How to Carry a Tray of Drinks - Hospitality Skills 5

In this video, we show you how to carry a drinks tray with an array of different glassware on it. This method is quick, efficient, and is a great skill to show off! It is one of the many hospitality skills that you'll need to learn!

[@TommyH03]

I split drinks all over customers - told them it was first time. they tipped me £10
i just say this every time now

[@antwanignacio23]

same here 😂 i got 10$ haha

[@stupid-failshaha]

I spilled the drinks all over myself on my first time while serving, they did not give me any tips :D

[@Sam-ig9bj]

@@stupid-failshahayeah wine all over my shirt 😢

[@alansmith4748]

Phew, I thought I was the only person who spilled drinks all over a customer

[@leebarry6463]

@@alansmith4748 i did it yesterday bro lol

[@SniffDaBunda]

Would be more helpful with them actually having drinks in them

[@SniffDaBunda]

@Poop why was there butter on the floor…

[@masoomraza4491]

Always hold the bottom of the glass while serving , don't hold the top of the glass.

[@guenthersteiner9252]

As a waiter with some years of experience. This is really fun to see knowing I started like this

[@gavinstoll8743]

Thank you so much this is so helpful my first real day as a server is today and Im really nervous about carrying the drinks to the table and the method where u rest it on the table looks very helpful

[@germanyboylucobadbo8985]

that's not really proffesional mate

[@progaminghd4812]

how is it going now

[@alansmith4748]

@@germanyboylucobadbo8985 Better than spilling it all over the guests as I did on my first day as a waiter in Nuremberg. Today is my second :(

[@leebarry6463]

@@germanyboylucobadbo8985 how is it not.many people do thta,its worth taking the extra precaution

[@user-rd8oh5qb2j]

How was it dude? You still there ?

[@elenachiritescu2681]

Hi!It wouldbe great if you would do a video with more glasses( wiyh liquids) on the tray + bottles, coffe cups etc. Since usually you do have more tiems on them.

[@chriswyatt9869]

Yeah that’s cool with empty ones but if you got a tray of like 7-8 different drinks, ciders filled to the brim, bottles as well and carrying it through a busy pub through the car park, over thick and inconsistent gravel, into the beer garden. F that

[@heroicnerd6404]

i work part time as a waiter and tbh when the tray is that full i carry with 2 hands, the classy look of the one hand carry is not enough to risk the embaressment of dropping 10 drinks on the floor, or worse on a table/guest.

[@mago_pancione]

Thank you bro today I spilled 3 drinks very helpful video😉

[@alansmith4748]

I spilled drinks all over a customer :(

[@mago_pancione]

@@alansmith4748 it happened to me too bro, I got fired in the end😂

[@IAmPantsu]

after watching the waiter who spilled 3 pints of beer made me watch this

[@silviat8759]

so usefull thank you love you🥰🥰🥰

[@nyibol1609]

how do you set them down while maintaining the centre of gravity lol

[@jen4162]

A lot of people say that you should always put the heaviest item in the centre for balance, and then remove the heaviest item first when unloading. If the heaviest item is at the back, then wouldnt most of the weight fall at the back? which way is easier?

[@SadForLyf]

Heaviest item goes on "thumb". And if possible is the last thing you should remove from a tray

[@leebarry6463]

just spilled a btl of hein,fanta and a glass of pink gin and now im learning how to not do that again,none went onto them but it was all over the table lmfao

[@MrPackers2012]

I know that I would trip!

[@user-ec3op4vp6d]

Have fun

[@stefan744]

For the newcomers, just drop the fear over spilling drinks, it's going to happen, cannot escape it, so just carry as much as possible. Sooner or later you'll find what suits you best and become amazing. Coming from a 4 month old server, was petrified the first day.

[@user-dg8yq6fp7l]

Спасибо. Так стало намного понятней

[@banginzaza]

Now where's the advanced video. Where people hold multiple. Arms and hands. I was won how in the world they do that.

[@leahferrara6629]

what if they are all the same drink

[@leebarry6463]

then thats relatively easier becuase you dont have to ask which ones which and risk taking attention off the tray

[@TM-cf9ek]

Well that looks good in theory. In practice it's totally different. You will have on the same tray unstable high glasses (pints) of Amstel/Peroni (extremely unstable) plus a plethora of wine glasses and cocktail glasses. Placing a tray on a table is very unprofessional and banned in most respected restaurants, but allowed in pubs (anyway customers will complain). Unfortunately there's no trick or short learning curve. You must practice and practice (even at home) until you'll be a maestro in tray carrying.

[@Guivelineaccilien-ig7cw]

Lol I try them with water in the cup 😅jeez it heavy 😅😅

[@asianstud7]

Are you sure putting the tray at the edge of the table is acceptable serving etiquette?

[@ojtiv]

i guess it prob depends on how many people are there, if you have space then you can use that space to put the tray down, but on the other hand if theres a table full of people then its probably a better idea to do it off the hand

[@zahra9890]

I think it depends on the situation and how formal your restaurant is. if you have a full tray with a lot of top weight, and/or it's hard to reach guests it might be more acceptable to put it at the edge

[@ojtiv]

@@zahra9890 yeah i dont see why its terrible, i would rather do that then have 5 glasses smashed to pieces

[@mirajhossen4024]

This is better than drop

[@runesfarmor]

No its not. A good waiter should be able to carry the tray with one hand and unload with the other. Maybe if you are a waiter at burger king or something you use the edge of the table

[@to.kanali]

Hard to balance

[@wouterfaes2309]

yeah nah

[@leebarry6463]

????

[@milansmistik7389]

its a funny

[@Nocturnal_resident]

Ok, he knows how to carry a tray, but the way he picks up the glasses... it creeps me out😰