How to set a table with just a knife and fork.
Table setting knife placement.
The dessert fork is the closest to the dinner plate.
Knives are made in a host of shapes some with serrated blades others with dull edges and pointed or rounded tips.
Because the majority of people are right handed the knife and spoon are laid on the right side of the place setting and the fork s on the left.
This makes it easier for the right handed diner to pick up the knife in the their right hand.
Place all forks to the left of the dinner plate.
Salad fork butter knife and.
The placement starts on the outside of the place setting and moves inward toward the plate.
Knives with serrated blades such as steak knives cut meat.
Cutlery has a specific place at a dinner table whether you re using only one or two pieces or the complete ensemble.
The table setting is mostly designed for right hand dominant diners and thus the handle of the butter knife is placed so that it points to the right.