Proper Table Setting and

Dining Etiquette

Place Plate

Serves only one purpose to mark the spot where later on the food courses shall be served, some restaurants use showplatters others don't use such at all. You decide if you have and want

to start with such a plate.

Napkin

Onto the place plate  put a napkin, pick your style of napkin depending on the type of event...

Main course Knife

The knife for the main course goes to the right...

Main Course Fork

The fork for the maincourse belongs to the left...

Additional Fork

An additional fork should be placed like the one in the picture...

Second Knife

The second knife place just like shown above...

Salad Fork

Here we added a salad fork...

Appetizer Fork

Above find a second small fork for appetizers...

Soup Spoon

And we added a soup spoon..

Pasta Fork & Spoon

To the right find a pasta set-up, a large fork resting in a pasta spoon...

Coffee Spoon

On top find a spoon for coffee...

Dessert Fork

Now we added on top a fork for cake...

Coffee Cup

A coffee cup is placed above the dessert spoon & fork set...

Red Wine Glass

A redwine glass is put in place...

White Wine Glass

We added a white wine glass, to be used before the red wine glass...

Champagne Glass

A champagne glass, to be used after the redwine glass...

Riesling Glass

To the far right we have added a Riesling glass, to be used before all the other glasses...

Butter Plate

A butterplate to the left completes this dinner set up for a seven course dinner...

Proper Place Setting

Which utensil would be used if you were eating…