The "Art de la Table"
Our Art de la Table program is composed of 4 different classes.
You can complete your knowledge of this “Art of the Table” program by consulting our «Business Etiquette». Our program « Etiquette in the restaurant and hospitality » will teach you all the keys to a successful business lunch and will give you all the rules of etiquette for catering professionals.
The art of entertaining and etiquette at the table class (4 hours)
French Etiquette builds a fully customized etiquette reference system for your company, meeting the following criteria: your company, your brand, your sector of activity (restaurant and other kinds of hospitality, sales, luxury goods, services, industry, finance, etc.), your business (sales, management, consulting, service, etc.), your teams, your objectives, etc.
Among the topics covered:
The preparations, the invitation, the choice of menu, the seating plan, the Art de la Table and the decoration, the management of guests, the services, the good manners…
The etiquette in the restaurant class
(4 hours)
Meals in restaurants are very special moments to spend time, strengthen relationships, celebrate important events in our lives and enjoy the delights of gastronomy.
French Etiquette gives you all the keys to honour your guests with your Savoir-Vivre by teaching you the rules of etiquette in restaurants (from the formalization of the invitation to the thanks, including the judicious choice of place and guests and good manners at the table).
Among the topics covered:
The invitation, the choice of restaurant, the seating plan, the Art de la Table and good manners, the reception – the placement and management of guests, the dress code …
The History of the Art de la Table class
(3 hours)
French Etiquette invites you to discover the French history of the Art de la Table, by going through its evolution from the 15th century to the 20th century.
You will discover how gastronomy, utensils, cooking methods, the place of the kitchen and dining room in the architecture of houses and castles, table service, as well as the uses and customs of the table have evolved over the centuries.
We offer you a real invitation to travel back in time.
We will travel together for more than 5 centuries retracing the French history of the Art de la Table where each anecdote will transport you between France and Singapore.
Receive "helper offer" in French style class
(4 hours)
In Singapore, we like to receive and receive in the French way is a wonderful gift for our guests. Your helper certainly has an important role in the preparations, in the setting up of the table, in the first contact with the guests, in the service at the table…
French Etiquette offers helpers a very practical training, with simulations, to give them all the techniques to receive your guests in the French way.
Among the topics covered:
Preparations (house, kitchen, table service), tableware and decoration, guest management, serving and cleaning, good manners…