Hospitality - Assignments

Learner’s Name Alish Pal (FIAT/DRG/23-24/1318)

Course Title HTCS (I5)

Assessor’s Name Rishi (Sir)

Internal Verifier Name

Unit Number and Title Unit 8, Hospitality – Food And Beverage Operations

Assignment Title Preparation and service of beverages.

Outcome Number(s) and Unit 8:

Statement(s) LO1- Know how to provide effective food and beverage operations
LO2- Explore and define a range of menu courses , types and service
LO3- Investigate the provision of food and catering for flight kitchen operations
LO4 - Demonstrate the techniques for the preparation and service of beverages
Date Set Hand In Date 26/05/2024

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Learner Name Alish Pal Date 26/05/2024

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Purpose/Aims • Exhibit the ability to organize and explain how different types of outlets meet the
needs of different guests
• Demonstrate a range of operational skills for specific activities
• Compare the components of different types of meals.
• Devise a classical menu
• Consider and explain methods of cooking different types of food.
• Explain the importance of health and safety procedures for flight catering
• Produce a flow chart for a flight kitchen, explaining the meal planning process.
• Exhibit knowledge on preparation and serving beverages to an accepted standard
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Question 1. With the help of a comparison chart and pictures exhibit how different outlets (any
2outlets) meet the needs of different types of guests. Present your findings in a document not
exceeding 10-15 sentences. You can get the required information online. (PASS)
Ans. Comparison between PUB and BAR: -

PUB

1. The menu includes filling meals and often even appetizers, salad, soups, and desserts.
2. Mostly a large selection of different kinds of beer, some wines, and cider.
3. Owners or managers are called publican or landlord. Some pubs owned by the brewery.
4. Pub is short for Public House licensed to serve alcoholic beverages and called so in countries
or establishments with a British influence.
5. Generally, between 18 and 21.but since pubs also offer dining, minors are often permitted
if accompanied by an adult.
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BAR

1. Minimal menu, often just light appetizers, or pizza wings.

2. A wide selection of liquor, cocktails, mock tails include beer and wine, but not as wide a
selection as in a pub.
3. Owners or managers are called Bar Manager.
4. Bar is an establishment licensed to serve alcohol beverages and is named after the counter
or bar on which drinks are served.
5. Anywhere between 18 and 21 Minors are usually not allowed entry.
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Question 2. Prepare a three-course table d’hôte menu card (lunch/dinner) based on the classical
menu sequence and with brief descriptions of the components and method of cooking which go
into the making of these dishes. Write the same in the space below. (PASS)
Ans. Tabled Hote
Stater

Chicken cutlet with tomato sauce: -

Cutlet made with fresh chicken and some fresh farm vegetables with sauce, sauce made with
fresh farm tomatoes.
Main course: -
Vegetables Fried Rice with Chilly Chicken. A tasty hot rice, fresh farm vegetables served with hot
and spicy chilly chicken and garnished with vegetables like cucumber, onion, and carrot.
Desserts: -
Banana Roasted Bars Sweet roasted banana bars made with fresh farm bananas.

METHOD of COOKING

“Chicken Cutlet and Tomato Soup”

Baking and Boiling Baking, is cooking in an oven using dry heat boiling, cooking in a liquid medium
which is boiling at a temperature at 100 degree C and above.

“Fried Rice & Chilly Chicken Cooking”

Cooking is basically a chemical and physical process; cooking is an art and science. There are 2
types of Cooking: -
1. Simple cooking
2. Medium cooking

“METHOD OF COOKING ROASTED BANANA BARS: Roasting”

High class cooking: -
Roasting is a cooking method that uses heat, whether an open flame. Oven or the heat source.
There are 2 types of roasting namely: -
1. Spit roasting
2. Port roasting.
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Question 3. With the help of a flow chart, detail the sequence of events that take place in a flight
kitchen prior to uplifting of meals for a flight. (You can also write the steps in a numbered
sequence). Analyze the importance of various health and safety standards which are strictly
followed during the process. Share you findings below - not exceeding 10- 15 sentences. (PASS)
Ans. PRIOR FLIGHT KITCHEN OPERATIONS: -

