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May 09, 2025
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2025-2026 College Catalog
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CUL 185 - Catering Operations 5 Contact Hours, 3 Credits 1 lecture period 4 lab periods
Theory and practice of planning and executing catering functions. Includes booking and planning, banquet room set-up and staffing, banquet service, guest payment and follow up, and specialized functions.
Prerequisite(s): CUL 105 and CUL 140 .
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Course Learning Outcomes
- Identify and describe the basic elements of a catering function.
- Explain the booking and planning process of a catering function.
- Describe the appropriate methods of scheduling space, set-up and staffing of a banquet room along with the proper methods of etiquette for banquet food & beverage service.
- Describe methods of customer contact and follow up, including menu planning and incidental arrangements and procedures for payment.
- Identify and describe particular needs of special banquet functions.
- Execute various catering functions.
Outline:
- Catering: Booking and Planning
- Evaluation
- Number of guests and space requirements
- Time requirements
- Type of meal and service
- Incidental requirements and arrangements
- Booking Space/Function Arrangements
- Arranging space and room set-up
- Ordering incidentals
- Scheduling staff
- Banquet Room Set-up and Staffing
- Meeting arrangements
- Dining arrangements
- Customer Contact
- Menu Planning
- Incidental Arrangements
- Banquet Service
- Beverage service/cocktail parties
- Food service
- Preparation and set-up
- Guest service
- Clearing and cleaning up
- Guest Payment and Follow Up
- Methods of Payment
- Deposits and partial payments
- Billing arrangements
- Follow up
- Thank you letters
- Evaluations
- File systems for future
- Special Functions
- Weddings
- Requirements
- Service and servers
- Follow-up
- Buffets
- Requirements
- Theme parties
- Service and servers
- Follow up
- Outside Catering Functions
- Requirements/limitations
- Service and servers
- Follow-up
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