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The document discusses the history and importance of table manners, covering etiquette rules from different time periods and cultures. Basic table manners are outlined, including how to handle utensils, pass dishes, and indicate when finished eating. Mistakes are understandable as etiquette can vary globally, but publicly criticizing others is considered more improper than mix-ups over fork placement.

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Table Manners

The document discusses the history and importance of table manners, covering etiquette rules from different time periods and cultures. Basic table manners are outlined, including how to handle utensils, pass dishes, and indicate when finished eating. Mistakes are understandable as etiquette can vary globally, but publicly criticizing others is considered more improper than mix-ups over fork placement.

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TABLE
MANNERS
AND
ETIQUETTE
TABLE
MANNERS

Taught by your parents as a child


Speak volumes about your refinement
As a sign of character
Reactions and behavior at the dining table
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Code of polite behavior in

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the society

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Must be specially learned
IMPORTANCE
OF TABLE
MANNERS

For other people to be


comfortable
To keep us from embarrassing
ourselves
HISTORY

When did table manners


started?
HISTORY

15,000 years ago


- Flint knives and bare hands
27 BC – 476 AD
-Romans first observed
washing hands and wiping in
linen napkins
600 AD
-Forks were used in the
Middle East
HISTORY
1200
-Small dining table
-Bowls for soup and spoons
-Breads as plates
1400 (RENAISSANCE)
-Started using plates
-Developed rules on knife
handling
-A book called “On Civility in
Children” was written
1533
-Catherine de’ Medici
introduced fork to France
HISTORY
1650
-Usage of fork is common
1700
-Tea and coffee
-Tablespoon and teaspoon
-King Louis XIV offered table
settings to his guests

1729
-French priest wrote a guide
to behavior for young
gentlemen
HISTORY
1922
-Most successful guides was
written by Mrs. Emily Post
-Placements of the utensils

Recent Years
-Busy life
-Unaware of table manners
BASIC TABLE MANNERS AND
ETIQUETTE

1. Seating
Arrangements
Always wait for your host to
guide you at your seat.
BASIC TABLE MANNERS AND
ETIQUETTE

2. Posture

Sit upright, do not slouch


BASIC TABLE MANNERS AND
ETIQUETTE

3. Napkin

Unfold it and place it on your lap


as soon as you are seated
BASIC TABLE MANNERS AND
ETIQUETTE

4. Before you begin


eating
Wait for the cue from the host
before you begin eating
BASIC TABLE MANNERS AND
ETIQUETTE

5. While eating

Keep your mouth closed while


chewing
BASIC TABLE MANNERS AND
ETIQUETTE

6. Place Setting

The food is usually placed to the left


of your plate and the drinks to your
right
BASIC TABLE MANNERS AND
ETIQUETTE

7. Handling food and


utensils

The continental style is usually


followed both during formal and
informal dinners
BASIC TABLE MANNERS AND
ETIQUETTE

8. When the food is hot

No matter how hot your food, do


not blow on it.
BASIC TABLE MANNERS AND
ETIQUETTE

9. Before adding
seasoning
Always taste your food before
adding seasoning to it
BASIC TABLE MANNERS AND
ETIQUETTE

10. Bread

Never cut up bread with the knife


BASIC TABLE MANNERS AND
ETIQUETTE

11. Soup
Remember to scoop it away from
you. Transfer it to your mouth from
the side of the soup spoon and not
from the end of it.
BASIC TABLE MANNERS AND
ETIQUETTE

12. Beverage

Always hold a stemmed glass by its


stem
BASIC TABLE MANNERS AND
ETIQUETTE

13. While pausing

Place the knife over the fork making


an inverted ‘V’ at the center of your
plate
BASIC TABLE MANNERS AND
ETIQUETTE

14. Passing the dishes

If the dish you want is out of your


reach, politely ask for it to be passed
to you. Salt and pepper should
always be passed together
BASIC TABLE MANNERS AND
ETIQUETTE

15. When you are


finished
Keep the knife and fork side by side
on the table. Remember that the
tines of the fork should face upwards.
“It is okay to make mistakes; people tend to be
understanding about it.  But remember that
calling another person out on inappropriate
etiquette is more wrongful than mistaking the
dinner fork for the salad fork.”
TABLE
MANNERS
AROUND THE WORLD
TABLE MANNERS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
ADDITIONAL
Resist the urge to sing
during meal.
Do not put money on
the dining table.

Do not let the food wait.

Avoid taking the last


piece of food on a
serving plate.

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