Preparing Service

Station and
Equipment/Utensils and
Supplies
 Lesson Objective

• At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:

• Familiarized to food and beverage services
equipment.
• Table ware in food and beverage services
 Food and Beverage Services - Equipment

• The equipment forms an inevitable part of food and

beverage service. It plays an important role to build the mood
of the guests, to complement the outlet theme, and to elevate
guest experience. Right from the largest commodities used
for food preparation and interior decoration such as
chandeliers or ovens to the smallest piece of cutlery,
furniture, or linen participate in creating overall ambience of
the outlet.
 Furniture in F&B Services
• Furniture is an important part of any F&B
Services outlet. It needs to be strong, easy to use
and clean. The furniture plays an important role in
bringing the look and creating an ambience of the
outlet. The furniture, fixtures, and fittings are fixed
commodities.
 Indoor Furniture
•It mainly consists of tables,
chairs, push-down chairs,
racks, and lockers.
 Outdoor Furniture
•It needs to be sturdy as well as
attractive. It includes coffee tables and
chairs, bar chairs, dining sets, day beds,
loungers, hammocks, and swings.
 Fixtures and Fittings
• A fixture is any item bolted to the floor or
walls. For example, air conditioners, electric
plugs, sinks and toilets, art pieces, and
television screens mounted on wall are
fixtures.
• A fitting is any free standing item or
an item that can be hung by a nail or
hook. For example, paintings, mirrors,
curtain rails, and lamps are fittings.
 Tableware in F&B Services
• Tableware consists of crockery, cutlery,
glassware and linen used while serving
and eating meals at a table. These are
circulating equipment which can be
grouped into the following types −
 Chinaware
• This is a collection of fine dishes, bowls,
food platters, section dishes, ramekins,
cups and saucers, soup spoons, vases, and
ash trays made using a translucent
ceramic material.
 Hollowware
• This consists of containers such as
serving bowls, pots, kettles, ice jugs, and
water. These containers are either made
from glass or metals such as copper, or
stainless steel.
 Silverware
• The objects in silverware are made of
Electro Plated Nickel Silver (EPNS).
Silverware includes spoons, forks, knives,
hollowware, drink ware, tongs, ice bucket,
and a salver/tray or platter.
 For further
understanding……
let us see different types
of dinnerware
 DINNERWARE
•This is usually used in serving
main courses, salads, breads,
and other specialized hot and
cold dessert.
•1. PLATTER – Comes in 16”,
14”, 12”, 10” and 9” in
diameter. It comes in round
and oval shapes that are used
to hold several portions of
food.
 • 2. PLACE PLATE/SHOW
PLATE/CHARGER
• – a 12 to 14 inches in diameter plate
served as under liner during meal.
Show plate has a logo of the
restaurant while the base plate is plain.
Not use to serve neither food nor used
for eating.
 •3. DINNER PLATE
•– A 10-12 inches in diameter plate
used to serve meal or main course.
Main course is divided into three
categories the meat, veggies and
starch.
 •4. FISH PLATE
•– 9 inches in diameter plate
used to serve main course
specially fish dishes.
 •5. LUNCHEON/
BREAKFAST PLATE
•– 9” plate used for multiple
purposes, like informal daily
dinning, breakfast or under plate
for soup bowls.
 •6. SOUP BOWL
•– 9” plate/round bowl
intended for soup, cereals,
salad or desert. Usually goes
with under-liner plate.
 •7. SALAD PLATE
•– 8 inches in diameter plate used
to serve salad or desserts. Can also
used as under-liner for bowls and
beverages.
 •8. BREAD AND
BUTTER PLATE
•– 6 inches in diameter used to
serve bread, molded salads and
desserts.
 •9. CERIAL BOWL
•– 6” dip dish used for serving
cereals, desserts, or rice. Sometimes
for salads with dipping sauce or
dressing.
Other types of Dinnerware are:
Appetizer Plate
•7 inches in diameter plate
used to serve vegetables and
fruits.
 Consommé Soup
Bowl/Bouillon Soup Bowl
•A round bowl used to serve
