Food Service Vocabulary

Here is a list of the top 170 English vocabulary items for the service industry. This selection of vocabulary is based on the Occupational Handbook provided by the United States Department of Labor.

 

  1. Food
  2. Workers
  3. Service
  4. Stores
  5. Services
  6. Grocery
  7. Drinking
  8. Preparation
  9. Establishments
  10. Restaurants
  11. Training
  12. Employees
  13. Items
  14. Store
  15. Order
  16. Cooks
  17. Customers
  18. Serving
  19. Prepare
  20. Chefs
  21. Sales
  22. Cashiers
  23. Clerks
  24. Orders
  25. Restaurant
  26. Stock
  27. Offer
  28. Dining
  29. Hours
  30. Inventory
  31. Waiters
  32. Waitresses
  33. Eating
  34. Section
  35. Kitchen
  36. Menu
  37. Convenience
  38. Prepared
  39. Provide
  40. Beverages
  41. Fillers
  42. Foods
  43. Sell
  44. Meat
  45. Serve
  46. Variety
  47. Chains
  48. Culinary
  49. Customer
  50. Line
  1. Staff
  2. Alcoholic
  3. Beverage
  4. Change
  5. Dishes
  6. Hostesses
  7. Hosts
  8. Meals
  9. Products
  10. Room
  11. Supermarkets
  12. Cafeteria
  13. Cooking
  14. Counter
  15. Product
  16. Retail
  17. Salads
  18. Sandwiches
  19. Assistant
  20. Attendants
  21. Clean
  22. Coffee
  23. Consumption
  24. Diners
  25. Establishment
  26. Fish
  27. Local
  28. Maintain
  29. Manager
  30. Marketing
  31. Office
  32. Patrons
  33. Processing
  34. Selling
  35. Supervisors
  36. Bartenders
  37. Cafeterias
  38. Cash
  39. Computer
  40. Cook
  41. Department
  42. Equipment
  43. Fill
  44. Health
  45. Level
  46. Premises
  47. Preparing
  48. Proportion
  49. Purchase
  50. Required

101.       Safety

102.       Schedules

103.       Supplies

104.       Systems

105.       Tables

106.       Tasks

107.       Tips

108.       Train

109.       Addition

110.       Assist

111.       Baggers

112.       Bakers

113.       Chef

114.       Compared

115.       Consumer

116.       Demand

117.       Hospitality

118.       Increase

119.       Kitchens

120.       Merchandise

121.       Move

122.       Moving

123.       Operation

124.       Oversee

125.       Package

126.       Perform

127.       Place

128.       Poultry

129.       Run

130.       Specialty

131.       Supermarket

132.       Trade

133.       Area

134.       Bars

135.       Benefits

136.       Butchers

137.       Checkout

138.       Cleaning

139.       Company

140.       Contact

141.       Counters

142.       Courtesy

143.       Dishwashers

144.       Entry

145.       Floor

146.       Fresh

147.       Groceries

148.       Group

149.       Growth

150.       Handling

151.       Hourly

152.       Ingredients

153.       Longer

154.       Manage

155.       Nonfood

156.       Nonsupervisory

157.       Numerous

158.       Performance

159.       Prices

160.       Produce

161.       Recipes

162.       Register

163.       Replacement

164.       Select

165.       Selection

166.       Selections

167.       Shifts

168.       Shop

169.       Smaller

170.       Snack

171.       Specialize

 

By Kenneth Beare, About.com Guide