What are the types and functions of catering in China?

At present, the operating modes of catering industry at home and abroad mainly include buffets, fast food restaurants, food stalls, high-end restaurants, bars and flavor restaurants. There are many ways to classify the types of modern hotel catering. The following is the content of articles on the types and functions of China catering collected and arranged by Zhishi Xiaobian.

Classification of catering in China 1. Classification by service mode

(1) Dining room with table service. This is our most common type of restaurant, which can be Chinese or western. After the customer is seated, the waiter will order, serve and clear the table. Its most obvious feature is that the waiter provides service at the table. Generally speaking, all restaurants with gorgeous decoration, elegant service, exquisite food and comfortable environment provide table service, which belongs to table service restaurants, but not all table service restaurants are high-end restaurants.

(2) cafeteria. As the name implies, the cafeteria is self-help. After customers order goods and drinks, they bring food to the table. The cafeteria only provides limited services. Some are processed by customers themselves, such as toast in western food, English muffins, hot pot and barbecue in Chinese food.

Western-style fast food restaurants, such as McDonald's and KFC, which are popular in China at present, are all self-service restaurants, and they are also very popular with customers.

(3) Counter service restaurant. In this kind of restaurant, customers sit at the counter and dishes are served directly to customers by waiters or chefs. Just as customers can see bartenders mixing and pouring wine at the bar, customers can also enjoy the chef's performance. Because the service speed of this restaurant is very fast, it is also called? Fast Jane restaurant? . Japanese teppanyaki, which is popular in China at present, belongs to this category.

2. according to the style of dishes

according to the style of dishes, there are differences between Chinese food and western food. The characteristic of Chinese food is that the restaurant provides Chinese dishes, uses Chinese furniture, tableware, tea sets and provides Chinese services, and guests eat in the way of China people. Chinese food has a long history, full of color, flavor and taste, and the Chinese way of eating is widely popular. Western food is the general name of Lai cuisine in Europe and America. Western food is characterized by providing western-style dishes, using western-style furniture and tableware and providing western-style services, and eating in a way that westerners are used to. Western food includes French food, Russian food, Italian food, Japanese food and other ethnic flavors.

the function of China catering culture as the saying goes? People eat for the sky? . Diet is one of the important material conditions for human survival. Tourists eat, live and rest in tourism activities, which is the guarantee for tourism to continue.

Because of the differences in food raw materials, cooking methods and eating habits around the world, catering has formed a rich and colorful world food culture. By tasting exotic delicacies and appreciating exotic food culture, tourists can not only meet the most basic physiological needs of guests, but also be influenced by art from their colors, smells, tastes, shapes and devices, so as to get spiritual enjoyment, and at the same time, they can exchange and develop Chinese and western food culture. Therefore, catering is not only the material guarantee for tourists to travel abroad, but also one of the important conditions for the development of world tourism.

classification of catering industry in Europe and America. The most commonly used classification of catering industry in Europe and America is based on the revised method of SIC in Britain in 198. This classification divides the catering industry into two categories: commercial and non-commercial Commercial catering is for profit. Due to different customers, commercial catering can be divided into general market and specific market. Specific market means that the customers of services are limited to a certain class or only in a certain area, such as catering services of catering organizations attached to the transportation industry and private clubs; There is no obvious difference in the characteristics of customers in the catering industry in the general market. As long as customers are willing to spend here, they will provide catering services, so the average eater is the largest consumer group of this type.

1. Transportation catering

refers to catering set up in transportation hub areas or transfer stations, which mainly includes four transportation industries, namely, highway, railway, aviation and sea transportation, with the purpose of providing catering services for passengers within a certain period of time. Railway restaurants and airport restaurants all belong to this category.

2. Clubs

Clubs mainly refer to the provision of catering to some groups established by participating in political parties, sports or other social activities. Most clubs require membership to enter, and even have strict regulations on services. Therefore, generally speaking, the catering service of the club has a certain level. Civil servant's home:

3. General dining room

Whether it is self-service or full table service, from one-person shops run by small businesses to luxury hotels, from simple meals to delicious food, general dining rooms are the most common. General restaurants can be subdivided into gourmet restaurants and family restaurants.

(1) gourmet restaurant. Gourmet restaurant refers to a more formal restaurant, which mainly serves traditional dishes. There are not many kinds of dishes, but they are exquisite and distinctive, and pay attention to the quality of food. This kind of high-class restaurants all win with high-level service and deliberately create an elegant dining atmosphere.

(2) family restaurant. The atmosphere and service staff of this kind of restaurant make customers have a warm feeling of eating at home. Its dishes are ordinary home-cooked dishes, and the menu is often updated. It is an economical and popular restaurant.