VI. Tell about different methods of cooking.

Comunication units

Part II Catering industry

Unit 1. An introduction to the Catering industry / Введение в ресторанное дело

1. Decide if these sentences about catering are true (t) or false (f).

1. Catering is providing people with food and drink.

2. The term “catering” is only used for social situations like parties.

3. You find catering services only in hotels, restaurants or cafes.

2. Read the text about catering and check your answers.

Catering is the provision of food and drink and it is divided into two basic sectors: commercial businesses, where the main aim is to make a profit, and non-commercial businesses (welfare), where the main aim is to provide a nonprofit-making social service. Commercial catering is usually found in hotels, restaurants, pubs, bars, cafes or fast food outlets, where you can eat in or take away the food and beverages you buy. But commercial catering can also be found in the transport industry in places such as railway stations, airports or motorway service stations and on ships and trains, where the place you eat is called a buffet car and offers self-service, or on aeroplanes, where on the other hand there is waiter service provided by the cabin crew. In other words, whenever people travel any distance for work or pleasure, they are able to eat and drink thanks to the catering service provided. Catering at private events, such as social events or gatherings and wedding receptions, or public events including rock concerts or football matches is also considered commercial. Welfare catering ranges from providing food for workers at a subsidised price in factory or office block canteens, to catering in hospitals, schools or prisons, where people pay nothing or very little for the service.

3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of these words from the text.

bar beverages cafe provision reception

profit subsidized eat in take away

1 It's really expensive to eat in at our local restaurant because you have to pay a service charge.

2 The wedding ___________ was held in a beautiful setting by the sea.

3 We're meeting in the ______________ tonight for cocktails at 7 p.m .

4 I love meeting my friends in a _______________ and chatting over a cup of coffee.

5 'We would like to inform passengers that we will shortly be passing through he first class cabins of this train serving hot and cold snacks and _______________.

6 'Let's get a ________________ tonight, I don't feel like cooking'.

7 Companies that run to help others and not to make money are non-______________ -making.

8 Nowadays a lot of children in the UK have free or _____________ school meals because their families can't pay for them.

9 When there are wars or natural disasters, organisations like the Red Cross are responsible for the _______________ of emergency aid.

4. Read the conversation in a cafe between a waiter and a customer and complete it with the expressions from the box. Then listen and check your answers.

just ready to order would you like still or sparkling

we have two options yes, of course can you tell me

could I have I'd like I'll have

Wa iter: Are you (l) ready to order?

Customer: Yes. (2) _____ _ what today's specials are, please?

Waiter: (3) ____, a vegetarian pasta bake and a warm bacon and tomato salad.

Customer: Mmm! (4) _____ _ the warm bacon and tomato salad, please.

Waiter: (5) __________ some bread with that?

Customer: (6) _________some garlic bread, please?

Waiter: (7) ________! What would you like to drink with your meal?

Customer: (8) water, please.

Waiter: (9) __________?

Customer: (l0) _________ sparkling water, please.