Hotel, Restaurant and Kitchen Dictionary

Book title: The Art of Hospitality – Die Kunst der Gastfreundschaft.
Specialised Dictionary of Hotels, Restaurants & Kitchens / Fachwörterbuch für Hotel, Restaurant & Küche
Author: Lê Văn Nam Anh
Copyright: Frog-Job & Nam Deutsch

You have B1 German, the interview went smoothly — and on your first shift the head chef calls something out and you freeze?

That is not your fault. A1–B2 textbooks do not teach Dressiernadel, nor aprikotieren, and certainly not how to work out what the Austrian guest has just ordered. This specialist German dictionary for restaurant, hotel and kitchen work exists to fill exactly that gap: 774 pages of terms, phrases and explanations, arranged the way you actually work — front of house, restaurant, then kitchen.

🌟 What makes this dictionary different?

• Written by someone who has done the job. The author, Lê Văn Nam Anh, graduated with distinction from an international school of culinary arts and hotel management in Đà Nẵng, worked in several 4–5-star hotels and held the post of Assistant Manager. His co-author, Klaus Paetzold, was his former German manager — so every term has been checked against native German rather than machine-translated.
• Each entry is a comprehensive information card: articles (der/die/das) · plural forms · IPA transcription · Vietnamese meaning · explanation in German · explanation in Vietnamese · a ‘Notizen / Notes’ box for you to add your own notes.
• Over 4,600 IPA transcriptions. No more guessing at the pronunciation of Zestenmesser hay Bajonettverschluss — read the transcription and you say it right first time.
• A unique reference code for each entry. Over 2,000 ID codes help you jot things down quickly in your notebook (“check H119”) and find them again in a matter of seconds.
• 226 illustrations, including the set of kitchen herb cards photographed in colour with Latin names and plant families.

📚 What is inside?

🏨 Part 1 – In the hotel (Im Hotel)

• A–Z terminology for every department: front office, housekeeping and service — from Anreise, Wäscheservice to Unfallverhütung.
• Two-way phrases: one section German → Vietnamese, for what the guest says, and one Vietnamese → German, for what you need to say. Most dictionaries leave this out.

🍽️ Part 2 – In the restaurant (Im Restaurant)

• A–Z restaurant terminology, with notes on German service culture.
• Around 120 dialect entries (Dialekte): Austrian and Swiss guests, and different German regions, call the same dish by completely different names — this chapter keeps you from carrying out the wrong plate.
• Around 100 regional specialities (Regionale Spezialitäten): Gugelhupf, Topfenknödel and others, each explained so you can advise a guest.
• 22 kitchen herb cards with colour photographs, Latin names, plant families, properties and uses (fresh, dried, as a paste, frozen).
• 373 cooking methods (Zubereitung) in alphabetical order, from abseihen, anbraten, blanchieren to à la minute — each with a transcription and a bilingual explanation.

👨‍🍳 Part 3 – In the kitchen (In der Küche)

• A–Z kitchen terminology grouped by theme: ingredients, poultry, seafood, vegetables, raw foods and more.
• 104 kitchen tools (Küchenwerkzeuge) with a detailed description of what each one does — naming the thing in your hand correctly is the first step towards being given harder work.

🎯 Who is this book for?

• Trainees on an Ausbildung as Hotelfachmann/-frau, Restaurantfachmann/-frau or Koch/Köchin — used alongside the Berufsschule coursebook.
• Vietnamese people already working in restaurants, hotels and cafés in Germany, Austria and Switzerland who want to move up rather than simply hold on.
• Anyone preparing for a job interview or a specialist German exam who needs vocabulary the A1–B2 books do not carry.
• Vietnamese restaurant owners and managers in Germany who need a reliable reference for training new staff.
• Teachers and language centres teaching specialist German for the restaurant and hotel trade.

💡 What do you learn beyond the words?

This book is more than just a list of words. The bilingual explanations help you understand why Germans do things the way they do: the order in which a set menu is served, how to handle guest complaints about food, and the names of the cooking techniques the head chef calls out every day. That is the ‘art of hospitality’ — the very thing that keeps you in the profession for the long term.

📱 What do you get when you buy?

Once you have paid, the book is unlocked in your Frog-Job account straight away and can be read online on any device — phone, tablet or computer — even while you are standing in the kitchen. The book is copyright Frog-Job & Nam lernt Deutsch, read online only, with no download and no printing.

Viel Erfolg im Beruf! – May the trade treat you well, and may every shift feel steadier.