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There is no limitation as to how many courses one may serve at dinner. The basic idea behind the seven course dinner is to spend some memorable time and enjoy the pleasure of one’s company over delicious edibles and sophisticated wine. However there are some simple rules about table setting for a seven course dinner, like…

Onto the place plate we put a napkin, depending on the type of event.

The silverware to be used is placed from the inside out…

The knife for the main-course goes to the right…
The fork for the main-course belongs to the left…
An additional fork should be placed on the left of the first fork…
The second knife is placed at the right of the first knife…
A salad fork is placed at the left of the previous fork…
A small fork for the appetizers is placed at the left of the previous fork…
A soup spoon is placed at the right of the previously placed knife…
To the right place a pasta set-up, a large fork resting in a pasta spoon…
On top place a spoon for coffee…
Now we added on top a fork for cake…
A coffee cup is placed above the dessert spoon & fork set…
A red wine glass is put in place…
Now we place a white wine glass, to be used before the red wine glass…
A champagne glass, to be used after the red wine glass…
To the far right we have place a Riesling glass, to be used before all the other glasses…
A butter plate to the left completes this dinner set up for a seven course dinner…