Phrasal Verbs at Work — The Hospitality Edition
Phrasal verbs are not random — group them by theme (work, movement, communication). Learn 3 from one topic area, use them in real sentences. That's the system.
Tag: hospitality
The Casino Floor at 3am — Workplace Vocabulary
1. What is a 'shift'? A period of working time (e.g. morning shift, night shift)
LIFE019 · Collocations at the Table: Restaurant and Hospitality English
📖 From Sourov's world: As a sommelier at some of Sydney's finest restaurants — the Ivy, Uccello, Establishment — I learned that wine vocabulary is mostly collocations. You don't "make" a reservation, you "make" one…
LIFE001 · Ordering Drinks: Language from the Bar
📖 From Sourov's notebook: My first real job in Sydney was behind a bar in a busy restaurant. Every night someone asked for something I had never heard of. I learned English one drink at…
Wine and Drinks Vocabulary: From Bitters to Barolo
I trained as a sommelier at Uccello and Establishment — two of Merivale's restaurants in Sydney CBD. The vocabulary was its own language. Guests would ask for 'something dry, not too oaky' and I had…
Dealing with Complaints: Staying Calm in English
A customer once threw a menu at me in a busy Sydney restaurant. He was angry. Not at me — his food was cold. But I was the nearest person. My manager came over and…
Numbers and Money: Maths English for Hospitality
On my second day in a Sydney restaurant, I gave a customer the wrong change. Not because I couldn't count — I could. The problem was the English. 'Out of twenty' meant he gave me…
Taking Orders: Polite English for Restaurant Staff
My first job in Sydney was taking orders at a small Italian restaurant in Strathfield. I was so nervous. I kept writing the wrong thing. One evening a chef said to me: 'Repeat the order…
Hospitality Vocabulary: Restaurant & Bar English
I spent years as a sommelier at Sydney's best restaurants. Here's the language I used every single shift.