Business Dining Etiquette

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Purpose of Business Etiquette

To make others feel at ease

and to build rapport.

Using Napkins

• Place your napkin on lap after every-one has been seated.

• Fold your napkin in half with crease toward you.

• Place your napkin

on left side of plate when temporarily leaving table.

• Place napkin to

right of plate at end of meal.

Proper Starting Position

Liquids on

your right

Bread/roll on

your left

Use your utensils from the outside

in

Use your utensils from the outside

in

Iced Tea

•Don’t chew ice!

•Cup hand around lemon wedge as you squeeze it.

Managing Bread and Rolls

• If the bread or roll basket is nearest you, pick it up and pass it to your right for each person to serve themself.

• Break off a piece of bread or roll and butter it as you eat it

• Don’t mop up your plate with your bread

Your bread/roll is to your left side.

Salt & Pepper

•You always take the pepper when you reach for the salt. They travel together.

•Anything you pick up, you then pass to the right the first time.

Salad

• If the salad dressing is nearest you, pick it up and pass it to the right.

• Use your salad fork (on the outside left side)

• As you eat your salad, it should be in bite sizes. If it is too large, cut it with your salad fork.

Proper Starting Position

American Style Of Eating

• Place fork in your left hand--tines down and handle hidden--and knife in your right hand. (right-handed)

• Transfer fork to right hand to actually eat.

American StyleLay knife & fork at 3 o’clock when finished eating with

fork tines facing down

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European Style of Dining

•Take bite with fork in left hand and place food in mouth with tines face down.

Leaving the Table During a Meal

•If you must leave the table during a meal, lay your napkin on the seat of your chair.

10 Common Dining Faux Pas

• Napkin on lap before everyone is seated. Wait till everyone is seated to take your napkin.

• Blowing or stirring your soup.• Eating ice cubes.• Eating before everyone is served.

Wait till everyone at your table is served before you begin eating.

• Breaking dinner roll in half rather than tearing a bite-size piece.

Faux Pas (cont.)

•Talking with food in your mouth.

•Chewing with your mouth open.

•Eating a larger than bite-size piece of food.

•Blowing your nose at the table.

•Pushing your plate away.

•Stacking dishes.

Style and grace will boost your

competitive edge.

Know the rules of dining etiquette!

…And Don’t Forget

Your Behavior

Don’t talk while someone on stage is

speaking.

…And Don’t Forget…

If you have to leave the room, try to do so after

a speaker has finished

speaking.

Enjoy Your Conference