dining service

Institutional food operation

A dining service is an organization or department that provides meals, typically at an institution like a university, hospital, or corporate campus.

The term also refers to a matching set of dishes, plates, and serving pieces for the table—what might also be called a dinner service or dinnerware set: She inherited her grandmother's formal dining service.

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sommelier · wine list · waiter · dishwasher · hospitality · prix fixe · table for two · Pullman car · tablecloth · catering · cutlery · coat check · glassware · napkin · dinner plate · waitstaff · restaurant · menu

Opposites
food preparation responsibility

dining servicehome cooking

Meals prepared at residence

self-catering · meal prep · kitchen duty · brown-bagging

meal acquisition method

dining servicefasting

Deliberate food avoidance

foraging · hunting and gathering · starvation · subsistence farming · grocery shopping

meal formality and structure

dining servicegrazing

Feeding on pasture

snacking · grab-and-go

Family

service, dine

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