Types of catering establishment and defination of catering establishment in large hotel.

Literal meaning cater is to supply food or to provide what is desire by the customer.In this way catering establishment is understood as an organization that provides food with an objective to satisfy its customer . It includes two aspects ; one is food and another is service .In tourism industry the term catering establishment includes all the organizations, which provides food and beverage . Modern establishment not only offer food but also enviroment because a tourist is eating for pleasure . One point is advised to be noticed that food for food is local restaurant and food for pleasure or food for test is tourism catering .

There are number of ways of classifying food and beverage operation; primary catering establishment and secondary catering; Non-profit catering and profit catering; Indoor catering and out door catering, etc. Their management and operation system differs in relation to the location of the property and the class of clientele and demand of the customers.

various types of catering establishment
1:Commercial Catering Establishments are opened for the purpose of earning profit. they are Hotels,Restaurants,Bar and Pubs,Outdoor catering,Department store catering,Club catering and Fast food restaurant catering. etc.


Transport Catering is provision food and beverage before, during and after a journey, on airline, trains, railway and in buses or private vehicles.
Catering to airline pessengers on flight, as well as restaurants situated at airport is term as airlines catering.

Catering to railway passangers during the journey and at the the railway station is called railway catering.As more there are manyu types of catering on transport catering like as Ship catering,surface catering,walfare catering, industrial catering, and Leisure-linked catering.