It can be lunch or dinner, or tea. Solemn reception is arranged for a special occasion and this holiday is different from all the rest. The whole reception is held at the table. Without special need for the rules of etiquette is not recommended to leave their place. A festive banquet consists of 2 parts.
These are changes in dishes and table toasts, all meals are served in turn and are not immediately exhibited. Each dish serves its own drinks. After the banquet, guests are offered a tea or coffee table, which is served in another room. During the break, clean the table, serve dessert, tea or coffee.
How to cover a festive table for a banquet?
Before covering the banquet table with tablecloths, they are covered with a soft thick cloth, it drowns out noise in the room and prevents the fight of dishes. The table is covered with banquet tablecloths, with a descent of 30 cm. In the middle of the tablecloth has a flattened scar. At first place small table canteens, they put them at a distance of 60 cm from each other, so that the edge of the plate is located from the edge of the banquet table at a distance of 2 cm.
Starting from the center of the table, place the plates, first on one side of the table, then on the other, make sure that the plates stand opposite each other. On the dining plates put snack plates, and on the left at a distance of 10 cm put pirozhkovye plates, they should be from the edge of the banquet table at 5 cm. A blade to the plate and to her right put a table knife, next - a fish knife, then - a tablespoon, concave side up, followed by a snack knife. If 2 snacks (meat and fish) are served, then 2 snack forks and 2 knives are put. To the left of the plate horns up put a dining fork, to the left put a fish fork and next to 2 snackbars. Dessert knives and a fork are placed behind the plates. Handles of all devices are located on the same line.
Banquet table
In a certain sequence, glasses and wine glasses are put. Wine glasses are put on the table against the table knife behind the plates, to the right of the wineglass put (lower) the rink and vodka glasses. In the second row, a wine glass and a glass are placed in a wine glass for champagne, and on the right a higher high-wine glass. Depending on the different wines, there are different options for serving a banquet table with crystal.
On the banquet table do not put cognac glasses, they are served to coffee with liqueur or cognac. Laying out the instruments on the banquet table, placing glasses and wine glasses, lay napkins in the form of a cap or shuttle, they are put on snack plates.
To the device of each participant of the banquet, to the left behind the patty plate, put a printed card-menu. Through the appliance put the spices - pepper and salt, salt put on the banquet table to the left of the pepper. Decoration of a banquet table is served by vases with fruits and flowers. Flowers can be placed in small bunches or one flower. Flowers should not have a sharp smell. The washed fruit is wiped with a dry towel and beautifully placed in vases. Fruits fit in a certain sequence, the first row - apples, then pears, then put oranges and grape brushes that hang from the vase. In the evening put candelabra with candles.
Wine and vodka products must be prepared. Mineral and fruit waters are served in a cooled state. Red table wines and cognac do not cool. Must be food ice, each guest given the opportunity to take and put in a glass to cool drinks.
Shortly before the guests come, they spread out the bread. Put it on the left side on the patty plates with a leftward crust, and put the black bread on the right side of the plate with a crust to the right. Instead of bread, you can serve round small buns, 2 rolls per plate, served kalachi, pies, if the menu is caviar.
Take advantage of these tips and properly cover the festive table for the banquet.