Food and beverage services refer to the process of preparing, presenting, and serving food and drinks to customers. This can include restaurants, bars, catering, cafeterias, and food delivered to people through room service at hotels. The food and beverage service is part of the service-oriented hospitality sector and is pivotal to the hospitality industry in a couple of different ways. Firstly, it provides additional services and amenities that customers enjoy and can help enhance the guest experience. Secondly, food and beverage services are a major revenue stream for hospitality venues.

There are different types of food and beverage services, including assisted service, table service, self-service, single point service, and specialized service. Food and beverage services can be broadly defined as commercial or non-commercial. Commercial food and beverage services are those that are there to make money, such as restaurants, bars, and catering services. Non-commercial food and beverage services are those that are not there to make money as much, such as those run as part of an educational institution or charitable organization.

The food and beverage service sector contributes a great deal to the profits in the hospitality industry. The food and beverage professionals tirelessly work to intensify customers’ experience through their service.