The Correct Way To Lay The Dinner Table

[Music] [Applause] [Music] welcome to my etiquette guide for fine dining today i'm going to show you the correct way to lay a dinner for six people [Music] i've just finished laying up the other five places so now i'm going to do the last one which is the head of the table on this side so we're going to start off with the plate and once again we're going to position it using the thumb rule because it's the top part of the thumb roughly about an inch from the edge of the table and once that's in stitch you can move the chair away again inch from the edge of the table we're going to do the knife on the opposite side then we're going to have the starter cut right next to it and again using your thumb roughly because because it's around the edge we're gonna have to use the fork next to it to actually line it up to be exact and the same on the knife side [Music] so just going to pop the fork down which is obviously the pudding then above it you're gonna have the dessert spoon [Music] obviously there's gonna be a soup okay so i'm now just going to rim it [Music] and then the side plate is just going to go in there and again using the thumb just to blend it from an inch from the edge of the table and the butter knife just above and just to quickly mention that with the cutlery make sure you've got a few millimeters in between everything so it's all symmetrical so next we're going to put down the white wine glasses and this one will just sit between the two knives just in that kind of little gap as i caught the little bridge [Music] then we're going to have the water glass to the left which is quite a large glass and then the red wine on the right so what we're starting to do is create we will be creating a dime information in a second then we're going to have the champagne which goes with the pudding a nice pink champagne or you could have a pudding wine glass there it's a pood and white and then lastly you could then have a port nice you've got this damn information and the great thing about this is it's great if you're a guest because you obviously then know that you start with your white going onto your red this will already have water in it then you notice your champagne and then finally then they'll be poured salt and pepper and then lastly the mustard and a little spoon for the mustard [Music] so finally i'm going to remove the plate so we don't need this now and then place the napkin in the center [Music] yes i think we're looking at absolute perfection the table is finished i'm just doing final checks making sure the fox in the right places the knives are correctly laid the spoons are there chairs are correct the only other thing to quickly mention is when decorating the table you can use candles you can use night lights i've used a couple of candle candlesticks you can go as elaborate as you want or low key and i think that's it so ladies and gentlemen dinner is served [Music] you

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Length: 4min 29sec (269 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 06 2016