Table Manners and Dinner Etiquette

When a bread and butter plate will be used in the table setting, along with a salad plate, where should it be placed?

Above the forks to the upper left

Napkins are included in the table setting for a formal meal. Where should the napkin be placed?

At the place setting on the left of the dinner plate

Where is the water glass put in Continental Style Dining?

At the top right of the plate

Goblets, Tumblers, and glasses are considered what classification of tableware?

Beverageware

When large groups of need to be served, which classification of service is often used?

Buffet Service

When eating your meal at a public event you should...

Eat properly, taking small bites so your mouth is not overstuffed

The reason Janet passes the serving dishes first to the guests at the table is to ensure that all guests:

Feel respected

Forks, spoons, and knives are all considered what kind of tableware?

Flatware

What do you do to be excused from the table?

Fold your napkin, ask to be excused, and leave quietly

A salad is served as a first course and the main part of the meal will be saved later. Two forks are part of the place setting. Good table manners guidelines indicate that a person should use what utensil to eat the salad?

Fork farthest from the plate

In plate style dining the food is cooked where?

In the kitchen

When a group of teens were eating out and received poor service, they became noisy and did not leave a tip. What type of behavior did the teens display?

Inappropriate

When setting the table for a formal meal, where should the dinner fork be placed?

Left of the dinner plate

When planning large meals you should make something that requires...

Less cooking time and can be prepped fast

Compared to family services, continental, or Russian service is:

More Formal

Fresh carrots, celery, broccoli, and cauliflower with ranch dip, fried chicken, oven fries, and cookies are served at picnic. What flatware would be needed to eat this informal meal?

No utensils are needed

What type of centerpiece should you never have on a table with food?

One that contains dirt and blocks view of diners

What type of dinner service is used at most restaurants?

Plate Style Service

David is having dinner with his elderly grandfather. Which guideline for table manners should David use?

Pull out the chair and help his grandfather be seated

Jason is hungry but only takes one serving of meat, leaving seven pieces for the other seven guests at the table. Which example of good manners is Jim following?

Taking no more than one's share

In which direction do you pass the serving dish?

To the right

While eating fish, Sarah felt a bone in her mouth. Which guideline for good table manners should Sarah use?

Use a napkin to remove the bone as discreetly as possible

Judy was pruning houseplants when her mother called her to dinner, Which guideline for good table manners should Judy use?

Wash her hands before going to the table

When dining in another country you should...

Watch other diners to observe their behaviors and customs

Aaron is visiting another country on vacation and eating in a restaurant. He notices that many around him are using eating utensils differently than he is accustomed to back home. What should he do?

Watch others in the restaurant and eat as they do

Why should you practice good manners?

You are more confident knowing what to do