1. 8.04 meal service and meal etiquette

2. Different Styles of Serving Food
Family Style- When the food being served is in the middle of the table in serving dishes and is passed around to each person to the right to serve themselves.
ex. traditional Thanksgiving dinner
Plate Service- When the food is placed on the plate in the kitchen and brought out to the person eating.
ex. restaurant
Russian/Continental- This is a very formal style of meal service that usually consists of multiple pieces of dinnerware, flatware, and stemware. Usually many courses of food.
Buffet- People help themselves to food set out on a table.
ex. Golden Corral

3. Some definitions to know…
Etiquette- courtesy shown by using good manners when eating.
Cultural – changes depend on where you are and what you were taught. There are subcultures within cultures (teens, families, elderly, men vs. women, etc.)
Tableware-any item used for serving or eating food, plates, bowls, glasses
Flatware-knives, forks, spoons, gravy ladles…
Place setting-Tableware needed by one person to eat a meal.

4. Can You Set the Table? Meal 1: Meal 2: Scrambled eggs Fruit bowl
Waffles
Hash browns
Coffee
Orange juice
Meal 2:
Before dinner salad
Bread and butter
Chicken
Peas
Mashed potatoes
Cheesecake
White wine
Water
Coffee

5. COVER
Cover is a differ- ent way of saying Place Setting. It changes depend- ing on what is at the meal. A B C D
Serviette (napkin)
Service plate
Soup bowl on plate
Bread and butter plate with butter knife E F G H
Water glass
White wine
Red wine
Fish fork I J K L
Dinner Fork
Salad fork
Service knife
Fish knife M N
Soup spoon
Dessert spoon and cake fork

6. Foods OK to eat with fingers…
Sandwiches
Chicken nuggets
Chips and dip
Wings
Cheese and Crackers
Raw veggies and dip
Corn on the cob

7. Why Should I Use Manners?
They show you know how to act right.
They show that you care about yourself.
They build self-esteem.
They allow people to live and work together with ease.
They can help you get a job.
They can help you get something you want.
They can bring you respect.
They can help you impress a romantic interest (and his/her parents!)
They can help you get help from teachers
they are FREE!

8. Top 10 Table/Eating Manners
Use the accepted phrases: please, thank you, may I, excuse me, I’m sorry.
Thank the host.
When leaving the table, place napkin in your chair.
If you drop something, leave it on the floor and ask for a new one.
Butter your bread one bite at a time.
Cut your meat, pancakes, pasta, etc. one bite at a time.
Spoon soup away from you and sip quietly.
Get a little bit of everything to be polite.
NO CELL PHONES.
No burping or other bodily gases…way to ruin the mood!