History of the Place Setting
Politeness
Plain & Simple
World Style
The Big "Set" Up
Acronyms
100
This utensil started out as a round shell and become the most useful tool for liquid when someone tied a stick to the end of it.
What is the spoon?
100
The five rules of introduction require that you 1) Stand, 2) Make Eye Contact, 3) Smile, 4) Introduce Yourself and 5) _____?.
What is Shake hands?
100
In Japan, these items are used to eat most of the cuisine.
What are chopsticks?
100
The purpose of this item at our place setting is to wipe our mouth and collect crumbs, but it also starts and ends the meal. HINT: It makes a really pretty fan too!
What is the napkin?
100
We say this after someone says "thank you" or TY (on text)
What is "You're Welcome" or YW (on text)
200
This utensil was has many sizes, the most common are the "salad ____" and the "dinner ______".
What is the fork?
200
In a restaurant, this person is very helpful to us and can answer any question we may have on the menu. HINT: We should pay close attention to him when specials are told to us.
Who is the waiter?
200
This style of dining is performed all over the world where we hold our knife and fork in our hands while eating; we only place them down when we are resting. HINT: They rest in a triangle position.
What is Continental Style?
200
This utensil can be placed on the inside of the setting, nearest the plate or on the outside position depending on whether you are having your salad before or after your main course. (In Europe, this item is usually on the inside, in America, it is usually on the outside)
What is the salad fork?
200
This person is so important, that we introduce them first (or say their name first) no matter who we are introducing them to.
What is a VIP - Very Important Person?
300
This utensil use to be very dangerous until King Louis XIV declared a law making sure its dangerous and sharp side faced in towards the plate and had a rounded top.
What is the knife?
300
We say this magic word when we ask for something from someone.
What is "please"?
300
When we are in America, dining American Style, our closed position will look like this TIME on the clock.
What is 3:15pm?
300
This is the name of the communication between the server and the diner that tells them simply with our silverware in a certain position that we are "still eating" or "done eating".
What is silent service?
300
This acronym means that you find something very funny when you are texting or emailing.
What is LOL - Laughing Out Loud?
400
This item use to be bigger than a bed sheet until the fork was invented. It got smaller when we stopped eating most of our food with our hands.
What is the napkin?
400
These are the three things every boy age 10 years old and over must do for the rest of their lives.
What is Open the Door for ladies, Stand when ladies enter the room, and Seat ladies into their chairs.
400
When in London meeting the Queen, we must never show the queen this part of our body when we leave the room.
What is our back?
400
This item is always placed above the dinner knife at any place setting.
What is the water glass?
400
When someone wants to give you more data so you know all the facts, sometimes they say this before stating the information.
What is F.Y.I. - For Your Information
500
This item is never used to hold food – it is purely for decoration and is always placed directly on the table with the main service plate on top.
What is the charger?
500
When you go to a buffet table, you get one of these. And every visit you make to the buffet table for seconds, gets you a brand new one of these.
What is a plate?
500
This tasty treat is a free food item, a gift from the chef to give us an idea of his amazing talents before any part of the meal is served. It is a "pre-appetizer" and is a french word that means "amusement for the mouth".
What is the amuse bouche?
500
If it’s a messy dessert you have, we are the only two utensils you’ll ever need!
What are the dessert knife and the dessert fork?
500
This acronym means to please let us know if you will be attending our event. The letters will be short for a phrase that is french.
What is RSVP - Responde Si Vous Plait
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