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About
Service Skills is the class that reveals the other side of hospitality — the etiquette of hosting impeccably, and of being hosted with grace. To understand service is to understand the quiet machinery of elegance: how a flawless evening is actually produced, and how to receive such care with the ease it deserves. This knowledge elevates you as both host and guest. You will learn the standards of fine service: how a formal table is laid and cleared, the sequence and choreography of courses, and the roles and rhythms that make a well-run household or event appear effortless. We cover the etiquette of hosting at the highest level — anticipating needs, managing staff or help with courtesy, and orchestrating an occasion so that your guests feel entirely cared for. You will also learn to be a gracious recipient of service: how to interact with staff with warmth and respect, how to signal your needs discreetly, and how to move through hotels, clubs, and fine establishments as someone who understands and honors the work being done for her. This class instils a deep respect for excellence and for the people who deliver it. You will learn that true refinement is never imperious; it is gracious, grateful, and attentive to everyone in the room, seen and unseen. By the end, you will host with the quiet authority of someone who knows exactly how things ought to be done, and receive hospitality with the ease and appreciation that mark a truly well-bred woman — equally at home setting the table and sitting at it. This class is also essential for the woman who will one day run a refined home, manage events, or build a business in hospitality or luxury, where understanding service from the inside is a genuine asset. You will learn to direct an occasion with calm authority and to recognize excellence when you receive it, along with the grace that distinguishes true refinement from mere privilege: gratitude, courtesy, and attention to the unseen work that makes elegance possible.