Dining Etiquette Workshop

For the last blog, I went to a Starr Career Development Center Workshop with two of my friends. In this dining etiquette workshop, I learned the proper table manners that need to be follow during an interview. Typically, after the first round of interview, you will be contact for a formal food interview. In this interview, your’re expected to act a certain way to make a good impression. First, we were served food. I expected a full course meal but maybe my expectation is too high. We were served a buffet style of food but they ran out of pasta before we gotten our food, that’s kinda sad. At a formal dinner, the table was set up with multiple spoons and forks. Each course have its own utensils and we started with utensils on the outside and work your way in as the meal goes on. Keep in note that water is always place on the right. After you sat down, you should place the napkin on your lap and if you want to leave to use the restroom, place the napkin on right of your plate. In such interview, she suggests not bringing a bag, if you brought on, don’t hang it on your chair but to put it behind your back. However, the way I was taught was different from what the speaker said. I was told to place your bag on the floor to your left. Perhaps there’re different ways. She also mentioned that when ordering, we shouldn’t order neither the most expensive dish nor the cheapest dish. We order something that’s medium priced. In addition, males can either keep their blazers on or off but females must keep it on. Most importantly, don’t order any alcohol even if the employer asks you to because you don’t want to get drunk make a fool out of yourself. Also, the host should always pay. Overall, this workshop was informative and helpful for me in the future if I were to go to a formal food interview. Not only so, it will also be useful if I go eat at restaurants that require formal attire.