Etiquette of Wedding Table

Wedding day is your special day. Whether you’re seated front and center at the bridal table or relegated to the last table outpost in the ballroom, you’ll need to practice good table etiquette on this special day. The basis of all good table manners is a kind thoughfulness for others whether you’re eating at home or in public. Knowledge of these formal rules of table courtesy will help anyone be more considerate of others, and so be at ease at any food gathering.

Basics Etiquette

Sit up straight and do not lounge at the table. Keep elbows at your side, not resting on the table while eating. Be respectful of the personal eating space of others at the table.

Ask to have something you wish passed to you. If ignored and you must reach and can do it without too much disturbance, stand up from your chair slightly, say “excuse me” for this etiquette breach, then reach for the item. Should you tip over a glass of water or wine in the process, apologize to those at table and use your napkin to cover the spill. Don’t attempt to clean it up. Call for assistance from the wait staff.

Eat slowly and quietly. Never appear greedy. Never hold food on the fork while talking. Having once picked it up, eat a morsel promptly. If food or drink is too hot, let it stand until cooler. Never blow on it. Do not drink or talk while you have food in your mouth. (more…)

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Emily Post’s Wedding Etiquette . What makes a perfect wedding? “[The bride] and the groom both look as though there were sunlight behind their eyes, as though their mouths irresistibly turned to smiles,” wrote Emily Post in 1922′s Etiquette. Great-granddaughter-in-law Peggy Post, author of the fourth edition of Emily Post’s Wedding Etiquette, absolutely agrees with Miss Emily. (more…)

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Being the maid of honor and the best man have a number of wedding etiquette duties. This includes the church responsibilities of handling the train, making sure that everyone is in their place and hosting the reception program.

One of the important duties for any maid of honor and best man is to arrange for the bridal shower and stag party. Wedding etiquette for showers or stags can be done separately or together. It is a traditional wedding etiquette for the bridesmaids to have their own celebration as well as the groomsmen for their stag party. (more…)

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