ProStart Level 1 Unit 2 – Kitchen Essentials & Culinary Fundamentals Review
How many restaurant and food service operators are there in the industry? - ✔✔945,000
What are the annual sales in the industry? - ✔✔$550 billion
How many people does the food service industry employ? - ✔✔13 million
What are the two segments of the industry? - ✔✔Commercial and non commercial
Family dining full service - ✔✔Serving staff provides service at table
$10 or less per person
Casual dining full service - ✔✔Serving staff provides service at the table
$10-$25 per person
Fine dining full service - ✔✔Serving staff provides service at the table
$25 or more per person
Quick service - ✔✔Order and pay before you eat
Eat in or take out
$3-$6
Quick casual - ✔✔Fresh authentic food in a fast food format
$7-$9
, Contract feeding - ✔✔Businesses that operate food service for companies in the
manufacturing or service industry
Self operators - ✔✔Companies that manage their own food service operations
Lesche - ✔✔Private clubs for the ancient Greeks that offered food to members.
Phatnai - ✔✔Establishments that catered to travelers, traders, and visiting diplomats in ancient
Greece.
Pasteur - ✔✔Found a way to treat milk, getting rid of bacteria making it safer to drink
Appert - ✔✔Discovered a way to can food to make it safe to eat even after long periods of
sitting
Ancient Greece and Rome - ✔✔Rarely dined out, ate in large groups
The middle ages - ✔✔Large groups of people dined together
The renaissance - ✔✔Haute cuisine, first restaurant
Colonial North America - ✔✔More cities on the east coast, inns offered food and lodging
Industrial revolution - ✔✔More restaurants because people needed a place to eat lunch since
they were working at the factories
Gilded age - ✔✔Elegant restaurants for high society
How many restaurant and food service operators are there in the industry? - ✔✔945,000
What are the annual sales in the industry? - ✔✔$550 billion
How many people does the food service industry employ? - ✔✔13 million
What are the two segments of the industry? - ✔✔Commercial and non commercial
Family dining full service - ✔✔Serving staff provides service at table
$10 or less per person
Casual dining full service - ✔✔Serving staff provides service at the table
$10-$25 per person
Fine dining full service - ✔✔Serving staff provides service at the table
$25 or more per person
Quick service - ✔✔Order and pay before you eat
Eat in or take out
$3-$6
Quick casual - ✔✔Fresh authentic food in a fast food format
$7-$9
, Contract feeding - ✔✔Businesses that operate food service for companies in the
manufacturing or service industry
Self operators - ✔✔Companies that manage their own food service operations
Lesche - ✔✔Private clubs for the ancient Greeks that offered food to members.
Phatnai - ✔✔Establishments that catered to travelers, traders, and visiting diplomats in ancient
Greece.
Pasteur - ✔✔Found a way to treat milk, getting rid of bacteria making it safer to drink
Appert - ✔✔Discovered a way to can food to make it safe to eat even after long periods of
sitting
Ancient Greece and Rome - ✔✔Rarely dined out, ate in large groups
The middle ages - ✔✔Large groups of people dined together
The renaissance - ✔✔Haute cuisine, first restaurant
Colonial North America - ✔✔More cities on the east coast, inns offered food and lodging
Industrial revolution - ✔✔More restaurants because people needed a place to eat lunch since
they were working at the factories
Gilded age - ✔✔Elegant restaurants for high society
