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1. Wait for host/hostess to seat before you do
2. Wait for the host to tell where to sit-if no indicator
3. The woman sits to the right of the man
4. Place napkin on your lap and when done place on table, not on plate or chair.
But place on chair when leaving.
5. Don’t start eating until others are seated and served
6. Don’t touch items that dropped on floors
7. Keep personal items off the table
8. Set phones on silence/vibration ,and finish meal before checking SMS and calls
9. Don’t use cutlery like shovel or stab your food
10. Don’t chew aloud or scrape your plate
11. Avoid eating noisily for instance burping
and gulping is wrong
12. Don’t clean spills with your napkin
13. Chew with your mouth closed
14. Don’t pick your teeth at the table
15. Don’t retouch make-up at the table
16. Don’t reach across for any item, rather ask for it to be passed over to you
17. Don’t place your elbow on the table while eating. You can do so while
conversing between courses
18. Say ‘excuse me, please; I will be back’ when leaving for restroom.
Don’t say '
19. Don’t blow your nose at the table
20. When you cough cover your mouth with your napkin
21. It is impolite to answer phone during dinner. If you must then excuse yourself
and leave the table
22. Don’t use toothpick while at table
23. Don’t push dishes away from you after eating, rather leave them where they are
More About
Eating
1. Don’t talk with food in your mouth
2. Taste your meal before seasoning it on table
3. Don’t blow on your food to cool it off- simply wait.
4. Eat bit by bit-not more than your mouthful
5. Don’t make an issue if you are unsatisfied- keep quiet and complain discretely
6. Always rest forks, knives and spoons on the side of your plate or on saucer or
bowl
7. Don’t request food other than that served. If any dietary restraint let your host
know ahead
8. Don’t play with food or cutlery
9. Don’t hold food on fork or spoon while talking
10. Don’t use cutleries to point or signal
11. Try to slow down the pace of eating to finish up about same time with others
12. Don’t continue to eat long after others are done
ON A FINAL NOTE
Arrive at least 10 minutes early unless otherwise specified.
NEVER ARRIVE LATE!
It is proper to go along with a hostess gift e.g flowers, candy, wine, desert. Never expect your gift to be served at dinner
Send a thank you note to your host after a dinner party.
A call might be an alternative channel.
13. Chew with your mouth closed
14. Don’t pick your teeth at the table
15. Don’t retouch make-up at the table
16. Don’t reach across for any item, rather ask for it to be passed over to you
17. Don’t place your elbow on the table while eating. You can do so while
conversing between courses
18. Say ‘excuse me, please; I will be back’ when leaving for restroom.
Don’t say '
19. Don’t blow your nose at the table
20. When you cough cover your mouth with your napkin
21. It is impolite to answer phone during dinner. If you must then excuse yourself
and leave the table
22. Don’t use toothpick while at table
23. Don’t push dishes away from you after eating, rather leave them where they are
1. Don’t talk with food in your mouth
2. Taste your meal before seasoning it on table
3. Don’t blow on your food to cool it off- simply wait.
4. Eat bit by bit-not more than your mouthful
5. Don’t make an issue if you are unsatisfied- keep quiet and complain discretely
6. Always rest forks, knives and spoons on the side of your plate or on saucer or
bowl
7. Don’t request food other than that served. If any dietary restraint let your host
know ahead
8. Don’t play with food or cutlery
9. Don’t hold food on fork or spoon while talking
10. Don’t use cutleries to point or signal
11. Try to slow down the pace of eating to finish up about same time with others
12. Don’t continue to eat long after others are done
ON A FINAL NOTE
Arrive at least 10 minutes early unless otherwise specified.
NEVER ARRIVE LATE!
It is proper to go along with a hostess gift e.g flowers, candy, wine, desert. Never expect your gift to be served at dinner
Send a thank you note to your host after a dinner party.
A call might be an alternative channel.
