Polished table manners will distinguish you from the crowd in business and social arenas worldwide. While you may need to unlearn some bad habits, the rewards are impressive!

                                  

                                                                                   

A person's table manners can tell you more about that person than almost any other trait. Today, nearly half of all business transactions, including job interviews, are conducted at the dining table. Negotiating the minefield of place settings, table manners and difficult foods, while trying to hold a conversation, however, can be stressful and challenging.

The behaviors we use in social situations are learned skills. We can unlearn bad habits and replace them with good ones. We can appear confident at cocktail parties, dinner parties and networking situations. We can learn fine dining skills and how to handle food and beverages gracefully while meeting new people.

THE ETIQUETTE SCHOOL OF NEW YORK in Manhattan focuses on providing adults with the polished dining skills they need to generate positive impressions in any business or social situation, and to dine like a diplomat.

The following programs are available for individuals, private organizations, and corporations.

 

                                       DINING ETIQUETTE AND SOCIAL SKILLS 

 

Today, many social and business interactions center around dining or entertaining. Whether it is your new client, your peers or a date you want to impress with your charm and sophistication at the table, THE ETIQUETTE SCHOOL OF NEW YORK'S  Dining Etiquette and Social Skills for Adults tutorial will prepare you for these social occasions.

This two-hour tutorial will provide you with the polished dining and social skills needed to create a favorable, as well as memorable impression:

•     Proper Introductions - Introducing Yourself and Others
•     Handshakes  - How and When to Shake Hands
•     Posture, Eye Contact  - What your Body Language Reveals
•     Conversation--Before Taking a Seat and at the Table                     
•     Savvy Host and Gracious Guest  -Responsibilities of Each
•     Dinner Conversations - Appropriate and Inappropriate Topics
•     Silverware, Glasses, Place  Settings and Napkins-The Basics
•     How to Correctly Use Your Utensils-- Silverware Savvy
•     American and Continental Dining Styles
•     Wine Etiquette- At Home and in Restaurants
•     Toasting Etiquette
•     Protocol for Ordering, Seating, Paying and Tipping
•     The Importance of RSVPs and Thank-You Notes

 

                                  HOW TO SHINE AT SOCIAL EVENTS

                                       

This hour-and-a-half seminar will prepare participants to face any business or social cocktail party, reception or networking event with confidence and poise. You will learn:

•      How to Introduce Yourself and Others
•       How to Shake Hands with Confidence
•      How to Start a Conversation, Keep it Going and Gracefully Exit
•      How to Project a Positive Image
•       How to be Charming
•      How to be a Savvy Host and Gracious Guest
•       How to Gracefully Handle Food and Beverages
•      The Protocol for Exchanging Business Cards
•       How to Dress Appropriately for the Occasion
•       The Importance of RSVPs and Thank-You Notes

 

                              SIMPLY DINING FOR SIMPLY EVERYONE

 

If your social skills are up to par, but your dining skills are not, then this dining tutorial is for you. The Etiquette School of New York is now conducting Dining Tutorials for individuals and self-organized groups.

 

•        Dining Dos and Don'ts
•        Understanding Place Settings
•        Taking Your Seat and Napkins
•        Stemware and Beverages.
•        The Bread Plate and How to Properly Eat Bread and Rolls
•         Rules for Eating Soup
•        Silverware Savvy
•        Continental and American Dining
•        Dealing with Unwanted Food
•        Passing Food at the Table
•        How to Eat Dessert with a Fork and Spoon
•        Wine Etiquette and Protocol
•        Toasting Etiquette
•        Protocol for Ordering, Seating, Paying, and Tipping

 

Fee for Dining Tutorial: The fee for a private dining tutorial at a restaurant in Manhattan is $250.00, plus the cost of the meal. Included is "The Little Book of Etiquette" by Dorothea Johnson.

You can now schedule a private "Introduction to Table Manners and Dining Skills" tutorial at our office. For those who are uncomfortable with being instructed in a public setting, this is the perfect solution.  You will be instructed in all of the above mentioned topics, but no food will be served. The fee for a private one-on-one tutorial is $250.00. Included is "The Little Book of Etiquette" by Dorothea Johnson.

 

Call 212-288-5413, or e-mail Patricia Napier-Fitzpatrick at pfitzpatrick8@nyc.rr.com today to schedule an appoinment.