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Technical-Vocational
Education (TVE)
FOOD and BEVERAGE SERVICES
Quarter 1 – Module 4
Set the Mood/Ambiance of the Dining Area

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Quarter 1 – Module 3: Set the Mood/Ambiance of the Dining Area
First Edition, 2020

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 What I Need to Know
Hello!

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you know
and learn things and become more knowledgeable, skillful and efficient individuals. The
scope of this module permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The
language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons are
arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course but the order in which you read
them can be changed to correspond with the textbook you are now using.

Lesson 1: Prepare the Dining Room/Restaurant Area for Service (AS)

Lesson 2: Welcome Guests and Take Food and Beverage Orders (GO)
Lesson 3: Promote Food and Beverage Products (PP)
Lesson 4: Provide Food and Beverage Services to Guests (SG)
Lesson 5: Provide Room Service (RS)
Lesson 6: Receive and Handle Guest Concerns (GC)
After going through this module, you are expected to:

LO 4. Set the mood/ambiance of the dining area

4.1 Adjust light according to time of the day
4.2 Arrange tables, chairs and other dining room furniture to ensure comfort
and convenience of the guest
4.3 Play appropriate music when applicable
4.4 Clean and dry floors/carpets
4.5 Adjust air conditions or cooling units for the comfort of the guest.

What I Know

Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Kindly write your correct answer in
the blank provided before each number. You will gain 1 point for every correct answer.

_____1. What is the most common setup for events serving meals, using 60" round
tables with up to 10 chairs around each table?
a. Banquet style c. Classroom style
b. Boardroom style d. Theater style
_____2. What kind of meeting is suitable for round table style banquet set up?
a. Casual c. Informal
b. Formal d. None of the above.
_____3. What kind of banquet style set up that is ideal for teaching events, testing, or
other meetings where participants will be writing?
a. Banquet style c. Classroom style
b. Boardroom style d. Theater style
_____4. What kind of banquet style set up is deal for lectures, presentations, and
group meetings of any size?
a. Banquet style c. Classroom style
b. Boardroom style d. Theater style
_____5. What usually influences establishment’s mood and atmosphere?

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 a. Color c. Music
b. Lighting d. Staff
_____6. What type of lighting focuses on specific focal points in the restaurant such as
artworks or furnishings?
a. Accent c. Task
b. Ambient d. Dim
_____7. What element is important when it comes to restaurant vibe?
a. Ambient c. Lighting
b. Color d. Sound
_____8. What provides an overall illumination and sets the general mood for the whole
restaurant?
a. Color c. Music
b. Lighting d. Staff
_____9. What kind of banquet set up is best for events where focal point in the center
and/or interaction between participants in encouraged?
a. Boardroom style c. Hallow square styled
b. Classroom style d. Theater style.
_____10. What color create a relaxing effect and make your restaurant interior seem
bigger?
a. Blue c. Violet
b. Red d. White

Lesson
Set the Mood/Ambiance
4 of the Dining Area

This module was designed in order for you to understand the thoughts about
different kind of banquet style set up which includes setting the mood and ambience
of the dining area. These talk about all of the activities involved on how to define what
is the difference between different banquet style set up and on what occasions do this
set up suits well. This will also help beginners to better understand the importance of
setting the mood and ambience of the dining area. This material is very resourceful to
those who's taking up career in Hospitality Industry.

What’s In

Learning Competencies
LO 4. Set the mood/ambiance of the dining area

Food and Beverage Services is related to all the activities pertaining to Setting the
mood/ambiance of the dining area. Adjust light according to time of the day. Arrange
tables, chairs and other dining room furniture to ensure comfort and convenience of the
guest. Play appropriate music when applicable. Clean and dry floors/carpets. Adjust
air conditions or cooling units for the comfort of the guest.

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Directions: Based on the picture shown below write the correct answer in the blank
provided before each number. In every correct answer you will gain two points each

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What’s New

Set it up!

Instruction: Just inside the comfort of your home, you can make your dinner fancy by
setting up a table of your choice. All you have to do is follow the steps provided below.
Then, proceed by answering the questions given after the conversation. Write your
answer on a separate sheet of paper and paste it here.

Step 1: Find a tablecloth that can cover your tabletop. Add another square cloth with a
different color on top of it.
Step 2: Place a small vase with flower at the center of the table.
Step 3: Place the placemats and other kitchen utensils.

Lastly, you can now put the chairs around the table.

