Seminar

2006/3/4 Exclusive Banquet Tips for CEOs

 

 

Seminar Content:

• Are gourmets necessarily all born with silver spoons in their mouths?
• What makes it a real decent venue for banqueting?
• Is private room a must for banqueting?
• Proper seating arrangement: a touch on the conventional and historical customs
• An easy way to make your guests feel at home: Feed them with a menu that matches their status, age ranges, gender, health conditions and religious beliefs etc
• Budgetary control: Is it possible to make your guests happy with a relatively inexpensive menu?
• The ABC of ordering: The importance of a balanced combination amongst the various kinds of food?
• How to make the best choices, e.g. between different species of garoupa, between different parts of Chinese ham that goes best with the Shanghaiese Style Deep Boiled Shark's Fin Soup, etc.
• Asking for the right dishes in their right seasons, e.g. Is it a good idea to order for Shanghaiese Style "Yeh Dook Sian" Soup in summer time? What is the best season for "Si" Fish, etc.
• Dishes after the main courses: Some suggestions
• What is the proper order of serving the menu's content?
• How to build an enjoyable dining atmosphere:
  1) The proper uses of floral decoration and background music
  2) The right dining wares
  3) And then, to make it even more unforgettable, how about adding to these all a nice view?
• The tips of wine ordering: Western, Chinese and Japanese
• Lets don't forget the waiters' manner
• The proper way of greeting guests (with some suggestions on the welcoming and toasting speeches, etc)
• The Dos and Don'ts of sending guests off

Speaker: Mr Allan Hui

Mr Hui was the graduate of Bachelor of Social Science of The Hong Kong University in 1973. He started his business after graduated and had mastered a factory with commercial transaction by billions. Mr Hui is fond of food and beverage, and is an experienced banquet organizer for important government officials or merchants. Besides, Mr Hui is an amateur at Chinese poem, history, philosophy etc.
Banquet is an important occasion and channel for socialization and even negotiation n, especially for the marketers. Therefore, this seminar is specially organized for all HKIM members and marketing professionals by Allan to know the secret tips of banquet