Dining Etiquette Training
Whether you are having lunch with an important customer or dining with your new partner’s parents for the first time, incorrect dining etiquette can seriously undermine you. Many relationships are developed and strengthened during social interactions which are likely to include food and drink. If you don’t know how to eat, which wine glass to use, or how to tackle that bread roll, it may cast doubt on you and your education; others can’t help but wonder what else you don’t know. No-one ever says, that person eats or drinks really well!, but if you can eat with style and show confidence and skill at the dining table - be it business or social, you will command respect and show knowledge and charm that can open doors.
A four-course lunch or dinner will be incorporated in this fun and engaging course.
Course outline:
• Extending and receiving invitations
• Table settings
• Which cutlery to use
• Napkins
• Host and hostess duties
• Restaurants: corporate entertaining and social settings
• Conversation & listening skills
• Seating plans
• Wine appreciation
• Meal courses; format and procedure
• Being an appreciative guest
• American and Continental styles of eating
• When and how to make a toast
• How to handle difficult situations politely
• What to do if things go wrong
• Unfamiliar cuisine or an inedible meal
• Dining do’s, don’ts and more
Course objectives:
• Reinforcing the elegant principles of good dining, hosting etiquette
and guest etiquette
• Develop an awareness of the little things that make a big impact
• Enhance current knowledge and practice new skills