TLE

• size or square footage of the room area
• aisle space required for service personnel to go around while serving food
• service ares or wait stations, including soiled dish area
• placement of the beverage stations, coffee stations, and portable bar
• number of seats per table
• shapes and size of a table
• total number of guests
• type of menu served
• activity and flow of the guests
• fire and safety codes and the emergency exits
• 66 to 72 inches in diameter - size of round tables
• 8 to 10 guests - no. of people that can sit per table
• 10 feet apart from center to center - measurement of how far tables should be
• mise en place - french word which means "everything in place"
• chinawares - piled up by tens
• glasswares - must be placed in a glass ware rack
• flatwares - must be placed in a flatware rack or utility plastic box
• serving equipment, platters, soup tureens, tea/coffee pot, sugar bowl and creamer, gravy boat - dinnerwares
• platters - oval shaped, used for serving different foods
• soup tureens - round or oval shaped hollow, has fine ears
• tea/coffee pot - serving tea or coffee, teapot slightly smaller than coffee pot
• sugar bowl and creamer - used for serving sugar and milk
• dinnerwares for serving, serving spoon & fork, pie server, soup & gravy ladle - flatwares
• serving spoon - larger than dinner spoon, used for serving main dish
• serving fork - 4 pronged, serving dishes, salads, etc.
• pie server - wide, flat, serving pies, cakes and pastries
• soup ladle - small rounded deep bowl, serving soups
• gravy ladle - small rounded hollow bowl, gravies and sauces
• water pitcher - beverage wares
• water pitcher - glass, plastic or aluminum, serving water or juices
• dinnerwares, place plate, dinner plate, soup plate, soup bowl, bread and butter plate, cup and saucer - dining equipment
• place plate - 12 inches, underliner for dinner plate
• dinner plate - 10 inches, individual serving of the main dish
• soup plate - 9 inches deep plate, serves soups
• soup bowl - 6 inches hollow, serves soups, cereals and saucy dishes
• bread and butter plate - 6 inches, serves bread and butter, breakfast and dinner
• cup and saucer - cup is firmly placed on the saucer, serves coffee, tea and chocolate,
• flatwares - dinnerwares for dining
• dinner spoon - oval shaped, used for main dish
• dinner fork - four pronged, main dishes