In some social gatherings or in high end restaurants the butter knife goes to the right and then the regular knife. On the left outer side the small salad fork and then the regular fork for eating your dinner. Remember: Work from the outside in towards your plate.
Left. While this is correct, it's counter -intuitive , as most people are right-handed. This persists as an affectation of superior social graces, and feel this out-moded custom is overdue for retirement.
In a standard Western or European setting the knife goes to the immediate right of the plate with the cutting side of the blade facing toward the plate, and the fork (or forks) go to the left of the plate; with the dinner fork closest to the plate and forks for other course to the left in such wise as the fork for the first course is on the outside, Hence the rule of thumb, when unsure of which fork to use, start at the outside and work in.
The fork should be placed on the left side of the plate, and the knife should be placed on the right side of the plate in a formal dinner setting.
The fork should be placed on the left side of the plate and the knife should be placed on the right side of the plate in a formal dinner table setting.
The knives are always on the right of the plate, blade in, the forks on the left.
A dinner knife is the one you cut your steak with and the dinner fork is used to pick up food and lift it to your mouth.
A dessert fork or spoon should be laid horizontally above the dinner place. If both a dessert spoon and dessert fork are present, the fork should be closer to the plate. The fork should have its tines to the right, and the spoon should have its bowl to the left. It is also acceptable for the dessert fork or spoon to be brought in with the dessert.
In a formal dinner setting utensils are either on the left or right of the plate. The knives and spoons are set to the right of the plate and the forks are set to the left of the plate. If there is more than one fork like a salad fork, the salad fork will be placed further left to be used first. The same applies to a soup spoon which will be placed further right of the plate to be used first.
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Would you like me to provide you with a single fork for the dinner party tonight?
The service plate one inch from the edge of the table with the soup bowl on top. One the left side place the salad fork, dinner fork, and fish fork. The knives go in the same order on the right side. The dessert spoon and cake fork go one inch above the service plate. Bread and butter goes above the forks and a glass of water and wine go above the knives with a napkin folded carefully beside the forks on the left side.
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