Proper dining etiquette tips for success and confidence in a professional setting.

1. Wakefield & Wakefield
Business Etiquette

2. In Today’s Digital Age…
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 People skills and good manners matter!
 In-person gatherings are the exception.
 Add personal touch to digital presence.
Soft skills drive hard skills.

3. TONIGHT’S TOPIC:
 Proper Dining Etiquette
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Your Professional Success
Hard Skills People Skills

4. TABLE MANNERS
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 Find a mentor…watch what they do.

5. TABLE MANNERS
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 From frog legs to chopsticks?
Tonight: the BASICS!

6. TABLE MANNERS
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 Be at ease at the table…comfortable, confident.
 Embarrassing things will happen… all you can do is
laugh it off! (and keep trying.)

7. TECHNOLOGY
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 Give the gift of your full attention.
 If it happens…

8. TABLE SETTING
Start from the outside and work your way in.
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9. NAPKINS & POSTURE
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 Your first move: napkin on your lap.
 Sit up straight!
 No elbows on the table.
 Nervous habits?

10. WHEN TO START EATING
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 Has everyone been served at your table?
 Has your host started eating?
 Are at least two or three other people eating?
for each course
ask yourself…

11. EATING!
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 Take manageable bites; chew and swallow before
taking another.
 Avoid taking a drink or talking with a full mouth.
 Say “Please pass the …” instead of reaching.
(Keep the salt and pepper shakers together when
passing.)

12. SOUP
 From the
near edge of
bowl: skim
from front to
back.
 No slurp!
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13. SALAD
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 Huge pieces of lettuce?
May cut, just not all at once.
 Hard to get the bite onto your fork?
Bread or knife work great as a “pusher.”

14. BREAD
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 Break into a moderate size piece.
 Butter the piece on plate.
 Enjoy!

15. FORK AND KNIFE
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16. FORK AND KNIFE
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17. COFFEE
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 Cream or sugar? Set spoon on saucer, not in cup.

18. EMILY POST’S TOP TEN “DON’Ts”
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 Chewing with mouth open/talking with food in your
mouth
 Unpleasant noises - slurping, smacking, blowing your
nose
 Holding utensil like a shovel
 Picking teeth (or flossing?!?!?) at the table
 Failing to place napkin on lap or not using it at all
 Sipping drink while still chewing food
 Cutting up all your food at once
 Slouching over your place setting or elbows on table
 Reaching
 Leaving table without “excuse me”

19. *Proper Dining Etiquette*
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 Make a great impression. Start using these habits
today…
People will remember!