In what order do you serve certain types of food at a formal setting...such as bread,soup,appetizers?

Answer 1

appetizers,soup, salad, main course, dessert...the bread is left on the table from the soup till the main cource is finished that way people can have it threw the whole meal

Answer 2

Bread Soup Salad Entree Dessert

Answer 3

Depends on the type of meal you are serving. in some cultures such as Italian or Chinese the salad or a light version comes at the end of the meal. Traditional styles usually start with Appetizer, Soup, Salad, Intermezzo ( lime sorbet), Entree, Dessert. some also follow the meal with fruit and soft cheeses and a after dinner liquior such as a cognac, champagne, sparkling reisling or blush.

Answer 4

At a very formal dinner, the order of courses is as follows: appetizer, soup, fish, meat (usually accompanied by vegetables), salad and cheese, and dessert. Seven course dinners are rarely served today, and you are more likely to encounter appetizer or soup, salad, entree and dessert. Bread is served with the salad course.

Answer 5

the proper serving order is appetizers first. Soup second bread is served with the main course. The salad if your having it. then desert or apritifs.(after dinner drinks such as sherry or a sweet liquior or wine.

Answer 6

Old-fashioned formal dinner parties had 14 courses, in this order:
1. Oysters or clams on the half shell. Fruit or caviar may be substituted.
2. Soup, giving each guest a choice of clear or thick.
3. Radishes, celery, olives, and salted almonds.
4. Fish, served with fancifully shaped potatoes and cucumbers with oil and vinegar.
5. Sweetbreads or mushrooms.
6. Artichokes, asparagus, or spinach in pastry.
7. A roast or joint, as we say, with a green vegetable.
8. Frozen Roman punch, to clear th palate and stimulate you to go on.
9. Game, such as wild duck or little birdies, served with salad.
10. Heavy pudding or another creamed sweet.
11. A frozen sweet. It is a nice touch to have tiny crisp cakes with this.
12. Cheeses, with biscuits and butter. Or you may serve a hot savory of cheese, which is more filling.
13. Fresh, crystallized, and stuffed dried fruits, served with bonbons.
14. Coffee, liqueurs, and sparkling waters.
Each course requires it's own plate and flatware, and as only three knives and forks are permitted on the table at the start, the others must be brought in with their courses.
Miss Manners offers this only as a basic list; you needn't consider yourself limited to it.

Answer 7

Bread should always be available (before and during a meal) at the table. It's good to combine it either with butter or an olive spread.
How many courses are you planning to have? In a regular 4 course meal it should be: soup, salad, main dish, dessert.
Coffee or tea should always be served "after" the dessert, not during it.

Answer 8

H'orduvers, or appetizers should be available upon guest arrival.
Soup or Salad should be served, not both. Bread is served with soup.
Main dish then served. (a meat, starch and vegetable)
Dessert offered, but not served.
Cocktails or Wine

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Answer 9

first the soup then the main dishes lastly the appetizers