Table Setting

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Table SettingMealtime Etiquette
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Setting The Table Influences

• The appearance of the food served.
• The tone and feeling of the meal.
• Making people feel important.

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Components of a Tablesetting and Place Setting

• Tablecloth or Placemats
• Centerpiece
• Placecards
• Dinnerware
• Glassware
• Flatware

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Cover

• Arrangement of a place setting for 1 person.
• Dinner plate is generally in the middle of the
  cover.
• Allow 20-24 inches of space for each cover.

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Dinnerware

• Includes dinner plate, soup bowl, salad plate,
  bread plate and dessert plate.
• Dinnerplate is placed in the center of the cover.
• Salad plate is placed on the left, next to the
  napkin.
• Bread plate is placed top left, above the salad
  plate.

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Glassware Placement

• Water glass is located at the tip of the knife
  blade on the right of the cover.
• Other beverage glasses are located at the right
  of the water glass and slightly forward in a
  diagonal.
• Cup and saucer located
• on the lower right of the
• water glass.

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Flatware or Silverware

• Flatware is arranged in the
• order it is used, starting at the outside and
  working toward the center.
• Differences in flatware
• Soup spoon is larger than the teaspoon.
• Salad/Dessert fork is smaller than the dinner
  fork.
• Butter knife is smaller than the dinner knife.

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Rules for Flatware

• Forks to the left of the plate with tines
  facing up.
• Knives and spoons to the right of the plate.
  Sharp edge of the knife facing towards the plate.
• Dessert forks and spoons Follow the above
  rules, or place above the center of the plate.

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Placement of Napkins

• Usually placed to the left of the dinner plate,
  under the forks, or to the left of the forks.
• Center of the dinner plate or cover.
• In the water goblet.

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How do you use all this stuff?

• First, place your napkin in your lap (not in your
  shirt collar).
• If you leave the table during the meal, place
  your napkin on the chair.
• At the end of the meal, place your napkin next to
  your plate, on the left.
• Start with outside silverware and work your way
  in.
• Place used silverware on your plate.
• Hold your knife and spoon as
• you would a pencil.

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Minding Your Manners

• Wait for the host/hostess to be seated before you
  begin.
• Watch your elbows!
• Pay attention to your posture.
• No rocking in your chair.
• Do not talk with your mouth
• full or chew with your mouth
• open. Chew quietly.

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When You Are a Guest

• If you do not know what to do, follow your host
  or hostess.
• You should be on time, or a few minutes early.
• Dress appropriately for the occasion.
• If you are not paying, do not order the most
  expensive item on the menu.

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Handling Bread

• Break a roll or slice of bread into pieces with
  your hand.
• Butter one small piece of roll or bread at a
  time. Hot rolls may be separated and buttered all
  at once.
• It is okay to use a small piece of bread as a
  pusher to guide food onto your fork.

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Eating Soup

• Sip, dont slurp, from the side of your soup
  spoon.
• Tip the soup spoon away from you when you are
  filling it with soup.
• As little boats go out to sea I scoop my soup
  away from me.
• To get the last drops, you may tilt the bowl away
  from you.

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HOW RUDE!!!!

• Combing your hair or applying makeup at the
  table.
• Not turning your head away from the table when
  you cough or sneeze.
• Placing your purse on the table.
• Taking a phone call or texting at the table
• Pushing your plate away from you.
• Reaching across the table for something.
• Not leaving a tip.

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And dont forget.