For young people attending their first formal dinner, these are helpful tips..
1. Unfold your napkin after your hostess has picked up hers.
2. Allow things to be passed to you and don't reach across your neighbour
3.You may rest your hands on the table but never your elbows
4. Plates are only to be touched on the outer rim
5.Cutlery to be held at the outermost edge of the handles
6.As soon as forks and knives have been used, they should not touch the tablecloth not even the handles.
7. Soup plates to be tilted away from your body. Plate to be held at the side near you with one hand only,
8. Blade of knife should always point toward the plate and take the cutlery starting from the outside in.
9. Wine or Champagne glasses are taken from the one nearest you.
10. Be sure to converse with guests on both side of you.
