À la carte and table d ' hôte table settings.
à la carte:
Place settings are called covers (French =) covered. The cover includes the place for each guest, and their crockery, tableware, glassware, cutlery and napkin. There are two basic covers in restaurants and which is chosen depends on whether the customer is choosing from an à la carte or table d ' hôte menu. An à la carte menu offers a wide choice of individual dishes. Table d ' hôte menu is a fixed price menu, with a set meal offering a number of races. With an à la carte cover the cutlery, flatware and crockery for each race are ugly just before each course is served. The traditional cover laid prior to the start of the meal is that suitable for appetizers (the first race in a classic menu sequence).
Laying an à la carte cover:
1 put the side flat down to mark the cover position.
2 Lay the fish knife and fork.
3 place the wine glass above the tip of the knife.
4 place the water glass slightly to the right and behind the wine glass.
5 move the side plate to the left.
6 place side knife on flat side (1/3 to the right of the flat).
7 place the napkin.
Table d ' hôte:
Table d ' hôte cover requires the cutlery and flatware for the whole meal to be ugly out before the first course is served. Place the side flat down to mark the cover flat and then build the cover around this position. With table d ' hôte, surplus tableware is removed after the customer has placed their order. This is called the Exchange cover. The reasons for this are: cutlery that is not required will only clutter the table, removing the cutlery can act as a memory prompt as to what the customers have ordered and it portrays a professional image to the customer. The cutlery is ugly in the order the guest eats the races-from the outside in.