Table Ethics session

Table Ethics session

December 21, 2017
As an undergraduate of Software Engineering degree program, in near future we have to spend a professional life.So we will be able to participate into conferences, clients meetings, top board meetings, professional parties and etc.  So we have to learn on how to sit for a dinner/ lunch, how to behave in a table, how to wear professional dress code for office and parties. In some times it is a puzzle to select suitable dress code for a party.

For this session madam made lot of plans  but finally  we plan to go Srilanka Institute Of Tourism and Hotel Management School  because of the time & money issues. we divide our batch as two teams & i was in the second team our team plan to go on 15th of November.

First we had a session about Dressing & behavioral approaches. He told us how to wish someone in different situations,space between two persons when they talk & speaking manners in group. The next part he talked about life morals and values negative thoughts, don't care attitude always bad for our life, when we post something in social medias we should remind that the this world watching us.

NAPKIN ETIQUETTE

At informal meals, place the napkin in your lap immediately upon seating. During formal occasions, before unfolding the napkin, wait for the hostess to remove her napkin from the table and unfold it in her lap.

1. Place the napkin in your lap upon seating.
2. When leaving the table temporarily, put the napkin on your chair.
3. At the meal's end, fold your napkin and place it to the left of your place setting.

HANDLING UTENSILS

 The continental style prevails at all meals, formal and informal, because it is a natural, non-disruptive way to eat.

THE TABLE SETTING 

Deciding which knife, fork, or spoon to use is made easier by the outside-in rule – use utensils on the outside first and working your way inward. So, if you are served a salad first, use the fork set to the far left of your plate.

Your water glass is the one above the knife in your place setting and your bread plate is to the left. To remember which bread plate belongs to you and if the glass in front of you belongs to you or your neighbor, use “b” and “d”. Touch the index finger on your right hand to your right thumb. Touch the index finger on your left hand to your left thumb. The “b” formed by your left hand is for “bread”(your bread plate is always at the left of your place setting). The “d” formed by your right hand is for “drink”(your drinking glasses are always at the right of your place setting).

Our table setting section discusses in greater detail what you'll see at the table.

BREAD PASSING ETIQUETTE

1. If the loaf is not cut, cut a few pieces, offer them to the person to your left, and then pass the basket to your right.
2. Do not touch the loaf with your fingers, instead use the clothe in the bread basket as a buffer to steady the bread as you slice it.
3. Place the bread and butter on your butter plate - yours is on your left - then break off a bite sized piece of bread, put a little butter on it, and eat it.

SALT AND PEPPER ETIQUETTE

Always pass the salt and pepper together.

  

SEATING ETIQUETTE

In a restaurant, the guest of honor should sit in the best seat at the table. Usually that is one with the back of the chair to the wall. Once the guest of honor's seat is determined, the host should sit to her left. Other people are then offered seats around the table.

FOOD SERVICE ETIQUETTE

During service of a formal dinner, the food is brought to each diner at the table; the server presents the platter or bowl on the diner's left. At a more casual meal, either the host dishes the food onto guests' plates for them to pass around the table or the diners help themselves to the food and pass it to others as necessary.

MEALS END

At a formal affair, plates are removed by a professional staff. But as most informal meals are served without help, the hostess clears the plates, often with the help of a guest or two. At a family meal, members clear their own plates.

CLEARING THE PLATES

• If the meal is formal, plates will be removed by the staff.
• At informal meals, the hostess will probably clear the plates, possibly with one or two guests helping.
• At a family meal, members clear their own plates.

Leaving the dining room. To signal dinner is concluded, the hostess catches the eye of the host, lays her napkin on the table, and suggests that everyone go into another room for coffee and after-dinner drinks. The hostess rises from her chair.