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French table manners are quite demanding. Here are my top 27 do’s and dont’s if you want to be polite at a French table.

In this French table etiquette article, we’ll talk about passing food around politely, refusing or accepting seconds, as well as the good manners for eating bread and cheese.

Did you know the French use their silverware position to indicate whether they are done eating? Table manners are quite different in France: you must keep both hands over the table, eat with your index finger extended on the silverware – read my lesson for French table etiquette tips and vocabulary.

There is more to French Table Etiquette than “Bon appétit”: did you know for example that you needed to wait for your host to start eating AND drinking? The French keep both hands on the table and cheese is only passed once… 

There has been a lot of talks about doggy bags in France: do the French use doggy bags at all? Is it impolite to ask for a doggy bag in France? Is it customary? And most of all, how do you say doggy bag in French: what is the French translation? “Sac à toutou”?