SECTOR: FOOD SERVICES AND TOURISM (03)
Code: 5793 / 64 credits / DVS

960 hours (DVS)

Day

St. Pius X Career Centre
 9955 Papineau Ave
Montreal (Quebec) H2B 1Z9
 (514) 381-5440
 (514) 381-1124
 www.piuscentre.com
 piuscentre@emsb.qc.ca

The Food and Beverage Services program prepares students to practice the occupation of food and beverage server and bartender. Graduates of this program are likely to be employed in various types of restaurants, bars, cafés and bistros, in convention centres or banquet halls, in hotels and inns or other private or public establishments where food and beverages are served.

Depending on the size and type of establishment, food and beverage servers and bartenders may be called upon to plan their work, prepare the mise en place, provide different types of service, perform billing and collection operations, and participate in closing duties or in restocking supplies for the establishment.

While performing their tasks, food and beverage servers and bartenders come into continuous contact with customers and work together with other service staff. They must therefore coordinate their work with kitchen staff, front desk clerks and, in certain establishments, with sommeliers and maîtres d’hôtel.

To accomplish their tasks, food and beverage servers and bartenders may use reservation lists and books, various types of menus and food or beverage lists, computerized order and billing systems, as well as supplies and equipment specific to dining rooms, waiters’ pantries or bars.