Please study the 12 vocabulary below and press the Mark Complete button to continue.
- bar
- the department of a hotel that is responsible for the service of alcoholic drinks
- carry
- to hold or support an object, food, drink, towels etc, and deliver it/them to the customer
- chef
- a person who is paid to prepare and cook food for a paying customer
- cocktail
- drinks made from alcohol and usually contain three main ingredients: a spirit, a sweet/sugary item and a sour/bitter item
- coffee
- a brewed beverage that is prepared from roasted seeds/ beans that come from an evergreen shrub
- porter
- an assistant that carries and fetches for the kitchen staff, but can also have duties to take a customer's luggage to their room
- problem
- something that has happened that needs to be solved because it is not right
- sous chef
- the second in command in the kitchen, who will be responsible for the coordination of the kitchen staff and their training
- tea
- an aromatic beverage made by pouring boiling water over cured leaves of a plant; a favorite drink in the UK
- tea bag
- a small container made from filter paper used to enclose leaves and placed in hot water to infuse
- waiter
- the male members of staff, who take the guest's order of food and then will carry the food from the kitchen to the guest's table
- waitress
- the female members of staff, who take the guests order of food and then will carry the food from the kitchen to the guest's table
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The bar was very busy and we had to wait nearly half an hour to be served.
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The waiter was able to carry all of our drinks on one tray.
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We asked to see the chef because my husband's steak was not cooked properly.
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I was not sure what I wanted to drink, so I asked the bartender to suggest a cocktail.
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The coffee machine had broken, but the engineer was on their way to fix it.
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We tipped the porter, because the service was excellent.
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There was a problem with my order, so I sent it back to the kitchen.
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The pastry chef was away on holiday so the Sous Chef took their place in the kitchen.
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Even though the restaurant served lots of different teas, I ordered my favourite English Breakfast tea.
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My tea bags broke in the teapot and I ended up with tea leaves everywhere.
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The waiter was very pleasant and we enjoyed his company, so we gave him a large tip.
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The bad waitress was very slow to bring our order and when the food came to our table it was cold.