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What is "Fine Dining"?
Very often when I interview people for a job as a server, I am told that they have a "fine dining" experience. Surprisingly enough, there are no guidelines out there (or none that I can find) that define the "fine dining" concept. All the so called "definitions" are subjective and can be interpreted wrong. What makes a restaurant to qualify as "fine dining"? What is the concept of "fine dining"? Can a restaurant that serves tacos or hamburgers be considered as such due to a good service, or a classy ambiance?
I am trying to write a blog and come up with a real definition. Any personal input over this subject will be a great starting point for me. "Dining" is clear what it means by itself. "Fine" has many forms. If you ask somebody "How's your meal?" and they answer "Fine!" is not a good sign.
Just like a grape varietal can be called "noble" if followes certain guidelines, what makes dining in a restaurant "fine"? Is it the food? Is it the service? How about the ambiance? May be a combination of the three? And if that, what are the rules?
In my opinion, as a basic requirement, we need white table clothes, highly trained servers and state-of-the-art food. If so, what defines a state-of-the-art food?. Do we also need white gloves? Can we call a restaurant as being "fine dining" if it can seat 500 people in the same time, or there is a limitation?
If you have an answer to any of these questions, please, do tell.
I am trying to write a blog and come up with a real definition. Any personal input over this subject will be a great starting point for me. "Dining" is clear what it means by itself. "Fine" has many forms. If you ask somebody "How's your meal?" and they answer "Fine!" is not a good sign.
Just like a grape varietal can be called "noble" if followes certain guidelines, what makes dining in a restaurant "fine"? Is it the food? Is it the service? How about the ambiance? May be a combination of the three? And if that, what are the rules?
In my opinion, as a basic requirement, we need white table clothes, highly trained servers and state-of-the-art food. If so, what defines a state-of-the-art food?. Do we also need white gloves? Can we call a restaurant as being "fine dining" if it can seat 500 people in the same time, or there is a limitation?
If you have an answer to any of these questions, please, do tell.
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Permalink Reply by Susan Nunn on -
Fine Dining...mercy...what a struggle. Fine dining to most of the people I talk to is very pretentious and boring, but for me it is all about the foods, the ambiance and the service in any establishment. I love white table linens (although I have seen some elegant tables with organdy cloths that I like as much) and fresh flowers, but if the foods are not allowed to radiate their freshness and their natural flavors, they lose me.
Service is another killer, but if it is over the edge with pretentiousness, they lose me as well. Anything that takes away from the food, is a mark against them. One needs great food, ambiance and service....
I, too, think the question might be, what is "state-of-the-art food"? I vote for simplicity in foods, organic meats or fresh wild caught seafood and fresh from the garden organic vegetables. If we start with the freshest and the best money can buy, and do the least amount to it, we've got it made. If we try to buy the lower grades, no matter what we do to it, we've missed our mark.
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