100m German waiters race, September 1930.
Waiters' Race, at Belfort, septembre 2017.

Waiters' Race is a race that tests the speed that a waiter can carry a loaded tray without tipping it.

Origin of the waiters race

It is possible to find archive footage showing a very old waiters race in Paris, London and Berlin at the beginning of the 20th century.[1] Actually, the origin of the waiters race (the "course des garçons de café"), comes from France.

At their beginning, waiters races started to be organized in order to improve the recognition of the waiter profession in Paris.[2] This is the reason why even today the event has a French Touch and organizers used to schedule races on Bastille Day for instance.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Annual race of Cafe waiters through Paris AOL Video
  2. ↑ "Origin « WaitersRace.com". www.waitersrace.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2010.
  3. ↑ Eubanks, Marissa (17 July 2006). "Waiters Race Celebrates Bastille Day in Washington". The Washington File. Washington: america.gov. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
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