Dining etiquette
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1. When dining, wait until all guests are served before beginning to eat. 2. Table settings follow conventions like "liquids on the right, solids on the left" and utensils are arranged from the outside in. 3. Dining etiquette includes techniques like eating soup away from you and leaving unused silverware on the table rather than placing it back down.
Dining etiquette
- 2. To begin with… ? Host will signal when to be seated at the dining table ? Wait until all are served before beginning to eat Dining Etiquette 2
- 4. Table Setting ? “Liquids on your right" and "solids on your left“ ? In the center: dinner plate, salad plate and soup bowl ? To the right: glassware, cup and saucer, knives, spoons, and a seafood fork if the meal includes seafood ? To the left: bread and butter plate, bread plate, napkin, and forks Dining Etiquette 4
- 6. Use of Silverware/Cutlery ? Follow the method ,“Eat from the outside in” ? Use one utensil for each course ? Dessert spoon and fork are above your plate or brought out with dessert Dining Etiquette 6
- 7. Silverware/Cutlery ? Once you have used a piece of silverware, never place it back on the table ? It is not proper to allow even the clean handle of a knife or fork to rest on the cloth while the other end lies on the plate ? Unused silverware is simply left on the table Dining Etiquette 7
- 8. The Courses
- 9. Appetizers/Buffet ? Don’t crowd the buffet ? Don’t graze, take what you want and walk away ? Appetizers may be eaten with your fingers, unless very elaborate ? When in doubt, follow your host Dining Etiquette 9
- 10. Bread Plate ? Bread and butter plate sits left of the dinner plate ? When butter is passed, take enough for yourself and place it on the edge of your B&B plate ? Eat rolls or bread by tearing off small bite size pieces and buttering only the piece you are preparing to eat Dining Etiquette 10
- 11. Soup/Salad ? Spoon the soup away from you when you take it out of the bowl and sip it from the side of the spoon ? Do not slurp soup from a spoon ? If your soup is too hot to eat, let it sit until it cools; do not blow on it ? Place used spoon on the saucer, not in the soup bowl Dining Etiquette 11
- 12. Main Course ? If food spills off your plate, you may pick it up with a piece of your silverware and place it on the edge of your plate. ? Taste food before seasoning it ? Pass salt and pepper shakers together ? Try a bit of everything on your plate Dining Etiquette 12
- 13. Dessert and Coffee ? Dessert utensils will most likely be provided with the dessert ? If you do not like coffee, simply place your hand over the cup when offered, or tell the waiter “no, thank you” or ask for hot tea ? NEVER turn the coffee cup upside down on the saucer Dining Etiquette 13
- 14. Finishing Touches ? Leave your plate where it is in the place setting ? Lay your fork and knife diagonally across your plate ? Place your knife and fork side by side, with the sharp side of the knife blade facing inward and the fork, tines down, to the left of the knife Dining Etiquette 14
- 15. Tips and Pitfalls! ? Pass items to your right ? Season your food AFTER you have tasted it ? Never chew with your mouth open or make loud noises when you eat ? If food gets caught between your teeth and you can't remove it with your tongue, leave the table and go to a mirror where you can remove the food from your teeth in private Dining Etiquette 15