Serving in Italian

For our final action project in the Fare class, everyone came up with ideas of how to engage our understanding of the Italian language, along with the knowledge we gained from the cooking portion of the class. We decided to invite people from the city to a dinner provided by us. Guest will be served Italian dishes made by some GCE cooks, but also get a little intro into the language. I have agreed to be a server in this dinner, along with 3 other classmates. With taking on that role, I am responsible for serving, and teaching the guests some small Italian expressions.

I would begin with the expressions, by teaching them how to introduce themselves in Italian, along with stating how they’re feeling, and where they are from. I would then move on to teaching them the name of the meal they’re about to eat, and how to order it in Italian.

Below is a conversation between a customer ordering in Italian.

Cameriere (server): Buongiorno

Cliente (customer): Buongiorno. Vorremmo un tavolo per due. (Hello, we need a table for two.)

Cameriere: Accomdatevi. Questo e’ il menu.

Cliente: Grazie

Cameriere: Che cosa predete da bere? (what would you like first?)

Cliente: lo vorrei…. ( I would like)

Asking for the bill: This is something the customer must ask for first, because in Italy it is considered rude for the server to bring out the bill first.

Cliente: Cameriere mi scusi! Il conto per favore.

Cameriere: Questo e’ il conto.

Cliente: Grazie.