Article: Once all of the guests are finished eating, gather up the dirty dishes, leaving the charger and any unused silverware. Serve the next course immediately by placing the prepared dish directly onto the charger. Plan for a little bit of prep time in the kitchen between courses to arrange the food on the plates. The charger stays on the table until dessert is served. When serving a full course meal, most hosts or hostesses provide goblets of water and a glass of wine. If you have room, consider serving drinks family-style by placing pitchers of water and bottles of wine on the table, allowing the guests to serve themselves. This will save you time and let you relax during each course. If you don't want pitchers or wine bottles on the table, you will need to refill guests' glasses yourself. If you have hired wait staff, they will refill the guests' drinks for you. Once the dessert course is ready, clear away any bread plates, main course plates, silverware, and the charger. Leave the dessert silverware at the top of the placemat on the table. This will give your guests room to stretch out while they enjoy dessert and digest their meal. Some people also like to offer dessert wine, port, brandy, or scotch during this course.
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Clear each plate away before serving another. Consider how drinks will be served. Clear all of the dishes before dessert.