Here I discuss more than 50 hotel interview questions with answers for food and beverage service.
Food and Beverage Service Interview Questions with Answers
1. American service: a method of serving a meal in a hotel or restaurant in which portions of food are placed on plates in the kitchen by the establishment’s employees and served to each guest by a waiter or waitress. To learn more about it, click here.
2. Basting: moistening the food during cooking by adding marinades or oil.
3. Bombe: a type of ice cream that takes its name from the shape of the mold in which it is frozen.
4. Cover: It is a place set at a table in a restaurant.
5. Oyster: It is a type of shelfish.
6. Silver Service: It is a method of serving food. Food is always served with a service spoon and fork from the left-hand side of the guest. To learn more about it, click here.
7. Bin Card: A stock status recording document for a particular material held in a stock room for the recording of stock receipts and issues.
8. BOT: BOT is the short form of “Bar Order Ticket.”.
9. Cellar: an underground room for storing alcoholic drinks, especially wines. To learn more about it, check here.
10. Chinese cruets: These consist of chili vinegar, soy sauce, and chili sauce.
11. Mousseline: Hollandaise sauce with cream.
12. Partie: It is a section in the main kitchen.
13. Recipe: List of ingredients with quantity and method of making a dish.
14. Wholesome food: healthy and safe food.
15. Caviar: The eggs of various large fish, especially sturgeon.
16. Champagne: sparkling wine. Check for more examples.
17. Consomme: thin, clarified soup.
18. Cover: A place setting for one guest.
19. Cruet: Salt and Pepper Set.
20. Lobster: It is a large fish with big claws.
21. Main course: A main dish on the menu.
22. Serviette: French term to denote napkin.
23. Tureen: a deep-covered dish from which soup is served at the table using a ladle.
24. Par Stock: The stock level for each alcoholic drink item that should be maintained at the bar.
25. Waffle: a thick, light, crisp pancake cooked in a waffle iron to get a pattern of indentations on both sides.
26. Combo meal: It is a combination of snacks and sweets, mainly to promote sales.
27. Blinis: It is a small, thick savory pancake made from buckwheat flour.
28. Flute: A long, thin French roll.
29. Sherry: It is a fortified wine. To learn more about it, click here.
30. Madeira: It is a fortified wine. To learn more about it, click here.
31. Service gear: These are service implements used for food service. Example: service spoon and fork. To learn more about it, click here.
32. Cognac: Brandy from the Cognac region of France. Learn more about it here.
33. Kahlúa: coffee flavor liqueur.
34. Liqueurs: Flavored and Sweetened Spirits. To learn more about it, click here.
35. Rum: Distilled from fermented molasses or other sugar cane products. To learn more about Rum, click here.
36. Scotch whiskey: distilled drinks from Scotland. To learn more about it, click here.
37. Skimmed Milk: A type of milk with no fat.
38. Spirit: distilled alcoholic beverage.
39. Vodka: highly rectified Russian spirit distilled from potatoes or cereals. To learn more about Vodka, click here.
40. Tequila: Mexican spirit distilled from the Agave tequilana Weber plant. To learn more about tequila, click here.
41. Tia Maria: coffee flavor liqueur.
42. Alcoholic wash: It is a ferment used in distillation.
43. Distillation: It is the process of separating elements in a liquid by vaporization and condensation.
44. Malt: It is a germinated cereal.
45. Yeast: It is a living single-celled organism.
46. Crémant: It is champagne with two atmospheres behind the cork.
47. Mousse: It refers to froth, bubbles, or foam.
48. Still wine: It is a wine obtained by natural fermentation without any effervescence or higher alcoholic content. To learn more about it, click here.
49. Automatized wine: It is flavored wine. To learn more about it, click here.
50. Bitters: These are spirits flavored with flavoring agents. To learn more about it, click here.
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More F&B Interview Questions
- Types of Champagne
- Champagne Brands
- Types of Fortified Wines
- Types of Sherry
- Types of Port
- Types of Madeira
- Types of Marsala
- Types of Malaga
- Brands Names of Beer and their Countries
- Production of Liqueur
- Sweetening Agents of Liqueur
- Names of Red Wines
- Names of White Wines
- Names of Rosè Wines
- Method of Making Cocktails
- Major Grape varieties in Australia
- Types of Menu
- Full form of APC
- Name of Costliest Champagne
- Name of 5 Exotic Deserts
- Name of Coffee Liquors
- Names of French Classical Menus
- Name of 5 Classical Hors de Oeuvres
- Brand Names of Vodka
- Brand Names of Tequila, Types of Tequila, Categories of Tequila
- Types of Vodka
- What are Marc and Drupa?
- What is Methode Champanoir?
- What is Remuage?
- What is degorgement?
- What is Agrafe?
- Brand Names of Cognac
- Brand Names of Rums
- Brand Names of Single Malt Whiskey
- Brand Names of Scotch Whiskey Premium
- Types of Banquet Tables
- Different Types of China Ware
- Different Types of Glasses
- Various styles of Gin
- Categories of Rums
- Brand Names of Mezcal
- What is fermentation?
- What is distillation?
- Name of White Grapes
- Name of Red Grapes
- Brand Names of Sparkling Wines
- Wine Names with Alcoholic Content
- Top Cigar Brands
- What is the French Service?
- What is Silver Service/ English service?
- What is American Service?
- What is counter service?
- What is Buffet Service?
- What is a buffet spread?
- What is high tea?
- Different types of Mocktails
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