How To Set A Table For A Five Course Meal

there are many festive occasions to set a table fit for a banquet we will show you step by step how to set a table for a five-course meal a beautiful tablecloth is always a special way to dress a table make sure that the place settings are exactly opposite each other the backs of the chairs can act as a gun allow fifty to seventy centimeters for each person start with a charger plate this is a decorative base for a place setting and is positioned exactly in the middle it should be about a thumbs width from the edge of the table this is called the baseline after the appetizer course the charger plate is cleared away with the appetizer plate if you want the table to look particularly festive you can delicately place an attractive napkin on the charger plate classic napkins made of linen and measuring fifty by fifty centimeters are suitable for this an individual menu card adds a personal touch to any place setting the cutlery required will of course depend on the food you have chosen to serve in our example we will be serving beef tenderloin for the main course lay the dinner knife to the right and the dinner fork to the left of the charger plate placing them the same distance away from the edge of the table the cutting edge of the knife should always be facing towards the plate we will be serving a fish course lay the fish cutlery next to the main course cutlery in the same arrangement push the fork up slightly line up the ends of the prongs on the fish fork with the heights of the tips of the prongs on the dinner fork if you have opted to serve a different entrance course replace the fish cutlery with other dinner cutlery of the appropriate type lay the fork for the entrance course in the same arrangement it is the only fork in a setting which is pushed upwards all the other Forks on the side are lined up with the base line if a soup will be served as the appetizer add the soup spoon now place the soup spoon on the right at the same height as the knives we have decided to serve a salad as the appetizer we need additional cutlery for this again this is aligned with the baseline then place a side plate for bread to the left of the place setting position the top edge of the plate at about the same height as the prongs on the fork which was pushed up place a small knife on the plate with the cutting edge pointing to the left the classic choice here is a spreader knife where the tip of the knife is slightly wider this is particularly good for spreading butter a dessert knife which is just a little larger is also suitable place the dessert cutlery above the plate parallel to the edge of the table and along the top line we will be serving chocolate cake for dessert so we will need a dessert spoon and a dessert fork place the spoon at the top pointing to the left place the fork below pointing to the right [Music] now we will put the glasses in position the first glass or main glass will be a red wine glass in this case to go with our main cause place it exactly above the main course knife at the height of the dessert cutlery with a top line and the knife line meat select any further glasses needed to go with the dishes and place them right next to the main glass in a line the second wine glass and water goblet will be placed on the right side [Music] we hope you will be pleased with your banquet table your dinner guests will love it [Music] you [Music]

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Length: 4min 40sec (280 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 01 2017