FRENCH

DINING
ETIQUETTE

By Mykhalevych Polina
 Content
1. The Cutlery and Table setting
2. The Table manners
3. Other Dining Etiquette Don’ts
4. Dining Etiquette Do’s
The Cutlery and Table setting
The Table Manners
Fork and knife at 4 and 8pm (upside down V) Fork and knife placed diagonally together across
means that you are still eating. the plate means that you have finished eating.
• Other Dining Etiquette Don’ts

Don't ask for

butter
Do not ask for butter, in France
this is reserved for cooking or
for breakfast.

Don't start
eating the
bread before
the food arrives
Don't drink soft drinks or fizzy drinks when eating
Don't eat with your hands
Don't hide your hands below the table

Don't ask for ketchup

Dining Etiquette Do’s
Do tear the bread with your hand, not with your knife

Do put your bread on the left side of the

plate, not in it
Do look people in the eyes
when you cheers

It's considered bad luck to not look into the

person's eyes when you clink glasses.
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