Banquet week 2

This week at the Albany Marriott I worked in the Banquet department. At first we were with Kristie and she showed us how the banquet room was set up for a buffet. She also explained and showed us how to hold 5 glasses of water at once to set up the tables faster. Then Kristie introduced us to her staff that was going to be working with the banquet that was going on that day. I was paired to work with Mark. After he finished setting up the tables, he had to wait for the food to be done. When the food was done he and his co-workers worked together to get the food out on between the two tables. Once the food was out we were just waiting for the people to arrive and start eating. When the people came in, we watched to see when the food would start to run out, when it was getting close we would go back to the kitchen get more food and refill the trays. After about 15 minutes most people were done getting there food and people were starting to finish there meals. We walked around the tables picking up the plates and dirty silver wear. Mark explained to us that on a tray you should have one plate the is the "garbage" and the rest of the plates should be stacked up. Then all the forks should be put on one side and the knifes were put on the other side to keep things organized. I got to pick up a few plates before it was time to go. I wish that we could have stayed longer because after the people were done eating the staff only had 20 minutes to break down the room and turn it into something completely different, and I think it would have been a good experience to see that.