, a typical ladle has a long handle terminating in a deep bowl, frequently with the bowl
oriented at an angle to the handle to facilitate lifting liquid out of a pot or other vessel and
conveying it to a bowl

Pint glass
A pint glass is a form of drinkware made to hold either a British imperial pint of 20 imperial fluid
ounces or an American pint of 16 US fluid ounces. Other definitions also exist, see below.
These glasses are typically used to serve beer, and also often for cider.

Spoon
A spoon is a utensil consisting of a shallow bowl, oval or round, at the end of a handle. A type of
cutlery, especially as part of a place setting, it is used primarily for transferring food to the mouth.
Spoons are also used in food preparation to measure, mix, stir and toss ingredients and for
serving food.
Wine glass
A wine glass is a type of glass that is used to drink and taste wine. Most wine glasses are
stemware, i.e., they are composed of three parts: the bowl, stem, and foot.
Different Tableware

flatware
Cutlery includes any hand implement used in preparing, serving, and
especially eating food in Western culture. A person who makes or sells
cutlery is called a cutler

Earthenware
is glazed or unglazed nonvitreous pottery that has normally been
fired below 1,200 °C. Basic earthenware, often called terracotta,
absorbs liquids such as water.

Champagne Flute
A champagne glass is stemware designed for champagne and other sparkling
wines. The two most common forms are the flute and coupe, both stemmed;
holding the glass by the stem prevents warming the drink.

Bone china
Bone china is a type of ceramic that is composed of bone ash, feldspathic material,
and kaolin. It has been defined as "ware with a translucent body" containing a
minimum of 30% of phosphate derived from animal bone and calculated calcium
phosphate.

Bowl
A bowl is a typically round dish or container generally used for preparing, serving, or
consuming food. The interior of a bowl is characteristically shaped like a spherical cap,
with the edges and the bottom forming a seamless curve.

Fork
In cutlery or kitchenware, a fork is a utensil, now usually made of metal, whose long
handle terminates in a head that branches into several narrow and often slightly
curved tines with which one can spear foods either to hold them to cut with a knife
or to lift them to the mouth.
Glass
Glass is a non-crystalline, often transparent, amorphous solid that has widespread practical, technological, and
decorative use in, for example, window panes, tableware, and optics. Glass is most often formed by rapid cooling
of the molten form; some glasses such as volcanic glass are naturally occurring.

Ladle
A ladle is a type of cooking implement used for soup, stew, or other foods. Although designs
vary, a typical ladle has a long handle terminating in a deep bowl, frequently with the bowl
oriented at an angle to the handle to facilitate lifting liquid out of a pot or other vessel and
conveying it to a bowl

Pint glass
A pint glass is a form of drinkware made to hold either a British imperial pint of 20 imperial fluid
ounces or an American pint of 16 US fluid ounces. Other definitions also exist, see below.
These glasses are typically used to serve beer, and also often for cider.

Spoon
A spoon is a utensil consisting of a shallow bowl, oval or round, at the end of a handle. A type of
cutlery, especially as part of a place setting, it is used primarily for transferring food to the mouth.
Spoons are also used in food preparation to measure, mix, stir and toss ingredients and for
serving food.

Wine glass
A wine glass is a type of glass that is used to drink and taste wine. Most wine glasses are
stemware, i.e., they are composed of three parts: the bowl, stem, and foot.