It is used to serve the main course at all meals formal and informal.
Formal dining plate setting.
This setting is perfect for a small lunch with friends or family.
Luncheon is lighter simpler meal than dinner a repast served on a plate about 9 to 9 5 inches in diameter.
If you are going to serve tea after your formal dinner you can place a teaspoon on the saucers your guests use for their tea cups.
You may use napkin rings or fold the napkins elegantly.
Place them in the middle of the dinner plate.
For this type of setting place a plate in front of each chair.
The formal place setting is used at home for a meal of more than three courses such as a dinner party or a holiday meal.
Next place a dinner fork on top of the napkin.
The first item to place on the tablecloth is the dinner plate.
Stemware is set above and to the right of the dinner plate.
The dinner plate is used more than any other plate.
Teaspoons wouldn t be placed at individual place settings at a formal dinner.
Don t use teaspoons unless strictly necessary.
Then take a folded napkin and place it to the left of the plate.
To the right of the plate place a knife blade facing toward the plate and then a spoon.
Position it right in the middle of each setting equally spaced and with enough room for the rest of the setting.
Modern dinner plates measure from 10 to 11 inches across.
Bread and butter plates sit above the forks to the left of the place setting.