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Dining Etiquette - The Art of Meal and Beyond-Salt n’ Pepper Please

Refine your dining skills while enjoying a 3-meal-course. No Dining Etiquette is an incomplete education! Your table manners reveal a lot about your educational background. There is more to dining than passing the salt and pepper or just filling the belly. Knowing how to navigate the rules of the table has always been an important professional skill. However, some of the etiquette tips have had to be adjusted in light of the recent pandemic events.

This course covers all elements of dining etiquette, whether you’re the host or the guest, from arrival all the way through to departing the table and thank you note. By the end of the course you will master the rules of the table to fit in anywhere with anyone, feel confident about any dining table set, from the white house, the crown, downton abbey to the queen’s banquet, circulating at drinks parties, introducing guests to one another and dealing with seating plans, toasts and speeches. How you hold your knife and fork, where you place your napkin, how you sit, how to converse without touching taboo topics, small-talk savy – all these and the way we eat reveals a lot about us. But it’s not just about observing the rules. Table manners are about more than simple customs.

The first part of the course focuses on the theory of dining etiquette and in the second session, you put these skills into practice over a three-course meal. Employers say that a person’s table manners (or lack thereof) may be a deciding factor in securing a signed contract.

“The World was my Oyster, but I used the wrong Fork” (Oscar Wilde)

Objective

Outline

I will guide you through the plethora of rules and nuances of dining etiquette. After this class, you'll be more confident and at ease at any dinner whether with friends, family or co-worker, happy hours and business meals.

1. Why Art
2. Styles of Dining
3. Non-verbal communication to the maitre
4. (In)-Formal Table Setting examples
5. Napkin Rule
6. Before Meal
7. During Meal
8. After Meal
9. How to be much more mindful eating out and about (restaurants, buffet, fast food chains)
10. Dining Etiquette Quiz
11. Practice with 3-Course-Meal

Who should attend

This engaging one-day theory and practical course (incl.3-course-meal) is useful for anyone who wants to have a complete education, especially professionals who want their table manners to be en par with their manners at the boardroom table.

Methodology

Pre-assignment
PowerPoint Presentation and Discussion
Case studies with Videos
Role plays
Individual exercises
Group activities

Testimonials

I wasn't aware that employers and HRs do interviews at coffee or lunch for a reason. The same reason where business deals and relationships are made or break
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Profile of Juliana Mamoni

Juliana Mamoni - “Entrepreneur”, Founder and Director of a famous Lifestyle & Etiquette Institute of Singapore - is a globally recognised Lifestyle Expert, known by many as “The Life Guru” (Expat Living Singapore). She has a BA in Economics with a further degree in Hotel Management (in Berlin), a diploma in Men’s Fashion Design (in Milan) where she was coached by an assistant to the acclaimed late designer Gianni Versace and holds a certificate in Basic Rules of Protocol & Soft Diplomacy (in Brussels) and in Introduction Psychology (Yale) in High-stakes Leadership (University of Michigan) and in NLP Practioner & Life Coaching (accredited).

Juliana, a genuine multi-lingual (German/English/French/Ga) citizen of the world, spent much of her life travelling the globe. She has lived in Africa, Europe, America, and now Southeast Asia. For over 25 years, she worked in the International Exhibition and Conference Industry, Hotel Industry and the world of Design. She has been in charge of high-powered delegations from the private and public sectors deriving from all corners of the world. With her solid reputation in global circles for living and breathing the principles of international etiquette & protocol, both professionally and in private, Juliana has the foundation and is therefore in an ideal position to advise on international decorum and certify people.

She holds workshops and instructional meetings for the Governmental, Educational, Corporate and Private Sector, addressing Business, Social, Youth Etiquette and Protocol (Mastering Soft Skills and Emotional Intelligence where she scored 96 out of 100 as highly emotionally literate).

She hosts interview series with global Opinion Leaders and TV personalities such as Anthony Scaramucci (former White House Communication Director), Hannah Ferrier (Netflix BelowDeck), Royal Family of Hohenzollern (oldest former emperor of Germany).
Juliana’s life experiences, professional exposure, and ongoing studies led to the birth of her company - a famous Lifestyle & Etiquette Institute. Her aim is simple: to help people make healthier, more socially appropriate choices, resulting in happier, more rewarding lives “Look-Act-Feel Good”.

Juliana is frequently quoted in the media. Articles about her work, especially in Soft Skills and Leadership have appeared both in print and online. She’s a member of the International School of Protocol and Diplomacy Brussels, of Protocol & Diplomacy International-Protocol Officers Ass. (PDI-POA) Washington D.C and member of Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). She acts since 2016 as a Mentor for the students of NUS (National University of Singapore) and is Author of “Help Your Child Shine” – Etiquette and Character Education For Kids Ages Five to Seventeen – available on amazon, and also author of two booklets for Soft Skills at Workplace “Contemporary Business Etiquette”, “10 Power Soft Skills for Success at Work”.

Featured in:

• Online Press in “Exapt Living Magazine” – Style & Beauty (March 2015)
• Print Press in “LIV Magazine” – Fashion (April 2015)
• Online Press in “EX-Men” (October 2015) & Online Press “Expat Living Magazine” 2016
• Print Press in “Impulse” – Magazine for German-speaking Community in SIN 2016
• Print Press “Kids Guide” 2017,
• ASIA TODAY (contributes articles on soft skills and leadership topics)
• Connected Women
• Institute of Leadership and Management (Women in Leadership Challenging Stories)
• Interviewed:
• Radio Kiss FM Berlin
• Radio Kiss 92 Morning Show Singapore 2016 (Maddy Jason and Arno)
• Audi Fashion Festival Singapore 2013
• Singapore Fashion Week 2015 with Diane von Furstenberg (DvF)
• EcoEurope Talk – From Farm to Plate (Healthy Living)
• YouTex Indonesia

Speaker at:

• MOH/AIC Singapore 2015
• GDevelopers Conference San Francisco 2015
• University of San Francisco 2016
• NUS – 2016
• MOM/WDA Singapore – 2016
• Virgin Radio Dubai – Girl Gamer interview Dubai
• Abu Dhabi - Esports Educational Conference (Soft Skills)

Serves as a Member of:

• NUSS – The Graduate Club –Singapore
• Mentor for NUS Students in Soft Skills 2016-2020
• Etiquette Moms U.S.
• International School of Protocol and Diplomacy – Brussels,
• Protocol and Diplomacy International Officers
• Institute of Leadership and Management