table placement. basic table setting setting the table influences: the appearance of the food served...
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Table Placement
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Basic Table Setting
• Setting the table influences:
• the appearance of the food served
• the tone/feeling of the meal
• people feeling important
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Three components of a place setting:
1. Dinnerware—plates, cups, bowls, saucers,
2. Flatware—butter, dinner and steak knives; salad/dessert, dinner forks; soup, dessert and teaspoons
3. Glassware—water goblet, milk and wine glasses, and sherbet glass.1. Glassware includes stemware.
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A Cover is: • Cover - arrangement of a place
setting for one person; dinner plate is generally in the middle of the cover.
• Set the table with what is needed for the meal.
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6 rules in proper dinnerware placement:
1. Allow 20-24” for each place setting with the plate in the middle.
2. The rule of thumb: the plate should be 1” from the table edge (use thumb).
3. Bread/butter plate—top left, above the salad plate.
4. Salad plate—lower left, above the napkin.
5. Soup bowl—on plate or separate.
6. Cup/saucer—separate or glassware.
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Differences in flatware:
• Soup spoon— larger than teaspoon
• Salad/dessert fork— smaller than dinner fork
• Butter knife—shape and size smaller than dinner knife
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5 rules in flatware placement:
1.Also a rule of thumb—place items 1 to 1 1/2 ” from the table edge so that handles are lined up and the utensils are even with the plate.
2.Forks—to the left of the plate 1. dessert fork is sometimes placed
above the center of the plate3.Knives, spoons—to the right of the
plate. 1. The dessert spoon is sometimes placed above the center of the plate
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5 rules in flatware placement:4. Arrange flatware in order of use, from outside toward plate—(salad fork at the
left of the dinner fork if the salad is the first course, otherwise, to the right of the dinner fork if the salad is served with dinner)5. *Forks— tines up
*Knives— sharp cutting edge toward plate*Spoons— bowls up *Butter knife— on bread/butter plate
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Rules of glassware placement:
• Water goblet at the tip of the knife blade.
• Other beverage glasses at right of goblet and slightly forward in a diagonal. NOTE: cup and saucer—lower right.
• If glassware contents are cold, serve with saucer to catch moisture condensation.
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Placement of the napkin:
• Left of the forks
• Center of the dinner plate or cover
• In the water goblet
• The napkin is placed so that when it is removed, it will not disturb any of the flatware!
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Setting the Table
• Tableware– Any items used for serving and eating the food. This includes
dinnerware, flatware, glassware, and linens.
• Place Setting– The pieces of tableware used by one person to eat a meal
• Serving Pieces– Platters, large bowls, and other tableware used for serving food.
• Cover– The arrangement of a place setting for one person.
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Table Placement
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Basic Table Placement
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Formal Table Placement
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Family Dinner Table Placement
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Various Settings