Doctrine of catering -- Customer ethics -- Service strategy in the catering industry -- Catering industry and its applications -- Marketing factor in catering -- Merchandising -- My word against yours -- Advertising factor in catering -- Essentials for hospitality & catering professional -- Courtesy factor -- Communication and you -- Tomorrow's professionals in catering will -- Integrated & creative decor -- Public relations in catering -- Hospitality as a career option -- Facets of the catering trade -- Equipment in use food & beverage service area -- Equipment for food & beverage production area -- Different methods of cooking and their explanations -- Types of specialty catering -- Vital role of travel industry in relation to catering -- Hygiene and sanitation -- Accident prevention -- Food costing -- Food and beverage control -- Setting up of standards & control -- Your food and you -- Convenience foods -- Menu planning -- Types of meal patterns -- Laying a cover -- Gueridon & flambe service (special effects) -- Sandwiches -- Sauces -- Salads -- Style of presenting potatoes -- Soups -- Soda fountain suggestion -- Beverages -- Non-alcoholic beverage list -- Bar dynamics -- Alcohol beverages -- Alcoholic beverage chart -- Wines -- Whisky/whiskey -- Rum -- Gin -- Brandy -- Vodka -- Beers -- Cordials and liqueurs -- Bitters -- Cocktails -- Mixed drinks -- Some important explanations.