thick soup.
 Soup Bowl
•A round bowl serving for soup.
 Monkey Dish
•A small round
plate with a
hollow bowl used
to put seasonings
for dipping.
Cups and Saucer
•A hollow chinaware with handle
used to drink coffee or tea.
Demitasse Cup and Saucer
•A demitasse (French: "half cup") is a
small cup used to serve Turkish coffee
or espresso. It typically has about 60–
90 ml (2–3 fl oz) capacity — half the
size of a full coffee cup (a tasse à café
is about 120 ml (4 fl oz)).
Under liner Plate
• Under liner plate or
charger: A large
decorative plate used
underneath the plate on
which food is served.
Hollowware- it consists
of any item made from silver,
apart from flatware and cutlery.
Example: tea pots, sugar basin,
creamers etc…
Coffee Pot
•a covered container with a spout,
in which coffee is made or served.
Tea Pot
•A pot used to serve tea.
Sugar and creamer basins
 FLATWARE/SILVERWARE
•This is usually used in the process
of having a meal, getting the food
from the chinaware or dinnerware.
Others are used in serving food
and cutting the food.
• Tableware is a term recognized as
embracing all items of flatware,
cutlery and hollowware.
• Any knives, spoons, forks and
other utensil made from metal or
silver plated.
 TYPES OF SILVERWARE
1. Flatware- In catering industry it denotes
all form of spoon and fork
2. Cutlery- In refers to knives and other
cutting implements
 SILVERWARE/TABLEWARE
Steak Knife
•A sharp dinner knife the blade of
which made from steel and usually
serrated, used in cutting meat
Dinner Knife
•A knife used in eating the main course
of a meal.
 Sugar spoon
• It has a flower
shaped round
cup. It is used to
take sugar from
sugar bowl of
tea set.
 Ice Cream Spoon
• It is a small spoon with flat
rim that can help to cut the
right amount of ice cream.
It can come in small,
medium, and large sizes
according to the quantity
of the ice cream served and
the size of the bowl.
Dinner Spoon
• A large spoon used for eating or serving. In
standard service dinner spoon is prohibited but
in Asian country dinner spoon is offered as an
optional utensil.
Dinner Fork
•A fork used in eating the main
course of a meal.
Fish Knife
•A knife with a spatula like
blade, used with a fork for
cutting fish.
Fish Fork
• A fork with a curving
design on the side used
for cutting the fish along
with the fish knife. Some
fish fork usually have
three tines..
Salad Knife
•A knife with a
blade usually
serrated used to
cut vegetables and
fruits
Salad Fork
•A fork used for
eating fruits and
vegetables.
Soup Spoon
•A large spoon,
commonly having a
rounded bowl, with
which to eat soup.
Appetizer Fork
•A small fork
used to eat
appetizer and
some cocktail
foods.
 Roast Fork
• It is the largest fork.
It has longer and
stronger tines that
help to hold and pick
large meat or
vegetable pieces.
 Cake Knife
• It is a flat,
elongated triangle-
shaped knife and is
used to cut pieces
of cake and handle
it smoothly.
Escargot
• Approximately 4 ½
inches long with two
long tines used to eat
snail as appetizers.
Serving Spoon
• A large spoon used
to serve individual
portion of food.
Most commonly
used in Russian
Service.
Serving Fork
• A large fork used to
serve individual
portion of food.
Most commonly
used in Russian
Service.
Dessert Fork
•A specialized fork
approximately 6-7
inches similar to
salad fork
Dessert Spoon
•A medium size
spoon approximately
6-7 inches use to eat
desserts.
Sauce Ladle
• A spoon- shaped
vessel with a short
handle frequently
used to transfer
any liquid like
sauce.
Cake Server
•Also known as
cake shovel used
to slice and
serving cakes.
Soup Ladle
• A spoon- shaped
vessel with a long
handle frequently
used to transfer
any liquid like
soup.
Ice Tea Spoon
• Also called a soda spoon, is a
thin spoon with a very long
handle. It is used primarily in
the United States, for stirring
sugar or other sweeteners into
iced tea, which is traditionally
served in a tall glass. This is
why the spoon has a very long
handle
Butter Spreader
•a small knife with
a dull blade; for
cutting or
spreading butter.
Demitasse Spoon
• Half size of regular
