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Proper Dining Etiquette


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What is Etiquette?

Etiquette is respect, good manners, and good

behavior. It is not just each of these things,

but it is allof these things rolled into one.

Whether at home or in a restaurant, it is

important to have a complete understandingof how to conduct yourself when

entertaining or being entertained.


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Goal

...To help you perform with

graciousness and poise at the table.

Provide you with knowledge, self-confidenceand skills needed for a successful social and

business life.

Teach you how to handle meal situations andmake a big difference in your image.


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Proper Dress Atti re- Ladies

Simple is best..- Basic black or navy suit with white blouse.

Dress (little black) or blouse with skirt (slacksare acceptable)

- Jewelry (pearls)- No body jewelry (i.e. tonguerings, facial jewelry, etc.)

- Panty Hose?? (skirt)Knee highs?? (pants)- Well groomed: hair combed, nails clean,

shoes clean, brush teeth, use deodorant .


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Proper Dress Attire- Men

Simple is best..

- Basic black or navy suit with white shirt andtie. (jacket, slacks with belt, and shirt with tie -

acceptable)- Well groomed: hair combed, nails clean, shoes

clean (no tennis shoes), brush teeth, usedeodorant.

- No earrings, body jewelry (tongue rings, facialrings, etc.)


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Table Setting

Silverware will be arranged precisely in the right

order that it is to be used for the meal. General

rule -start with outer utensils and work your way

toward the service plate.

*Tip..The word left has four letters, so does the

word fork. The word right has five letters, sodo the words knife & spoon. This is a great way

to remember that the fork is on your left and the

knife & spoon are on your right.


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Table Setting


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Preparing to eat..

Proper Posture

Make sure you sit up

straight with yourarms near your body.

Never, never, hang

your elbows heavily

on the table when at aformal dinner.

Turn off cell phone

How to use a napkin

At the beginning of

the dinner, place yournapkin in your lap

after the last person is

seated. Unfold the

napkin and put it inyour lapdo not

shake it open.


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When to start eating.

How to eat food

Eat food in the order it is served.

Start eating hot food when it is served.

For cold food or buffets, wait for thehost/hostess to announce dinner. (Wait

until invocation or bless your food before

you start eating.)


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When to start eating.

How to eat food, cont..

Bring food to your mouth, not your mouth

to your food

Chew with your mouth closed Cut your food into small piecestake small

bites so you can carry on a conversation

Do notsmoke, use a toothpick, chew gum,apply make-up at the table


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Salt & Pepper

Taste your food before adding salt & pepper.

Passing the salt & pepper

Pick up both (salt & pepper) and place them

within reach of the person next to you, do thesame until they reach the person who asked forit.

Do not pass hand to handsalt & peppershould only be used by the person that ask forit. Always pass to the right.


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Drinking Beverages

If the glass has a stem, hold the glass by the

stem to preserve its chill.

Tuck empty sugar packs, plastic cup fromcreamer under the rim of your plate or under

the edge of saucer or butter dish


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Eating Bread

Take one piece of bread, place it onto the

bread plate and pass it counterclockwise.

Break bread into moderately sized pieces with

your fingersdo not cut it.

Spread enough butter, using the butter knife,

onto the piece you have broken right before

you eat it. Do not butter the whole piece of bread first.

Do not bite bread


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Eating Bread cont.

In the absence of bread plate and butter knife

Place bread on your service plate

Use your knife at your place setting to retrievebutter from butter plate. Place on your plate.

Butter pats in foil.remove foil, using your

knife, slide butter onto your plate.

Fold foil and place it under the rim of your

plate.


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What to do when finished with

your mealand

Leave your plate where it is, do not push it

away.

Place knife & fork horizontally ordiagonally in the plate. (Indicates to server you are finished)

Place the napkin to the left or right of your

plate, or in the center of your plate.

AndWhoever extended the invitation to

dinner should pay the bill.


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More Important Tips.

Always be on time. If you are late, call thehost/hostess.

If you are uncertain about how or when to use acertain utensil, watch others and do what the

majority of them do. If a little bowl of water is on the table, or appears

with the dessert, wash tips of your fingers in it.Dry them on your napkin.

Meat ordered with bones, should be eaten withknife & fork (cornish hen, ribs). Never use yourfingers.


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More Important Tips.

To eat soup, dip the spoon into the soup, then remove it bygoing away from your body, not toward it. Sip, (not slurp)the soup off the side of the spoon, instead of placing thewhole spoon in your mouth.

Ordering spaghetti (shell pasta) easier to eat

Eating peas from a dinner plate use knife to push peas ontoplate. Eating out of a bowl, use spoon.

Never discuss controversial issues (religion, politics)

Never chew gum

Do not talk with mouth full of food Do not apply make-up, lipstick at the table

(May not be able to apply all of these rules to banquet meals)


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Formal Dinner Place Setting

Formal Dinner Place Setting

1. Napkin

2. Fish Fork

3. Dinner or Main Course Fork

4. Salad Fork

5. Soup Bowl & Plate

6. Dinner Plate

7. Dinner Knife

8. Fish Knife

9. Soup Spoon

10. Bread & Butter Plate

11. Butter Knife

12. Dessert Spoon and Cake - Dessert Fork

13. Sterling Water Goblet

14. Red Wine Goble

15. White Wine Goblet

Silverware in this example is notplaced on the table in the order in which it will be used for

a meal.


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Quiz!!!! Time


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Question 1

A LARGE piece of food spills off your plate onto the table.What should you do with it?

a) Pick it up with a utensil and place it on the edge of yourplate.

b) Slide it under the edge of your plate.

c) Put it in your napkin.

d) Ignore it.


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Question 2

In dining situations, my drinks are on my right and my bread

plate is on my left.

a) True.

b) False.


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Question 3

In dining situations, my drinks are on my right and my

bread plate is on my left.

a) True.

b) False.


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Question 5

Why are small bites of food better to take than large ones?

a) It is better for the digestion.

b) So that you can respond when spoken to.

c) So there is less chance to lose your food on its way to your

mouth.

d) All of the above.


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Question 6

You are dining in a restaurant and you accidentally drop yourfork on the floor.

a) pick it up, wipe it off, and use it anyway.b) pick it up, give it to the server, and ask him/her to bring

you another one.

c) leave it on the floor and ask the server to bring you

another one.d) leave it on the floor and use your neighbor's fork while

he's not looking.


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Question 7

When buttering a piece of bread or a dinner roll, you should

a) butter the entire item.

b) butter only that portion which you think you will

ultimately eat.

c) break off a small piece and butter just before eating it;

repeat this for subsequent bites.d) avoid butter since it hides the taste of the bread.


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Question 8

A LARGE piece of food spills off your plate onto the table.

What should you do with it?

a) Pick it up with a utensil and place it on the edge of yourplate.

b) Slide it under the edge of your plate.

c) Put it in your napkin.

d) Ignore it.


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Question 9

If someone asks for the salt, you should pass both the salt and

the pepper.

a) True.

b) False.


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Question 11

How do you signal to the server that you

are ready to order?


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Question 12

Close your menu and place it on the table

in front of you.


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Question 13

When leaving the table to go to the bathroom you should

place your napkin?

a) on the left side of your plate.

b) on the right side of your plate.

c) on your chair.

d) take it with you.


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Question 14

Once seated you should immediately remove your napkin

from the place setting and put it in your lap.

a) True.

b) False.


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Question 16

Where should your hands and arms be

when you are between bites?


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Question 17

Generally, your hands should be in your

lap. It is acceptable to gently rest your

forearms on the table between courses.Keep your elbows off the table at all

times.


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