Thursday, 13 November 2014

How Does Fine Dining Differ From Casual Dining?

In my previous blog post I explained what Fine Dining was. Now I hope to explain what makes fine dining different from casual dining. One main difference is that fine dining restaurants provide services that casual dining restaurants would not. An example of this would be providing silver service or similar high-end services.. This makes the fine dining sector different from casual dining As it shows a skill set that is incredibly unlikely to be found elsewhere.

There are many other differences between the two such as the quality and type of service, and price as well as staff knowledge and quality. These are incredibly important to fine dining as the quality and type of service they offer are what gives them their higher-end reputation. This is important as we as customers expect a fine dining company to provide us with an exceptionally high standard of service to live up to the title of “fine-dining.”

Another Difference is the prices fine dining restaurants charge. Fine dining restaurants generally price their food differently from casual dining Restaurants. This is mainly because as fine dining is more of a luxury experience, they try to use the highest quality ingredients which obviously cost a lot more than the ingredients used in casual dining restaurants meaning the menu prices increase. Fine dining restaurants also charge more as they need an incredibly highly skilled workforce to prepare and cook their customers food.


Finally fine dining restaurants are made different from casual dining by the staff members in the restaurant. This refers to both the knowledge possessed by and the quality of staff members. The knowledge possessed by the staff in a fine dining restaurant may be different from the knowledge possessed by the staff in a casual dining restaurant. As in a fine dining restaurant staff are expected to know more advanced techniques or methods in terms of both the kitchen and front of house than the staff in say a smaller more casual dining restaurant. The staff quality also makes fine dining different as it is essential to have a top quality workforce in a fine-dining restaurant.