Silver Service Style

 

SILVER SERVICE STYLE 

Sliver Service is  also called as English Service or Platter to Plate Service

- It's a style of service food at formal meals in which  the server uses  a silver spoon and fork in  one hand to serve the food items by item on the diner's  plate

- In France, it appears to be now  known as a service A Langlaise ( English  Service ) 

The History of Silver Service

HOW TO USE FORK & SPOON As a TONG

THE RULE OF SILVER SERVICE

- Silver Service is  mostly done in fine  dining restaurant or upscale restaurant

- Food is served at left hand side of  the  guest [Vegetable, Soup, Condiments, Meat  and Sauce]

- Clearing from the right hand side of the  guest [Plate, Cutlery, Glassware...]

- Beverage are served from the right hand side of the guest

- Waiter / Waitress always keep  moving  by clockwise

- The guest to the  host's  right is  served first, usually a female guest

- Use fork and spoon as a tong

- All food is cooked from the  kitchen 

ADVANTAGE

- Personalized Service

- Customer Satisfaction

- Waiter have scope to exhibit their service skill

- No  plate  wastage

DISAVANTAGES

- Calls for high  level of service skills, hence more labor cost

- More staff required

- Low seat  turnover

- Slow service

- Staff need to be  highly skilled

- More Space