TABLE SETTING AND ETIQUETTES

AIM
TO ACQUAINT YOU ALL ON ASPECTS OF TABLE SETTINGS AND ETIQUETTES

SCOPE

ETIQUETTES
A FRENCH WORD. RULES, USUALLY UNWRITTEN REGARDING THE BEHAVIOUR OF MEMBERS OF A PARTICULAR PROFESSION, TOWARDS EACH OTHER.

TABLE ETIQUETTES
TYPES OF PLATES. TYPES OF GLASSES. CUTLERY. NAPKINS. TABLE CLOTH. TABLE DECORATIONS. TABLE CARDS. SERVICE METHODS. DRINKING AND SMOKING.

TYPES OF PLATES

TYPES OF PLATES
QUARTER PLATE-BREAD/CHAPATI (61/2). DINNER PLATE-MAIN DISHES ( 10). SOUP PLATE/BOWLS- (881/2). NEVER LAID ON THE TABLE INITIALLY. DESSERT PLATE-DESSERT&SALAD (71/28)

TYPES OF GLASSES
LIQUEUR. SHERRY. RED WINE. GIN GOBLET. BRANDY. BEER. FRUIT /JUICE GLASS. WHISKEY. CHAMPAGNE. WATER.

TABLE SETTING

GLASSES
ARRANGED ABOVE KNIFE TIPS. WATER TUMBLER ON TIP OF LARGEST KNIFE, ON RIGHT OF MAIN PLATE. ALL OTHER GLASSES ON RIGHT OF WATER TUMBLER.

CUTLERY
OUTERMOST SPOON/KNIFE/FORK FOR THE FIRST COURSE. NEAREST FOR THE LAST COURSE. PUDDING SPOON AND FORK LAID BESIDE( NOT ABOVE DINNER PLATE). END OF FORK & KNIVES ABOUT 1 INCH FROM END OF THE TABLE.

CUTLERY
KNIFE BLADES POINT INWARDS. FORKS PLACED WITH POINTS UPWARDS.

SOUP SPOON FARTHEST FROM MAIN PLATE; BUT FIRST TO BE USED.

NO FIXED PLACE FOR BUTTER KNIFE. SERVING SPOONS PLACED( HEAD TO TAIL)AT CONVENIENT PLACE ON THE TABLE.

NAPKINS
USED AT ALL MEALS. SHOULD MATCH THE TABLE CLOTH. PLACED UNDER(QR PLATE/WATER GLASS) OR FOLD IN DESIGN. SPREAD ON LAP DURING DINNER. LAY THE UNFOLDED NAPKIN ON LEFT SIDE OF DESSERT PLATE AFTER DINNER. SHOULD NEVER BE USED AS TOWEL.

TABLE CLOTH
SHOULD BE HEMMED (1/2 WIDE). OVER HANG THE TABLE (12-15). LUNCHEON TABLE CLOTH IS 3 INCH SHORTER THAN DINNER.

TABLE DECORATIONS
UPTO 20 PEOPLE,ONE CENTRE PIECE OR FLOWER ARNG OR A FRUIT DISPLAY WITH TWO CANDLE BRASS. CANDLES WHITE/PLAIN COLOUR,NEVER SHADED. FLOWERS LOW ENOUGH,TO ALLOW GUEST SEE OVER THEM. SINGLE ROSE/ GLADIOUS IN SLENDER VASE ENOUGH FOR SMALLER TABLE. ROUNDED/ELONGATED SHAPES MADE IN SHALLOW CONTAINERS.

PLACE CARDS
USED FOR CONVEINENCE OF GUESTS. WHITE COLOUR, VISITING CARD SIZE. PLACED ABOVE THE MAIN PLATE. NAMES,RANK AND DECORATIONS WRITTEN/ TYPED ON THE CARD. CREST/MONOGRAM MAY BE ENGRAVED.

SERVICE METHODS
LEFT HAND SERVICE. RIGHT HAND SERVICE. COMBINATION.

DRINKING
NOISELESS AND SMALL SIPS.

WINES
SERVE. RED ROOM TEMP & RED MEAT. WHITE- CHILLED WITH WHITE MEAT. SERVED ALONG WITH MEALS. TWO KINDS OF WINES NEVER FROM SAME GLASS.

COFFEE
SERVED AFTER THE MEAL.

ALCOHOL
APPORIATE DRINKS BEFORE LUNCH - BEER/GIN/SHERRY. BEFORE DINNER WHISKY/GIN/COCKTAILS/SHERRY DURING DINNER SHERRY/CHAMPAGNE/PORT/BRANDY. AFTER DINNER - WHISKY/ BEER/BRANDY.

SMOKING

DEPENDING UPON MESS RULES. DURING DINNER NOT ALLOWED. AFTER DINNER POSSIBLE WITH PERMISSION OF PRESIDENT. INCORRECT TO SMOKE PIPE IN DINING ROOM.