food service
Restaurant industry work
Food service is the industry or activity of preparing and serving food outside the home—in restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals, schools, or catered events.
As a modifier, it describes the equipment, workers, and operations involved: food service industry, food service worker, food service equipment.
The term encompasses everything from fast food to institutional dining.
Licensed business operation
- chainLinked segments forming length
- kitchenFood preparation room
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- staffOrganization's workers collectively
cook · barista · server · line cook · health inspection · labor costs · inventory · supplier
Restaurant service employees
- hostessFemale event organizer
- maître d'Chief dining room attendant
- guestsPeople received hospitably
- front of houseGuest-facing venue operations
greeting · seating · attentiveness · upselling · table turnover · customer satisfaction · dietary restrictions · allergy awareness
Formal celebratory meal
- buffetSelf-service meal display
- eventA notable occurrence
- plattersLarge serving dishes
- canapesSmall topped appetizer bases
wedding · reception · gala · corporate · function · appetizers · servers · feast
Dining implements collectively
- menuList of available dishes
- appetizerLight dish preceding main
- entreePrimary dinner course
- dessertSweet course after dinner
reservation · ambiance · bistro · restaurant · diner · silverware · napkin · sommelier
franchise
Licensed business operation
- chainLinked segments forming length
- kitchenFood preparation room
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
staff · cook · barista · server · line cook · health inspection · labor costs · inventory · supplier · wholesale
waitstaff
Restaurant service employees
front of house · greeting · seating · attentiveness · upselling · table turnover · customer satisfaction · dietary restrictions · allergy awareness · guest experience
banquet
Formal celebratory meal
canapes · wedding · reception · gala · corporate · function · appetizers · servers · feast · picnic
tableware
Dining implements collectively
dessert · reservation · ambiance · bistro · restaurant · diner · silverware · napkin · sommelier · busboy
recipe
Cooking preparation instructions
baking · grilling · sautéing · roasting · frying · seasoning · marinating · flavor · gastronomy · ingredients
takeout
Restaurant food for elsewhere
doorstep · app · order · tracking · dispatch · rider · thermal bag · contactless · curbside · drive-thru
- airport loungesairline lounge, VIP lounge, business lounge, executive lounge, first class lounge
- hospitality careershospitality management, hotel management, culinary arts, restaurant management, guest services
- servicescleaning services, streaming, delivery services, salon, bellhop
- careersdoctor, lawyer, teacher, engineer, nurse
- food industryrestaurants, eateries, cafeterias, catering, bakeries
- service sectorservices, retail, finance, restaurants, hotels
food servicehome cooking
Meals prepared at residence
family meals · self-catering · home kitchen · meal prep · private dining
food servicefood insecurity
Uncertain access to adequate meals
hunger · starvation · famine · food scarcity · fasting
food serviceself-service
Customer performs the task
vending · retail · manufacturing · office work · desk job
food, service, foods, foodie, servicing, serviced, foodstuffs, serviceman, servicemen