dessert station

Pastry display area

A dessert station is a designated area at a buffet, cafeteria, or catered event where sweets are displayed for self-service.

Hotels and cruise ships typically feature dessert stations with cakes, pastries, and fruit.

The term also applies to kitchen workstations where pastry chefs prepare desserts: She runs the dessert station at a French restaurant downtown.

Related

pastry · pastry chef · petit fours · chocolate · chocolate fountain · cake · tray · scoop · fountain · ice cream · pudding · fruit · display · counter · mousse · tart · whipped cream · sprinkles

Categories
Opposites
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Self-service vegetable station

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Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G