2007-10-24 11:39:55 · 21 answers · asked by NovaCk 1 in Dining Out ➔ Other - Dining Out
A Buffet is a way of serving or presenting food to one's guests or the general public i.e. We held a buffet for our son's graduation (or) Let's go to dinner at the hotel they are serving a buffet tonight. It is a variety of foods presented all at once for you to choose from, usually as much as you want.
A Gourmet on the other hand describes the type of presentation or describes a type of chef. He is a Gourmet Chef (or) We had a Gourmet Dinner tonight. It mean's very good or very special or very selective.
Hope this helps.
2007-10-24 11:47:30 · answer #1 · answered by confused 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if I should be expecting a punchline or if this is a serious question... A buffet is basically dishs of food that you select for yourself, meaning you get up from your table and walk to the buffet and server yourself. They come in many varieties from "all you can eat" to a "salad bar".
Gourmet is just a word used to refer to good food or drink. There is no reason the food on a buffet cannot be gourmet.
2007-10-24 18:44:19 · answer #2 · answered by Crypt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A gourmet is a high class meal. A buffet is where there a bunch of foods placed out,so the people can chose what they want while mixing and matching different foods.
2007-10-24 18:43:39 · answer #3 · answered by MCS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buffet is all the food on the table that you can help yourself to, gourmet is a word used for high quality food. For example you can have a gourmet buffet.
2007-10-24 18:44:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A buffet is a bunch of food open for the grabbing.
Gourmet pretty much means high-quality or high-class, it's a descriptor and not an object.
2007-10-24 18:42:56 · answer #5 · answered by mathaowny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A buffet is alot of different types of food and desserts and salads and breads and a Gourmet is top of the line fancy schmancy.We're talking about food right?
2007-10-24 18:44:21 · answer #6 · answered by stephy d 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Buffet is all you can eat, while gourmet is specialty food, but these two can intermix. In such cases such as a gourmet buffet, or gourmet at a buffet from a la carte menu.
2007-10-24 21:07:11 · answer #7 · answered by O Smart One 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
buffet is some type of rest that normally have all you can eat and quickly made and gourmet is more of a top of the line food where they take their time to make sure it s top quality. And it can also mean that someone that has a very sensitive taste in food
2007-10-24 18:48:21 · answer #8 · answered by teddy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a buffet is a noun. a gourmet is an adjective.
By the way, very few buffets include gourmet items.
2007-10-24 18:43:22 · answer #9 · answered by LC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gourmet describes a type of food..perhaps even a one of a kind specialty.
Buffet describes the amount of food...all you can eat of different types of food.
You can almost say Gourmet is singular and Buffet is plural
2007-10-24 18:43:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