For those of you who love to entertain this is a "must know". Anyone can do it and so can you. It's real easy, the etiquette experts tell us. The general rule with utensils is to start from the outside of your place setting, and work your way toward the service plate (the main meal plate): soup spoon first, then fish knife & fork, then the service knife and fork.
A - Serviette (napkin) 
B - Service plate
C - Soup bowl on plate
D - Bread & butter platewith butter knife
E - Water glass
F - White Wine
B - Service plate
C - Soup bowl on plate
D - Bread & butter platewith butter knife
E - Water glass
F - White Wine
G - Red Wine
H - Fish Fork
I - Dinner Fork
J - Salad Fork
K - Service Knife
L - Fish Knife
M - Soup Spoon
N - Dessert spoon and cake fork
H - Fish Fork
I - Dinner Fork
J - Salad Fork
K - Service Knife
L - Fish Knife
M - Soup Spoon
N - Dessert spoon and cake fork
Note: It is often recommended that the salad fork (J) is placed to the left of the dinner fork (I). However, in this formal setting the dinner fork is placed before the salad fork because it is suggested that the guest waits for the main meal before helping him/herself to the salad.
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