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FORMAL DINING AND

TABLE MANNERS

TABLE MANNERS

The way you eat your food, or the socially

acceptable way to eat your food, especially
when eating a meal with others
or
The socially accepted code of manners to
be observed whenever dining. The degree of
observance of these rules may vary
according to the formality of the occasion
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Why are Table Manners Important

 Prevent one being sloppy

Communicate respect and gratitude to host
Saves one from being embarrassed

GENERAL TIPS
How to be seated
Punctuality
Dress code
Seating plan
Sit from your _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Leave the table from your _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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GENERAL TIPS
How to be seated
Draw the chair _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Possible
Posture to be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Elbows _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the table
Start eating _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Finish eating _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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 USE OF SILVERWARE

Start using cutlery _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Fork in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ hand
Knife in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ hand
Never take _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in your mouth
Cutlery position when not finished
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 USE OF SILVERWARE

Cutlery position when finished

Never wave with _ _ _ _ _ _ in your hand
Never drink with _ _ _ _ _ _ in the same hand
Liquids from the _ _ _ _ _ _ of spoon
Solids from _ _ _ _ _ _ of the spoon
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 USE OF NAPKIN

The only place for napkin while eating

Place for napkin when finished
Napkin on the chair
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ blow in the napkin
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 USE OF GLASSWARE
What to do before drinking
What do the glasses contain
When you dont want a drink

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 ESSENTIAL DOs & DONTs

Smoking
Chewing with mouth open
Chewing bones
Using a tooth pick
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 Maximum noise with cutlery & crockery

Talking with mouth full
Blow on the hot food to cool it down
Lean forward to help yourself

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 Move your plate forward once finished eating

Never wait in the queue in buffet
Eat while standing beside the buffet table
Fill the plate to its maximum capacity

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 Something is spilled
o On yourself
o On the table
o On your neighbour

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 Filthy jokes
Burping
The waiters & servers
The host

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we should not save our best manners for the

outside world anyway surely the people with
whom we live deserve our best
Elizabeth Post

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