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Silver service

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In tourism & hospitality, silver service means: A formal style in which staff transfer food from serving dishes onto guests' plates using serving utensils.

In Turkish: maşa servisi

How it is used

Used in formal restaurant and banquet training; it refers to a method, not simply silver-coloured cutlery.

Example sentences

  1. During silver service, the waiter transferred vegetables from the platter onto each guest's plate.

    The server portions the food at the table rather than delivering a plated dish.

  2. The trainees practised silver service with serving spoons and forks before the formal dinner.

    The exercise develops the utensil handling needed for this formal method.

Common collocations

  • practise silver service
  • silver service training
  • banquetA formal meal for a large number of people, such as a wedding dinner or gala; in hotels, also the department that organises such events.
  • waiterA person who takes orders and serves food and drinks to guests at their tables in a restaurant or bar.

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