Restaurants normally can't put out cutlery for dessert until people have chosen which they're having.
Just once, in Midsummer House, I've seen a complete set of service cutlery laid out with the service plate at the start of the meal, then cleared away before the cutlery appropriate to what each person was eating for each course was brought out.
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Just once, in Midsummer House, I've seen a complete set of service cutlery laid out with the service plate at the start of the meal, then cleared away before the cutlery appropriate to what each person was eating for each course was brought out.