In the western food etiquette, the visit of the table is a high degree of etiquette, a little attention is rude. The following is what I have organized for you in the western food etiquette table setting, I hope to be able to help you oh!

Western food etiquette in tableware placement

The world's high-level Western banquet table is basically unified.

***The same principles are: plate in the center, plate before the horizontal spoon, fork left knife right, first inside and then outside, fork tines up, knife towards the plate, the main food to the left, cutlery in the right, a variety of cutlery into a line, cutlery and dishes supporting.

Tabletop items: vase in the center of the table, salt and pepper in front of the vase, salt on the left and pepper on the right, toothpick holder in front of the salt and pepper, tobacco jar in front of the toothpick holder, the gap in the tobacco jar is aligned with the middle of the salt and pepper, and the table mat is placed in the center of the table.

When setting, hands should not touch the surface of the plate and the mouth of the glass, and use a tray to hold cutlery, drinkware and utensils. Gloves should be worn when placing gold and silverware to ensure that the tableware is clean and to prevent contamination.

Tableware placement process and standards

Dinner plate decorative plate → dinner knife, fork, spoon → bread plate → wine glass. After the tableware is arranged, put napkin flowers in the dinner plate, vase, pepper shaker and salt shaker in the center of the table, as well as toothpicks, ashtrays and candlesticks.

1. Display Tray

You can use a tray to hold the tray, or you can use your left hand to put a cloth on the tray. Mouth cloth pad in the bottom of the plate tray, the display tray, starting from the host position, in a clockwise direction, with the right hand will be placed in front of the dining table, the plate edge from the edge of the table 1.5 centimeters, the distance between the plates should be equal.

2. Place bread and butter plates

Place the bread plate 10 centimeters to the left of the display plate. Bread plate and the center axis of the display plate to take the same, butter dish placed in front of the bread plate right, 1.5 cm from the bread plate, the pattern is correct.

3. Place the knife, fork and spoon from the right side of the display plate in order to place the knife, fork and spoon. When placing, you should take the knife, fork and spoon handle in hand, and start from the main knife.

1The main knife is placed on the right side of the display plate, perpendicular to the edge of the table, with the handle of the knife 1 cm from the edge of the table, and the blade of the knife to the left, 1 cm away from the display plate.

2Fish knife, head plate knife, and soup spoon, placed 0.5 cm apart, blade to the left, spoon side up.

3 The main fork is placed on the left side of the presentation plate, 1 cm away from the presentation plate, and the fork handle is 1 cm away from the edge of the table.

4The harpoon is placed with the handle 5 cm from the edge of the table and the fork head protruding upwards. The head plate is open and the fork faces upwards, and the fork handle is parallel to the main fork handle.

5 For the dessert fork, place it directly in front of the dessert spoon, parallel to the spoon, with the spoon head to the left, 1 cm from the fork handle of the dessert fork.

6Butter knife, placed diagonally on the loaf pan with the blade to the left, the center of the butter knife matching the centerline of the loaf pan, and the handle of the knife facing down to the right, one-third of the way up the loaf pan.

4. Arranging the wine set

When arranging the wine set, take the cup holder or the bottom of the glass of the wine set.

1 water glass placed on top of the main knife, the center of the bottom of the cup in the center line of the main knife, the bottom of the cup from the tip of the main knife 2 cm.

2 The red wine glass is placed to the lower right of the water glass, with the line between the center of the bottom of the glass and the center of the bottom of the water glass at an angle of 45° to the edge of the table, and the walls of the glass spaced 0 5 cm apart.

3 The white wine glass is placed to the lower right of the red wine glass, and the other criteria are the same as above.

5. Placement of napkins

Folded napkins folded flowers in the display tray, napkins folded flowers with appropriate matching, the ornamental side toward the guests.

6. Candle holders and pepper and salt shakers. Western banquet generally set two candlesticks, candlesticks placed in the center line of the tablecloth, the table on both sides of the appropriate position. Pepper and salt bottles should be placed symmetrically on the center line of the tablecloth according to the left salt and right pepper, bottle walls 0.5 cm apart, the bottom of the bottle and the candlestick bottom distance of 2 cm.

7. Place ashtrays and matches. The ashtray should be placed in front of the host or hostess, its center is on the vertical line between the center of the host or hostess's display plate, and 2cm away from the pepper and salt shakers. The matches are set flat on the top of the ashtray with the picture up. Arrange the ashtrays every other person, starting from the right side of the first host. 4

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