Dining Etiquette Workshop Outline:
I. Dining Etiquette/Why it Matters
II. Dining Etiquette Skills
- A Time to Connect
- Proper Table Setting
- Compliment the Cook/Host
- Table Linens
- Wait
- Honoring Other’s Traditions
- Stand
- Correct Use of Utensils
- Know Your Utensils
- American Style versus Continental Style
- Serving & Buttering Bread
- Passing
- Tasting
- Unique Foods
- Declining Food
- Removing Unwanted Items
- Awkward Moments
- Buffet Lines
- Forks or Fingers?
- Accidents at the Table
- Taking the Last Bite
- Plates Shouldn’t Sparkle
- No Licking
- Heaping Plates
- Soup Etiquette
- Conversation
- Noises
- Don’t Correct Others
- Who Sits Where
- Who Pays
- and more