Interactive catering and tourism

Can you set the table?

Can you set the table? And do you know the vocabulary connected to it?

Whether you're throwing an elaborate dinner party or just inviting a few friends over for a casual meal, setting a table can be a tricky endeavor. To properly set a table, you just have to know where to place the plates, silverware, and glasses, and you'll be ready to say "bon appétit" in no time. If you want to know how to set a table, just follow these steps.

Verbs connected to cooking

There are situations when the customers wants to know how certain dishes are prepared or cooked. Here are some examples of the most frequently used verbs which express methods of preparing the food and also other verbs connected to cooking. The documents also includes pictures.

Recipes

The recipes represent an important aspect when the trainees study English for the specific purpose of working as chefs in restaurants abroad. The major difficulties are the abbreviations as well as the Imperial measurements. 

Types of food and beverages

When working as a cook in a kitchen or as a waiter at a restaurant, as a bartender in a pub or a bar, the students have to be familiar with most of the words which are generally related to food and drinks. This chapter makes a clear presentation of these two and divides them into more detailed categories. 

Kitchen utensils and equipment

Another important list of vocabulary is represented by the kitchen tools and the cutlery, glassware and crockery which the students in public services classes will have to acquire along their highschool years of study. So, in this respect, few examples are listed in this OER.

Slang in pubs and restaurants

One of the great difficulties in understanding the local native speakers arises because of their accent and also because of the slang they speak. There are situations when a small misunderstanding of language meaning may have undesired consequences when serving clients in a restaurant for instance. 

Idioms and collocations

Idioms and the collocations play a very important part when teaching English vocabulary to students as they can be used in many types of interesting and creative class activities, being very enjoyable to learn. 

Dealing with customers

The trainee waiters and waitresses need to know specific vocabulary and expressions in order to be able to interact with their customers and to be operational in the fast moving food and beverage industry. 

Picture Vocabulary - Fastfood

This is a picture dictionary with the topic FASTFOOD. Download it, print it, use it. Source: http://englishwsheets.com/

Picture Vocabulary - Fruit

This is a picture dictionary with the topic FRUITS. It includes the matching worksheet and answer key. Source: http://englishwsheets.com/

WORKSHEET: Name the food that appears in the picture

This is an easy to use worksheet that can be used in every class or as a part of a test. Source: http://plmontesinos.wix.com/vocabulary.

English idioms: Food and drinks

These idioms are connected to the topic food and drinks even when they actually are not. Check it out! Source: http://englishwsheets.com/

Fruit-Vegetables-Dairy-Basic Ingredients and more

This poster includes pictures and vocabulary including the most common fruit, vegetables, dairy,  basic ingredients, meat, kitchen utensils, poultry & seafod, containers and beverages.
Source: http://plmontesinos.wix.com/vocabulary