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1. Table Appointments
• Include all the objects in a
cover that assist a person
in dining with food and
beverage on the table
• A cover consists of the:
Dinnerware
Flatware
Beverage ware
Linens to be used by each
person / place at the
table or amount of space
allotted to each
customer.

2. • 24-36 inches / cover
• Dinner plates and
flatware – 1” from the
edge of the table

3. Flatware
•This is sometimes called Silverware
• equipment used for eating and
serving food at table.
Table knives,
forks and spoons,
serving spoons and forks, d
dessert spoons
teaspoons and coffee spoons
• They are made of silver, stainless
steel, wood or plastic.
•Silver and stainless steel are
affected by eggs, vinegar, salt, tea
and coffee.
•Discolored stainless steel can be
cleaned with non abrasive materials
like sifted wood ash.

5. Dinnerware
• Dinnerware is a collective name given to
dinner plates,
breakfast plates,
side plates,
soup bowls,
cereal bowls and dessert bowls.
•The materials used for dinnerware are ceramics, china, pyrex and plastic,
which of these types of dinnerware do you use in your home?
•When selecting dinnerware, consider the following:-
How the color and design will look when you serve your food in it
 The durability of the material T
the ease of care proper handling
storage can extend the life of your dinnerware.

6. Dinnerwares for individual cover:
1. Place plate- 12” plate used as
underliner in formal sit down dinner
2. Dinner Plate – 10” plate used for the
main dish in each cover
3. Luncheon / breakfast plate – 9”,
multipurpose plate
4. Cereal bowl – 6” multipurpose plate
used for cereal, desserts, salads or
soup
5. Soup plate- 9” deep plate, for soup in
formal sit down dinner

7. 6. Bread and butter plate- 6” plate, not only for bread but
also for dessert and molded salad.
7. Salad Plate – 7” plate used for salads, dessert or under
liner for glass stem ware
8. Cup and saucer – come in pairs, used for coffee, tea
and soup for informal meals, Saucer used as under
liner
9. Demitasse cup and saucer – small cup and saucer
used for hot chocolate or after dinner coffee. Capacity
is half as much as the ordinary cup

8. Dinnerware used for serving:
Vegetable Dish – serving for
veggies, rice or any saucy dish
Platters – oval
shape dishes
used for serving
a variety of foods
Coffee pot with sugar
bowl and creamer
Soup tureen – serving
dish for soup. It is used
with under liner with a
fitted cover

9. Beveragewares
• come in various shapes and sizes,
•They add beauty and height to table setting.
• made with glass, plastic, stainless steel and wood.
•Plastic cups are a good choice for children.
•There are two types of glasses:
Unfooted / Tumblers
Stem Ware

10. • Unfooted / Tumblers
Tumblers are tall and they are
usually used for drinking water
and fruit juice.
Short tumblers are used for
drinking alcoholic beverages.

11. SStem Ware -they have a bowl, a stem or post and a
foot or base.

12. Table Linen
•table cloths,
•place mat,
•table runner
•table napkins.
•Silence cloth
•Table top cloth
Table cloths
•These are made with different
fabrics and in different fabrics and
in different colors.
•Usually, patterned or colored table
cloths are used for casual dining
whilst white and pastel plain
clothes are used for more formal
occasions.

13. •The size of a table cloth is determined by the size of the
table on which it would be put.
• Table cloths should hang down the side of the table up
to at least 30cm. For very formal and buffet tables, the
cloth should hang almost to the ground.
•Table cloths should be well ironed and used without
creases.

14. Placemats
•They usually measure about 28 –
43cm.
•They came in various shapes e.g.
rectangular, oval, round etc.
•The material used includes linen,
lace, plastic, jute, cork etc.
•They are used on tables that are
beautiful.
•Sometimes they are placed on
table cloths to protect them.
Tablemats are used to cover the
place occupied by one person
whiles table cloths cover the whole
table.

15. Table runners
•Table runners are usually
30 – 33cm wide and a little
longer than the table on
which they are used.
•They are often used
alongside placemats.
•They are placed across the
middle of the dinning table
lengthwise.

16. Uses of table clothe, table runners and placemats
They are mostly used to make the table attractive.
Also they can be a silencer to prevent dinnerware
from making noise on the dinning table
They can also serve as a heat pad.

17. Table napkins
•Table napkins are made with fabric or
paper.
•The fabric must be absorbent.
•They can be made to match other table
appointments or to contract them.
•The standard sizes are :
cocktail 13cm square
luncheon 38cm square
dinner 56-66 square
•Table napkins can be made of paper.
They are cheaper and save washing
•
Functions of Table napkins
for wiping hands wiping the mouth
protecting clothing when eating
Choice of table linen
To choose table linen you must always
consider its durability, color, fastness and
ease of care.

18. Centre pieces
•Centre pieces are often used to decorate the table they are made
with fresh fruits and vegetables, rocks, dry plants and seashells
candles, fresh flowers.
•Use seashells to make a decorative piece that can be put at the
centre of a dinning table.
•Centre pieces should be proportional to the size of the dinning
table.
•They should not be so big as to cover the view of guests.
Do not use potted plants on dinning tables because the soil may
get into food.

19. Assignment:
• Make a scrapbook or a PowerPoint
presentation showing the following:
– Dinner wares
• Dinner plate , Breakfast Plate/ Luncheon Plate
• Salad plate, cup and saucer, demitasse cup and saucer,
soup bowl,
• Serving dishes – platter, soup tureen, chaffing dish
– Beverage ware
• Footed and unfooted beverage ware

20. Assignment:
• Make a scrapbook showing the following:
– Flat wares
• Different kinds of spoon, fork, table knife, serving
spoon & fork
– Table Linens
• Table cloth, table runner, table napkin, silence cloth,
table top cloth
– Table Decorations