There's a whole host of unwritten rules when it comes to dining etiquette, and unless you have someone who teaches you exactly what to do when you sit down at a restaurant or dinner party, it can be tough to learn what all those rules are.
And while some things, like not talking with your mouth full or putting your elbows on the table, were taught to us as children, it turns out there are other rules that barely any of us know.
In fact, one etiquette expert has claimed that most of us don't know how to eat bread properly in formal settings - as you're not supposed to bite it, or cut it open with a knife.
According to Julie Lamberg-Burnet, founder and CEO of the Sydney School of Protocol, you're actually supposed to break bread into bite-size pieces with your hands, and butter each piece on your plate.
Speaking to Femail, she said: "Holding the bread over your plate, break it into bite-sized pieces one at a time, butter each piece - avoid doing this action in mid-air. Avoid sawing or cutting bread and laying it thick with butter. Do not put your used knife back into the common butter dish."
Ms Lamberg-Burnet also said we should avoid "talking with cutlery", which means we should be putting our knife and fork down on our plates if we're going to start talking - as well as when chewing food, drinking, or using a napkin.
And on the topic of napkins, we're apparently using those incorrectly too, as we should be waiting for the host of the dinner party to unfold their napkin first, and should only ever place it on our lap.
She added: "As a guest, watch the host and only then do you remove the napkin from the table - place on your lap - never in your shirt collar between buttons - and place the crease beside your waist."
The expert also said you should never neatly fold your napkin at the end of your meal, and instead should pick it up from the centre and leave it to the left of your table setting - making sure not to put it on your plate.
Elsewhere, Ms Lamberg-Burnet cautioned against starting to eat before your dinner host, as well as eating too fast and having "personal effects" such as phones and keys on the dinner table.
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