Food Services and Catering
Food services and catering
Restaurant and kitchen facilities Crockery bar coffee mug buffet coffepot cash register cream jug cloakroom cup walk-in freezer / cold room demitasse reception pepper pot (BrE) / pepper shaker (AmE) store room salt cellar (BrE) / salt shaker (AmE) toilet (BrE) / restroom (AmE) saucer sugar bowl Kitchen equipment Glassware beverage dispenser beer mug / beer glass bib apron champagne flute clearing trolley highball glass convection oven shot glass dishwasher stemware food processor whisky tumbler gas / electric range Cutlery grill fish knife ice dispenser fish fork refrigerator teaspoon sink chopsticks storage rack oyster fork tablecloth tray Useful phrases work table Put the glasses face down. Restaurant staff Polish the stem of the glass. bartender There’s a crack in the glass. bus person / busser The rim of the glass is chipped. cook There’s a lipstick stain on the glass. dishwasher We put broken glasses into the discard bin. head / executive chef This glass has some water spots on it. kitchen hand / attendant There’s a fingerprint smudge on this spoon. restaurant manager We use a polishing cloth to wipe off marks. waiter waitress Restaurant duties clear / reset tables fold cloth napkins greet guests monitor stocks of equipment plan the menu respond to guest complaints / requests return dirty dishes to kitchen seat a guest serve the customers set a table sort dishes stack dishes supervise / monitor staff 15 wear a uniform 14 Tableware 10 1 Place / table setting 1 bread and butter plate 9 2 butter knife 3 dessert fork 2 4 dessert spoon 5 dinner fork 4 6 dinner knife 7 dinner plate 8 napkin / serviette 3 9 place card 10 red wine glass 12 11 salad fork 6 12 soup bowl 8 5 13 13 soup spoon 11 14 water goblet 15 white wine glass
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Cookware and bakeware 1 baking tray 11 2 cake tin 3 casserole pan 4 cooking pot 5 frying pan (BrE) / frypan (AmE) 6 kettle 4 7 lid 8 roasting pan 9 saucepan 10 soup pot 11 springform tin
Cooking ingredients Herbs and spices Fruit basil apple chives apricot cinnamon banana dill blackcurrant ginger blueberry mint cherry oregano coconut paprika grapes parsley grapefruit pepper kiwi salt lemon sugar lime thyme mandarin / tangerine / satsuma Vegetables mango orange asparagus peach aubergine (BrE) / eggplant (AmE) pear bean pineapple beetroot (BrE) / beet (AmE) plum broccoli strawberry Brussels sprouts watermelon cabbage carrot Meat cauliflower bacon celery beef courgette (BrE) / zucchini (AmE) chicken garlic duck green bean goose leek ham mushroom lamb onion pork pea poultry potato / sweet potato sausage pumpkin turkey spinach veal sweetcorn venison Salad vegetables cucumber lettuce pepper radish tomato 17 Food services and catering
Fish and seafood carp cod herring lobster mackerel mussel oyster prawn / shrimp salmon sardine shellfish sole trout tuna Cereals and cereal products breakfast cereal flour maize (BrE) / corn (AmE) pasta rice roll toast white bread wholemeal / brown bread Dairy products butter cheese cottage cheese cream egg egg white egg yolk margarine yoghurt
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