Eating etiquette problems

Chapter VII Banquet Etiquette

In public relations activities, whether at home or abroad, banquets are an important step and one of the important measures.

The etiquette procedure of the banquet should be carefully designed from the beginning of the banquet, and the types, specifications, scope and time of the banquet should be arranged.

Section 1 Organizational Etiquette of Banquet

First, determine the specifications and types according to the purpose of the banquet.

Purpose: Various, such as: holiday party, work exchange, entertainment appreciation, contact feelings, congratulations, making friends, visiting VIPs, closing the meeting, etc.

Specification: the identity and status of the people attending the banquet.

Types: Banquet, cocktail party, buffet dinner, working meal, etc.

Second, choose the time and place to order food according to the guests.

Time: it is necessary to make overall plans to determine the time.

Four aspects

1, national habits. 2. The host is at your convenience. 3. Appropriate control. 4. Pay attention to foreign guests.

Venue: According to the nature, scale, banquet method and actual situation of the event, the corresponding hotels and restaurants will be selected.

Order food:

Mainly consider the guests' dietary preferences and tastes, but also consider the guests' taboos.

After the menu is selected, a beautiful menu should be printed, with 3-5 copies for each table, or one for each person.

Third, elaborate invitations and send them for confirmation.

◆ After the specifications, objects, scope and types of the banquet are basically determined, the next job is to print invitations.

Making invitations is a very formal and polite way for the host to invite.

Section 2 Arrangement Etiquette and Banquet Service of Tables and Seats

◆ Whether it's Chinese food or western table times and the seating arrangement of each table, there are strict etiquette norms.

◆ Public relations personnel should have sufficient knowledge and understanding of the basic principles of the arrangement of tables and seats, and strictly apply them in practice.

There are five sentences in the seating arrangement:

In the first sentence, other people are the best. (facing the front door of the room)

In the second sentence, take the right as the top.

In the third sentence, the middle is the best.

In the fourth sentence, the front row is the top.

In the fifth sentence, it is far above everything else. (The farther away from the door, the higher the position)

First, the Chinese and Western dining tables are arranged in strict accordance with the ceremony

◆ Most tables for Chinese food are round tables. When there are more than two tables for banquets, they should be arranged in strict order of etiquette.

The setting of the western dining table

Description of table setting:

◆ Whether it is a Chinese or western banquet, no matter how many tables there are,

◆ The principle of determining the dining table is:

After the main table is scheduled, the level of other tables depends on the distance from the main table, with the nearest table being higher and the farthest table being lower; Parallelists have the right table as high and the left table as low.

Arrangement of seats between Chinese and western food:

The arrangement of the ranks is very particular, especially when holding a formal banquet. Otherwise, the objective effect will be contrary to the host's motivation to hold a banquet if the guests are offended by mistakes in arrangement.

Section 3 Dining Etiquette

It is not a very easy thing to attend a formal banquet. Every move and smile in the process of banquet must master the necessary etiquette.

◆ It is necessary to understand and master the dining etiquette, so that we can express ourselves appropriately and freely at the banquet and shape the good image of our organization.

First, going to dinner is not easy. Etiquette must be comprehensive.

◆ When you receive the invitation and decide to go to the banquet, remember the time and place of the banquet to ensure that you can arrive on time.

◆ If there is a table number on the invitation, remember it clearly to avoid taking the wrong seat and making a joke.

Napkin:

◆ If there is a napkin on the table, the host signals the meal to start. Open the napkin, fold it in half and spread it flat on your leg. Don't put the napkin into the neckline.

◆ Put the napkin on the chair when you leave halfway.

◆ After eating, just put the napkin on the dining table at will, and you don't have to fold it neatly.

◆ Never use napkins or napkins to wipe tableware, wine sets and other items at a formal banquet.

Usage of chopsticks:

First, don't hold it too high or too low. It is more appropriate for the upper end of chopsticks to show about 3cm.

Second, don't give people the feeling of "running your teeth" when holding chopsticks, and stick your fingers together easily and naturally.

