Setting up an apéritif banquet
Apéritifs are common features of banquet events, but do you know what the word means? It's actually derived from a Latin word, meaning 'to open'. So an apéritif...
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Apéritifs are common features of banquet events, but do you know what the word means? It’s actually derived from a Latin word, meaning ‘to open’. So an apéritif is a drink served at the ‘open’ of a banquet! In this lesson, Setting up an apéritif banquet, Thomas Boucourt explains the steps you can take to flawlessly set up and maintain an apéritif station for a banquet service.
What you'll learn in this lesson on Setting up an apéritif banquet
- How to set up drinks and apéritif station for guest arrival
- Tips to help you operate and maintain the station
- Strategies to manage operations during service
Instructor

Thomas Boucourt is an accomplished Banquet Manager and Senior Lecturer at the prestigious Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) in Switzerland. With 25 years of industry experience, Thomas has dedicated his career to the pursuit of excellence in service,...
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