1. Xb PROJECT
Food Glorious Food
The Discussion
Do you enjoy eating out? What makes a restaurant worth going back to?
In the box below, you’ll find some things which can make or break a restaurant. How
important is each of these points to you when you’re deciding where to go for a meal
out? Discuss with your group, then decide together what the Top Three Points are, and
which is least important.
quality of food decor + atmosphere
type of food location
(Chinese, Indian,
traditional, nouvelle cuisine...) price
quantity of food service
menu
presentation of food (big choice? variety?
starters? extras?.....)

2. Coming Up With A Plan
You have been commissioned by Viseu Town Hall to put forward a proposal for a new
restaurant in Viseu. They are prepared to pay for everything necessary to get your
restaurant up and running.... but.... they have also asked for proposals from other
groups. Only one group will get the money and the chance to make their dream
restaurant a reality.
So, you need to think about the following:
What kind of restaurant will you have?
Who do you want to attract to your restaurant? Who will your customers be?
Where do you want it to be?
How will you lay it out? What style of decoration will you have?
What range of meals will you offer? special offers? all times of day? 7 days a
week?
What food will appear on your menu?
How much will you charge?
Who will you employ (chef, waiters...)
*** optional***
You may want to design a questionnaire to find out what would be popular with the
general public. You can ask students in other classes to complete this for you and then
analyse their answers to help you decide about your restaurant.

3. Writing up your proposal
One person in your group should take responsibility for writing the following sections of
your proposal:
* Sample menu, including notes on food used and how food is cooked
* Detailed description of the premises
* Publicity leaflet advertising your new restaurant
* Report on why you have chosen this type of restaurant, and why you
expect it to be successful
(If there are three people in your group, you should all work on the menu together, and
choose one of the other three tasks to do individually)
* Copying, or cutting and pasting, from existing restaurants’ menus / publicity will result
in a mark of 0.*
Presentation Day
Each group will have 10 – 15 minutes to put forward their proposal to your teacher and
rival groups. You can show or give out copies of relevant materials (eg a sample menu,
design plan), but most importantly, you need to talk convincingly, and enthusiastically,
about your restaurant. Be prepared to answer questions at the end of your presentation.
Your teacher may be able to tell you immediately which group has produced the winning
proposal, or they may need to refer it to a panel of experts who will then vote.