1. Menu planning-all elements critical to effective menu planning such as standard portion size,
are placed with reputed food suppliers costing, availability of ingredients, presentation and
variety in taste and food group combinations are carefully considered so that the final menu
proposal brings out a truly satisfying culinary treat.
2. Ordering of raw materials-depending on the menu requirements and weight specifications
determined by the airline, orders for raw materials like vegetables, fruits, boneless meat etc.
3. Food reception area/receiving bay-all raw materials ordered by the flight kitchen, are
delivered by the suppliers, at this area.
4. Dry storage-all dry provisions like cereals, pulses, tetra, packed products, paper products like
napkins and towels, bottled products like sauces, canned products etc. are stored here.
5. Cold storage-all perishable items are stored here.
6. Food pre-preparation area-eight hours before flight departure, as per the menu prepared
here requirements, all the raw materials required are washed, cleaned, and cut as per menu
specifications, and then sent to the hot kitchen and cold kitchen.
7. Hot kitchen-hot meals and snacks are prepared here.
8. Cold kitchen-all cold snacks like sandwiches and cold foods like salads and desserts.
9. Blast chillers-only food for the return service on short-haul flights and for the second service
on long haul flights are sent to the blast chillers.
10. Chilled storage-all food from the hot and cold kitchens once packed and labelled, is then
sent to chilled storage.
11. Equipment storage-through a separate flow of activities, all service equipment like meal
carts, trays, casseroles, crockery, glassware, and cutlery are machine-washed, sterilized, and
dried and then sent to equipment storage.
12. Assembly-four hours before flight departure, and as per the fight requirement, all the food
items, beverages and equipment come from the various storage area.
13. Dispatch-two hours before the scheduled flight departure timings, the dispatch section
accordingly loads all the flight catering requirements on to hi-loaders.
14. Flight loading the hi-loaders move from the loading bay and go the specified aircraft.
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Question 4. Demonstrate your knowledge of the service standards for any one alcoholic beverage
and one non- alcoholic beverage by mentioning the name of the correct glass ware in which it
should be served and writing down stepwise the right method of serving these beverages along
with accompaniments and garnishes. (PASS)
Ans. Alcoholic Beverage

Wine: - Wine is an alcoholic beverage made mainly from fermented grapes. The natural chemical
balance of grapes let them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, water, or other
nutrients. Yeast consumes the sugars in the grapes and coverts them into alcohol and carbon
dioxide. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts produce different types of wine. The
most famous types of wines are red and white wines.

THE METHOD OF SERVING

The wine bottle is first presented to the guest for his approval of the brand. It is then opened. A
little wine is poured into the guest’s glass for his approval of the flavor. After the approval is
received, wine is poured into the guest’s wine glass. The wine bottle is left on the table for further
service.

Non-Alcoholic Beverage

Tea: - Tea may be served hot or chilled. Hot tea can be served with or without milk in a tea cup.
The equipment used for service would include a tea pot for the tea infusion, a creamer for milk,
sugar bowl with sachets of sugar and sugar free, and a tea cup with saucer and teaspoon. Iced tea
is always flavored and served chilled in a Tom Collins glass. It is a flavored with lemon, mint, or
ginger. It is served without milk and is sweetened. The equipment used for service would include a
Tom Collins glass.

THE METHOD OF SERVING

For hot tea waiter places the cup and saucer either in the center of the cover or on the side of the
cover, as required.
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Question 5. Choose any one of the following themes and plan a dinner for two keeping in mind
the ambience and the suitability of the menu.
Valentine’s Day / Christmas / Diwali / New Year

Apply your knowledge of classical menu sequence and plan a three-course menu listing in detail
the ‘mise-end-place’ (cutlery, crockery, glassware, linen, table set-up, ambience, entertainment
etc.) which you intend to do. Give evidence of research done to make the presentation authentic.
(MERIT)
Ans. Valentines Day

Valentine decorating-
Valentine’s Day commemorates romantic love. Those lucky enough to be in love on Valentine’s
Day might find themselves at a romantic banquet. Red carpet-announce the arrivals of each couple
and have them walk down a red carpet to their table. Have a
professional DJ or speaker announce the couples.
Roses-
Top banquet tables with traditional and beautiful live red roses. Put one or two in a bud vase or
stand a dozen in the tables center in red, pink, or peach.
Candles-
Add a touch of romance to banquet tables by adding ruby red candles. Place them on
crystal pillars of varying heights or use tapered candles.

VALENTINE’S DAY Menu

Cheese plate
With Calimyrna fig hearts
Grilled Caesar Salad
With avocado-Caesar dressing
Pasta puttanesca with feta and spinach
Valentine cookies Chocolate truffles.

Place Settings
One of the first impressions a guest may have of the host is the table be using on the table. The
plate should be placed one thumb nail in from the edge of the table and will place the side plate to
the left of the dinner plate with the bread knife on the right side, its blade turned to the left.
Cutlery laid with the main course knives and forks nearest the plate, and the other courses
working outwards until, on the very outside should be the cutlery for the first course. Knives
should be on the right blades pointing inwards, forks on the left, while the soup spoon traditionally
lies on the knife side. Dessert spoons and forks are placed at the head of the plate with the fork
handle facing the left and the spoon handle to the right.
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Question 6. With reference to the above event, do a market research (online) to investigate the
preferences of guests for dining at the specific theme dinner offered by you. Based on your
findings, analyze as to what improvements you would like to incorporate for a more successful
event in future. Write your research below. (DISTINCTION)
Ans. Improvements I would like to do: -

No dish should ever be repeated; however, crustaceans are an exception. Dessert should be light if
the main course is rich. Consider a balance of colors-all white is boring, so the emphasis should be
in varying the colors of each course, I will ensure the dishes complement to each other.