As the saying goes ‘Seeing is believing’. So as the trainees of Don Bosco Tech Society, Ongole had been to Hotel Central Park located at the beautiful scenic of Ongole town. This trip was made on October 24, 2020. During the day these trainees had an opportunity to tour all the departments besides learning about the grooming, types of restaurants, tools used in the kitchen, and table settings.

As these trainees arrived at the spot they stepped into the front office from where the manager ushered them and asked one of the captains to assist them to tour all the departments of the hotel. While being in the front office these trainees had a glance at the grooming of each of these staff, their look was charming. They were seen to be welcoming the guests with a face smiling. These staff members always used polite words like ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. The communication skills, excellent.

Post understanding the front office section these trainees walked up to the second floor where the F&B department is. While these candidates were on their way to the F&B section the captain pointed out and explained about the fire extinguishers and fire alarm. As these trainees arrived at the F&B section the captain demonstrated them the manner of table settings and how to hold spoons and forks. The visitors observed that the whole department was so neat and clean.

The trainees observed two types of restaurants, these are ‘All Day Dining Restaurants’ and ‘Specialty Restaurants’. The basic difference between these two categories of restaurants they learned was that it is opened to cater to the needs of the guest from breakfast, lunch to dinner in All Day Dining Restaurants. And the Specialty Restaurants has several different types of cuisines; regional, Indian, Chinese, continental, etc.

After the session about restaurants, the trainees had another session in the kitchen. The chefs showed them the tools used in the restaurant and explained the red, green, white, and brown chopping pads uses. With this, the visit to the Hotel Central Park came to its closure.

The exposure visit was really useful for the trainees to have listened to the experience of the staff on the field and to see various things in their own eyes. Trainees were happy to participate in that visit and thanked the restaurant manager and Don Bosco Tech Society for giving them a good chance to visit to have the first-hand experience about the workplace.