Tips:
If you know some table skirting and napkin folding just better add it because that's
another thing that can make it fancier.

Question

1. How would you set the ambiance of the dining area?

2. How do you describe ambience?
3. Why is ambience in dining area important?

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 What is It

What is a Banquet Set-Up Styles?

Banquet style is one of the most common setups for events which includes
serving meals. This kind of set up uses 60" round tables with up to 10 chairs around
each table.

THEATER STYLE

This style of set up is ideal for lectures, presentations, and group meetings of any
size. The set up was like putting a chair in rows facing a panel table or podium at the
front of the room. This kind of meeting setup is suitable for half-day meeting not more
than 4 years.

CLASSROOM STYLE

This style is ideal for teaching events, testing, or other meetings where
participants will be writing. This set up uses 6-foot tables with up to 3 chairs facing a
panel table or podium at the front

BOARDROOM STYLE

This style was usually use for formal meeting, the standard using was made by
two oblong tables and use of two half-moon tables at the edge. Participant that are under
one organization can be place at the round edge.

U SHAPE STYLE

This setup style is similar to conference room style, a U shape setup will help
facilitate discussion with participant facing each other but with one end up. This style
of setup is ideal for seminars and group meetings with presentations.

ROUND TABLE STYLE

This setup style was ideal for informal meeting. This kind of set up use 150
centimeters or centimeters diameter roundtable but it still depends on the number of
participants. It's suitable for workshop seminar that needs discussion and interaction
between the speaker and among participant.

HOLLOW SQUARE STYLE

This style set up uses square shape table with chairs on outside. It is best for
events where focal point was in the center and/or interaction between participants in
encouraged.

Setting Up the Perfect Restaurant Ambiance

People nowadays go to restaurants for some various reasons. There were times that
they're looking for the best food while others just want to be pampered themselves with
great service and ambiance. In today's current situation, it's sometimes hard for some
restaurants to stay within the industry by boasting on good food alone. It's also all about
the experience that they can give to the guest or customers they are serving. In order to
achieve this there are four important elements on how to create the perfect restaurant
ambiance.

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Lighting

Lighting influences your establishment’s mood and atmosphere. In general, there

are three types of lighting: ambient, task, and accent lighting.
Lighting is the main player in the room. It provides overall illumination and sets the
general mood for the whole restaurant.
Task lighting provides an intense light source either in the dining area or the
kitchen to help getting detailed things done.
Accent lighting focuses on specific focal points in the restaurant such as artworks or
furnishings. It’s important for you to understand the different types of lighting and their
functions so you can provide the best lighting ambiance for your customers.

Colors
Interior colors can either attract or drive off customers. It’s all about the
psychology of colors. Light colors, such as white, light grey, and beige, create a
relaxing effect and make your restaurant interior seem bigger. Nature colors like green
and brown also create a relaxed ambiance.
If you want to set a fast pace so patrons move in an out quicker, you can try
bright shades of red and yellow just like what Colonel Sanders use. If you want to
them to stay longer, chat, and order more food, use warmer shades of brown, orange,
and red.
Of course, the type of color schemes you should pick depends on the restaurant
formats. Do think about what kind of restaurant you want your establishment to be.
There are no wrong answers here. Just yours.

Music
A completely silent restaurant can drive customer off. Seriously, some people
leave a restaurant before they order anything simply because it’s too quiet in there.
You can tell there’s something wrong with an establishment when you can hear your
own heart beating sitting there.
Sound is an important element when it comes to restaurant vibe. Some
restaurants play music while others just let the crowded restaurant ambiance takes
the stage. There are nature-themed restaurants that play ambient sounds instead of
music to give off that natural vibe.
Since different styles of music work differently for different types of restaurants,
you shouldn’t just play whatever your competitors are playing. Try asking your
customer for feedback about what kind of music they love to hear while they’re eating
their meal.

Staff
Happy employees are the cornerstones of any business. When your staffs are
grumpy all the time, no amount of lighting, colors, and music can make the perfect
restaurant ambiance your patron’s desire.
The best way to have happy employees is to give them living wages. Stop asking
them to rely on tips to make ends meet. That’s horrible management.
Also ensure that all the staff is presentable. Tell them to wear proper attire and pay
attention to personal hygiene. You certainly don’t want the patrons to smell anything
foul when they call for the waiters.