Third, don't take too many dishes at a time.

Fourth, don't leak soup and water on the way to pick up vegetables.

Fifth, don't flip the dishes in the dish tray.

Usage of western-style tableware:

◆ Generally, the left hand holds a fork and the right hand holds a knife.

◆ Hold the handle tightly with your right hand when using a knife to cut food. The food should be cut into pieces and eaten, so as to prevent the knife and fork from hitting the plate and making noise. You can't put the food into your mouth with a knife, and the fork spoon will put the food into your mouth, taking the fork teeth as the standard.

Western food spoons are also very particular.

1, don't drink the soup in the plate or bowl directly with your mouth;

2. When drinking soup, you should hold the spoon in your right hand, hold the plate or bowl in your left hand, and scoop the soup from the inside out toward the center of the table;

3. Only one third of the spoon can be put into your mouth, so don't suck hard to avoid making noise;

4. If the soup is too hot, don't blow it with your mouth. Wait a while before drinking. After drinking the soup, put the spoon on the plate. Pay attention: the spoon center is up and the handle is placed on the right edge.

Bread is the staple food of western food. How to eat bread:

◆ After breaking it into small pieces with both hands, pick it up with your left hand and eat it. Don't chew the whole bread directly with your mouth.

◆ If it is hard bread, cut it in half with a knife first, and then tear it into pieces by hand to eat.

◆ Bread needs to be coated with butter and jam. You should first break the bread by hand and wipe it on the bread block with a special knife before eating.

Wash your hands in a cup:

◆ When eating crabs, lobsters and other foods that need to be torn by hand, the waiter will send each person a small water cup made of silver, copper, porcelain and glass, with lemon slices or rose petals floating on it, which is for the diners to wash their fingers and cannot drink.

How to drink drinks:

◆ When drinking drinks at a banquet, you should wipe your lips with a napkin before drinking. Don't drink with your mouth full.

◆ If someone proposes a toast, the glass should be at the same height as the eyes. For example, when the other person is honored, he will touch the glass on the lower part of the other person's glass.

◆ Generally, in a toast on a formal occasion, you can drink half of the wine in the cup, and then the two sides will look at each other again.

Attention should also be paid to eating:

1, eat gracefully, no matter whether you eat western food or Chinese food, no matter what food you eat, your mouth should not make strange noises.

2. When you have food in your mouth, it's best not to talk, so as to avoid the indecent situation that food is ejected from your mouth.

3. In the process of eating, it is not advisable to open your mouth and pick your teeth in front of everyone. If necessary, you should block it with one hand and pick it again.

"Ten Taboos of Eating Manners"

One is to make a sound in the mouth or in the body when eating.

The second is to tidy up your clothes when eating, or make up and make up your makeup.

Third, smoking during meals.

The fourth is to persuade others to drink again and again, and even get up and fill others with wine.

The fifth is to use your own tableware to pick up vegetables, scoop soup or choose other foods for others.

Chapter VIII Order Etiquette

◆ In public activities in any part of the world, the public is divided into upper and lower levels, higher and lower levels, older and younger levels, and different apprentices.

In public relations activities, especially in important ceremonial occasions, order etiquette is a etiquette norm that gives some people the necessary respect in order to reflect the differences of participants' identity, status, age, etc., or embodies the equality of participants, and is arranged according to conventions and rules.

Common protocol order can be divided into two categories.

◆ One category refers to clearly distinguishing the relationship between participants in terms of height, height, age and so on.

Purpose: To show respect and courtesy to the superior, the superior and the elder, and to show the modesty of the host.

◆ The other is to show that all participants are equal in rights and status.

(A) the relationship between inequality, sorting rules.

The order of the meeting podium:

The general rules are: the relationship between front and back; Same row relationship; Bilateral apposition;

Relationship between front and rear rows: the first row of seated people: respect, height, size and strength;

The second row is second;

The third row is even worse.

Same row relationship:

The middle person is respectful, high, big and strong;