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0:41 WHAT IS FRENCH FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE STYLE
The concept of French service arises from the elegant and splendid style of the French court, le grand couvert (the great cover). French service is also termed as cart service.
1:17 CHARACTERISTICS OF FRENCH FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE STYLE
French service is a modified service which can be characterized by the following key features:
1: French service usually followed in classy dining room, lavish restaurants, elegant resorts, cruise ships and casinos.
2: The unprepared or semi prepared foods are arrived from the kitchen and brought to the dining room placing on a guerdon (a cart) carrying on heavy silver platters. But the final preparation is completed at a side table in front of the guests and served from the service table to the guests on heated plates.
3: Since foods are cooked in front of the guests, so, those foods are cooked or completed which require short time to prepare.
2:20 TABLE SETTING PROCEDURE OF FRENCH FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE STYLE
1: In case of small dining (up to 3 guests), dishes are placed directly on to the guest table and the main dish is placed before the guest expected to be served first. The service plates are placed near the dish for guest convenience.
2: In case of large dining (for 4 or more guests), a gueridon or side table is used. The waiters carry the plates and dishes and place them to the gueridon and then serve to the guests with some preliminary portioning or carving to help themselves.
3:15 PREPARATION OF FRENCH FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE STYLE
Preparation of food in French service is done in the following manner:
Food preparation completed on a guéridon (the side table) which include required tools and equipments to meet the expectation. The servers do not serve always completed cooked food from the guéridon. Ex- a salad might be mixed on it or a piece of meat might be carved on it.
3:38 SERVICE OF FRENCH FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE STYLE
Serving procedures of French service are performed through performing the following actions:
1: All foods (except butter, bread, and salad, these items are positioned to the left hand side of the guests) is served and cleared from the right side of the guests.
2: Finger bowl is served with all fingers bowls filled with warm water with rose petals or lemon slices in them in front of the guests.
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