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 What’s More

Activity 1.1 Word Hunt

Direction: Look for words in the puzzle that connects to different set up style. For
every correct choice of words, you will gain a 1 point each. Write your answer inside
the box below that corresponds to each number.

C L A S S R O O M B
A E R C O E G O I A
S B G H R A O T S N
E A E A I R D E I Q
S D N I D E O N G U
A O T R O T Z U O E
T R A S I A X P N T
A O R A N E K I A D
B L I M H H A O S X
L O C E S T Y L E P
E S Q U A R E V A O
S D H A L L O W N T

Activity 1.2 Tell me what it is

Direction: Write the correct answer on the blank provided before each number that
correspond the description given below. For every correct answer you will gain 2 points
each.

______________1. It
influences your establishment’s mood and atmosphere.
______________2. It
is an important element when it comes to restaurant vibe.
______________3. It
is the main player in the room.
______________4. It
provides an intense light source either in the dining area or
the kitchen to help getting detailed things done.
______________5. It focuses on specific focal points in the restaurant such as
artworks or furnishings.

Activity 1.3 Group it accordingly

Direction: Below are lists of events. Group them according to what kind of banquet
style setups are ideal for them. For every correct answer you will gain 2 points and an
additional two points if you got it all correct for the total of 20 points.

Lectures Teaching event Formal

meeting Informal meeting Presentation
Testing event
Workshop Group Meeting

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 Theater style Classroom style Round table style Boardroom style

Activity 1.4 Fill it!

Direction: Fill in the blanks with the correct word needed in order to complete the
sentences. For every correct answer you will gain 1 point each.
1. Restaurant ________ colors can either attract or drive off customers.
2. There are ________________ restaurants that play ambient sounds instead of music
to give off that natural vibe.
3. The type of color __________ you should pick depends on the restaurant formats.
4. Nature colors like green and brown also create a relaxed _________.
5. Light colors, such as white, light grey, and beige, create a ___________ effect and
make your restaurant interior seem bigger.

What I Have Learned

Direction: Fill in the blanks with the correct word in order to complete the paragraph.

You will gain 2 points for every correct answer.

Ambient lighting is the 1._______ player in the room. It provides overall 2.________ and
sets the general mood for the whole restaurant. Task lighting provides an intense light
source either in the dining area or the 3._______ to help getting detailed things done.
Accent lighting focuses on specific 4.______ points in the restaurant such as artworks
or furnishings. It’s important for you to understand the different 5._______ of lighting
and their functions so you can provide the best lighting ambiance for your customers.

What I can Do
Instruction: Kindly answer the following questions to test what you have learned in
this module and write it in your notebook.
1. Why is it important to know the different banquet style set up?
2. Does setting the mood and ambience of the restaurant can boost its profit? If
yes explain your answer.
3. As a student, how will you apply the different kind of banquet style set up
inside the classroom?

Assessment
Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Kindly write your correct answer in
the blank provided before each number. You will gain 1 point for every correct answer.

1. What kind of event is ideal for U-Shape set up?

a. Conference c. Informal meeting
b. Formal meeting d. Seminar

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2. What does natural themed restaurant usually played?
a. Ambient sound c. Jazz
b. Hip-hop d. Modern
3. What does light influences in the establishment?
a. Atmosphere c. Mood
b. Good vibe d. Mood and atmosphere
4. What color doesn’t create a relaxing effect and make your restaurant interior seem
bigger.
a. Beige c. White
b. Light grey d. Violet
5. What restaurant color can either attract or drive off costumers?
a. Exterior c. Side
b. Interior d. None of the above
6. What type of banquet style setup is suitable for half-day meeting not more than 4
years?
a. Banquet style c. Classroom style
b. Boardroom style d. Theater style
7. What type of color schemes you should pick depends on what?
a. Restaurant format c. Ambience
b. Wall design d. Genre
8. What style is use for formal meetings?
a. Boardroom Style c. Hallow Square Style
b. Theater Style d. U-Shape Style
9. What kind of banquet style set up is ideal for teaching events, testing or other
meetings that consists of writing?
a. Boardroom Style c. Hollow Square Style
b. Classroom Style d. Round Table Style
10. What kind of set up that is ideal for seminars and group meetings with
presentation?
a. Classroom Style c. Round Table Style
b. Hollow Square Style d. Theater style

Additional Activities

Directions: Write an essay on the box provided below about the advantages of setting
up the mood and ambiance of the dining area. You will gain 10 points for your
corresponding response.