Table Setting

 1. Dinner plates placed 2 inches from the

table’s edge, centered on the placemat or
squarely in front of each chair.
 2. Soup bowls are placed on top of the
dinner plate
 3. Salad plates are placed to the left of
and just above the forks

PLATES AND BOWLS

 4. The bread plate should be placed to the
right and slightly above the salad plate

 5. When serving multiple courses the

dishes may be brought one at a time.

PLATES AND BOWLS

 1. Water glasses above the dinner knife

 2. Coffee cups and saucers may be placed

on the table to the right of the knife and
spoon.

CUPS AND GLASSES

 1. Silverware should be placed on the
table in the order it will be used
 2. Forks are placed to the left of the
dinner plate; knives and spoons go to the
right.
 3. Knives should be placed with their
cutting-edge toward the dinner plate

SILVERWARE
 4. Utensils should be about 1/2-inch away
from the plate or each other
 5. Avoid placing more silverware than the
meal calls for.
 6. The dessert fork or spoon should be
centered above and parallel to the dinner
plate.
 7. If you will using specialty silverware, be
sure to arrange the silverware on either side
of the plate according to the order in which
they will be eaten.

SILVERWARE
 1. Napkins are commonly placed on the
plate, to the left of the forks or inside of a
drinking glass.
 2. Name cards are always a good idea for
place settings, if the dinner party is large.

OTHER ITEMS
 1. Order - In restaurants, meals will
simply be served first to the women, then
to the men.
 2. Serve from the left with your left hand,
remove from the right with your right
hand
 3. Pass food from the left to the right

SERVING
 4. Pass salt and pepper at the same time

 5. Clearing – It is best to clear the plates

at the same time.

SERVING