"These step-by-step guides on a specific management subject range from finding a great site for your new restaurant to how to train your wait staff and literally everything in between. They are easy and fast -to-read, easy to understand and will take the mystery out of the subject. The information is "boiled down" to the essence. They are filled to the brim with up to date and pertinent information."

The demand for a skilled waitstaff has never been greater. The Waiter and Waitress Training Manual can help the reader to develop the consummate service skills required to capture repeat business and handle all phases of the job efficiently. This expanded edition reflects current customer preferences and restaurant practices.

A head server at a renowned NYC restaurant dishes out stories and trade secrets from the world of fine dining in this behind-the-scenes memoir. While recent college grad Phoebe Damrosch was figuring out what to do with her life, she supported herself by working as a waiter. Before long she was a captain at the legendary four-star restaurant Per Se, the culinary creation of master chef Thomas Keller. Service Included is the story of her experiences there: her obsession with food, her love affair with a sommelier, and her observations of the highly competitive and frenetic world of fine dining. Along the way, she provides insider dining tips, such as: Never ask your waiter what else he or she does. Never send something back after eating most of it. Never make gagging noises when hearing the specials—someone else at the table might like to order one.

Welcome to Waiters' World is a step-by-step guide to successfully waiting tables. Joël Hoachuck, who has been in the restaurant industry around the world for over 30 years, has written this guide in hopes of sharing his knowledge with the Waiters' of the World. The guide begins by covering both the psychological and ethical aspects of the waiters' interactions with customers and their coworkers. It moves into the techniques required to efficiently wait tables, showing you the tools of the trade through clear illustrations. Welcome to Waiters' World also provides an easy-to-understand overview of wine service, finishing up with a glossary of restaurant lingo and its definitions. You can then test your knowledge with a final quiz. Mastering the techniques detailed in this book will result in the waiter having confidence, maximizing sales, increasing their income and excelling at their job. Restaurant owners and managers will find this handbook to be an extremely beneficial tool, saving hours of on-site training. Everything a manager teaches is contained in this guide, including important techniques and tips that are often overlooked. The resulting professional service will be apparent, creating memorable experiences that make your guests come back for more. If your restaurant is ready to provide top notch service, or you are a waiter who wants to be at the top of your game, this book is for you!

Learn waiter/waitress skills, become more polished and professional and get a taste of the "restaurant lifestyle" with this comprehensive, easy-to-read waitstaff training manual written by a veteran waiter/trainer. As valuable a tool as your favorite order-taking pen or five-turn corkscrew!

For undergraduate Hospitality/Travel/Tourism courses that focus on waiter/waitress training and service of food. Ideal as a competency-based training guide or simply as a reference manual for specific service questions, this all-inclusive book explains the key aspects and responsibilities of today's food servers. It contains broad and in-depth coverage on everything a good waiter or waitress will need to know to be successful in this very competitive and dynamic profession from restaurant industry statistics to how tips are calculated, the importance of poise and posture, the use of place settings, menu knowledge, the presentation of wine, recognizing the nonverbal cues and prompts of guests, understanding guest paging systems and touch-screen terminals, handling complaints, and much more. Self-contained chapters flow in a logical sequence and establish a step-by-step procedure for understanding and learning appropriate server skills.