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Cover

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

/ˈkʌvər/nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, cover means: One guest's meal, used to count how many people a restaurant serves; also the place setting laid on the table for one guest.

In Turkish: kuver, kişi

How it is used

Chefs and managers measure business in covers: "We did 220 covers on Saturday." Bookings are also counted in covers. A cover charge is a fixed fee per guest added to the bill in some restaurants.

Example sentences

  1. We've got 140 covers booked for tonight, plus walk-ins.

  2. Table ten is a six-cover table.

Common collocations

  • do 200 covers
  • covers booked
  • cover count
  • cover charge
  • serviceThe period when a restaurant is open and the kitchen is cooking and sending out orders, such as lunch service or dinner service.
  • ticketA printed or written order sent from the dining room to the kitchen, showing the table, the dishes and any special requests or allergies.
  • front of houseThe parts of a restaurant that guests see, such as the dining room and bar, and the staff who work there: hosts, servers, bartenders and managers.
  • prepShort for preparation: the work of getting food ready before cooking or service, such as washing, peeling, cutting, portioning and making sauces. Also used as a verb.

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