teaspoon, used
together with
demitasse cup for after
dinner coffee or
chocolate, at an
average length of 3 to
4 inches.
Pastry Tongs
•For pick up
and serving
pastries.
 GLASSWARE
•This is usually used in
beverages/drinks or any liquids. It
is also used in non-alcoholic and
alcoholic beverages. There is
specific glass intended for any
beverages.
 BASIC GLASSWARES
Water Goblet
•A round bowl on
top of a stem
attached to a flat
base, used for
drinking liquids.
•Cooler − It is used to serve
welcome drinks or appetizers.
Nonic Glass − It is a tall glass with a
broad rim. It is used to serve beers.
 Thistle Glass − Its
silhouette is shaped like a
thistle flower. These glasses
have tapered broad rims
with round cups attached
to a stem and disk. It is
used to serve ales and
aerated drinks
Red Wine Glass
• The bowl of red wine
glass is deeper and rounder
to allow you to dip your
nose into the glass to
detect the aroma. The type
of stem glassware to taste
and drink red wine.
White Wine Glass
• It has a smaller mouth
to reduce the
air/oxidation of the
wine. The glass has
narrowed bowl and
generally thin with a
longer stem
Champagne Tulip
• Tulip glass is
distinguishable from
the champagne flute
in that body is flared
wider and the mouth
wider.
Champagne Flute
• A stem glass with tall,
narrow bowl, mostly can
hold up to 180 -300ml of
liquid. Most commonly used
for sparkling wine.
Champagne
Saucer/Coupe
• A shallow, broad-bowl,
saucer shape stem glass.
Legend says that the shape
of coupe was molded on
the breast of Marie
Antoinette.
High Ball Glass
•A glass tumbler
that can contain
240 to 350 ml. A
drinking glass for
juices.
Pilsner Glass
• A tall beer glass,
slightly tapered at the
bottom. Ideally used
to women who wants
to drink beers.
Collins Glass
• A kind of tumbler that
contains 300 to 410 ml
of liquid. Used to
serve Tom Collins
cocktail drinks.
Beer Mug
• A mug intended
to serve beer.
Most commonly
used by male
beer drinker
Cocktail Glass/Martini Glass
• A cocktail glass is a stemmed glass
with an inverted cone bowl. Though
they are often referred to as martini
glasses, they differ from martini
glasses in that they have smaller,
narrower bowls with rounded or flat
bottoms, while martini glasses
generally have larger, wider bowls
which are fully conical at the bottom
Margarita Glass
• A versatile cocktail
glass for serving
margaritas and other
mixed drinks, as well
as guacamole and
desserts.
Brandy Snifter
•a globular glass
with a small
top; used for
serving brandy.
Brandy Balloon
•a large rounded
drinking glass
for brandy
Old fashion Glass/Rock
Glass
• The Old Fashioned glass,
lowball glass, or rocks glass
is a short tumbler used for
serving an alcoholic
beverage, such as whisky,
with ice cubes ("on the
rocks").
Shot Glass
• A shot glass is a
small glass originally
designed to hold or
measure spirits or liquor,
which is either imbibed
straight from
the glass ("a shot") or
poured into a cocktail ("a
drink").
Whisky Sour
Glass
•For whisky
sour drinks,
rum or brandy
sours.
 CENTER PIECE AND CONDIMENTS

Flower Vase
• A small vase
served as
centerpiece of the
table.
 CENTER PIECE AND CONDIMENTS

Ash Tray
•Small round ceramic
used in smoking area of
restaurant.
Toothpick
Holder
•A mini porcelain
served as
toothpick
containers
Tissue Holder
•Mostly stainless,
metal or plastic
type serve as a
tissue dispenser.
Salt Shaker
•Commonly 3
holes or lesser
holes served
as container
of salt.
Pepper Shaker
•It has 5 or more
holes served as
pepper
container.
Soy and Vinegar
Dispenser
• A small clear bottle with
pourer on top
commonly used as
container of soy sauce,
fish sauce and vinegar as
condiments.
 Other Specialized Utensils

Pasta Server
• Use for serving
pasta like
spaghetti and
noodles.
Silver food
cover/Dome/Cloche
• Cover for a dish easily
remove when it is
about to serve.
Ice Bucket
• A basic bar tool commonly
used for serving ice cubes.
However it is used a stand or
container for white whine in
restaurant service on a bed
of ice water to keep it under
chilled temperature.
Water Pitcher
•Use for
serving water