Table Manners

 In most situations, following the "outside-in" rule will tell you which knife, fork, or spoon to use at the dinner table.
* Use utensils on the outside first and work your way inward with each new course that is   served.
* If you are not sure which utensil to use, wait to see what is served.
* Or, watch others at the table and follow their lead.
Continental Style v. American Style (for right-handed dinners)
Continental Style
1. Hold your fork in your left hand, tines downward.
2. Hold your knife in your right hand low to the plate, an inch or two above. Extend your    index finger along the top of the blade.
3. Use your fork to spear and lift food to your mouth.
4. If your knife is not needed, it remains on the table. Hold your fork in your right    hand, tines upward.
American Style
1 Hold your fork like a pencil (never used it to stab at food), with the shank extended   between your thumb and second and third fingers. Your fourth and fifth fingers rest in   your hand.
2 For leverage, the index finger is extended along the back of the fork, as far from the   tines as possible.
3 Hold your knife with the handle cupped in the palm of your hand, along with your third,   fourth, and fifth fingers. Your second finger is placed on the back of the blade. Your   thumb is held against the side of the handle.
Two Utensils. Using two utensils as opposed to one is preferred because food is easier to manipulate with two utensils. In formal dining, two utensils are used for the appetizer course, main course, salad course, dessert course, and fruit course.
Table Manners During the Meal
When to Start Eating
At a small table of only two to four people, wait until everyone else has been served before starting to eat. At a formal or business meal, you should either wait until everyone is served to start or begin when the host asks you to.
Refusing a Dish
If you're allergic to a food or on a restricted diet, explain to your host (not to the table at large) why you have no choice but to decline.
Main Course
If you order for yourself, you can avoid some of the potential difficulties of a main course by ordering food that is easy to eat and that you’ll know you enjoy.
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Dining Etiquette

Table Etiquette

1. Do we drink Beer before wine or wine before beer?

2. If I leave the dining table, how do my associates/friends and the restaurant staff know that I am returning?

3. A father, a mother, a grand father and a 10 year old son enter the restaurant. Explain who should enter the restaurant as per protocol?

4. Explain the cutlery used for the following dishes?

1. Spaghetti
2. Caviar
3. Camembert Cheese
4. Lobster

5. As the lady approaches the dining table is it considered correct dining etiquette for gentleman to stand up while the lady sits down?
True or False
6. Is it table manners to dip biscuits into the tea and eat them?
True or False
7. A business man invites his business client(Gentleman) for lunch. Is it dining etiquette for the     business man to pull the chair for his business client?
True or False
8. If something gets stuck in your teeth while eating is it etiquette to use a tooth pick on dining table while covering your mouth with the left hand?
True or False
9. Is it table manners to eat cake with a tea spoon?
True or False
10. While entertaining more than 4 people is it ok to preset the menu before the guests arrive?
True or False
11. Is it appropriate to serve white wine after serving red wine to my guests?
True or False
12. Which glass would you serve cognac in?

(a)

(b)

(c)

13. Tick the right cutlery used for fish?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(e)

(f)

14. Tick the items that is considered rude to eat at business lunch.

1. Black Salt
2. Onions
3. Tomatoes
4. Fish
5. Garlic
6. Pasta

15. Recommend the corresponding wine for the following dishes:

1. Coq-au-vin rouge
2. Fish Newburg
3. Lasagne Bolonaise
4. Chateaubriand
5. Dal Makhni (Black lentils in butter sauce)
6. Butter Chicken (Chicken in tomato/butter gravy 

Dining Etiquette Quiz

 If I leave the dining table, how do my associates/friends and the restaurant staff know that I am returning? A lady executive is the host and invites a gentleman to a restaurant, should the man pull a chair for the lady inspite of being the guest? A toast is proposed in your honor, you take a sip and say thank you – are you correct? Who should start the meal first – Guest or Host?

Do you understand the following?
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What makes dining etiquette different from table manners? Some of the dining etiquette questions confuse people when they are confronted, with dining etiquette situations, especially in Fine Dining restaurants, semi formal restaurants and high profile banquets, where dining has become an integral part of corporate and personal entertaining. Do’s and Don’ts of dining etiquette.

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