Table Appointments & Table Setting Flashcards
(28 cards)
Also known as service plate or
show plate
A 12” plate used as underliner
in formal sit-down dinners.
Place Plate
A 10” plate used for the main dish in each cover in formal dinners. It could also be sued for the entry course in formal dinners.
Dinner Plate
Also known as luncheon plate.
A 9” multipurpose plate used for daily dining.
Breakfast Plate
A 9” deep plate used for soup in
formal sit-down dinners.
Soup Plate
A 6’ multipurpose deep dish used for cereals, desserts, salad, or rice
Cereal Bowl
A 7” plate used for salads, desserts or underliners for stemware
Salad Plate
Come in pairs and is used for hot chocolate or after dinner coffee. The capacity is half as
much as the ordinary cup.
Demitasse Cup &
Saucer
Serving dish for vegetables, rice, or any saucy dish
Vegetable Dish
serving dish for soup
Soup Tureen w/ Ladle
Oval-shaped dishes used for serving a variety of foods.
Platters
container for hot dishes
for buffet
Chafing Dish
8-12 oz wide mouth, wide bowl, stem not too high
Water Goblet
8 oz; may be filled half way
White Wine Glass
It is either wide mouth of flute/tulip shaped glass
Champagne Glass
2-3 oz V-shaped body with short stem
Sherry Glass
short V-shaped glass w/ a long stem
Cocktail Glass
Also known as rock glass for on the rocks drinks and other
cocktail
Old Fashioned Glass
7-12 oz long, narrow, triangular body with very short stem; base
is narrower than mouth
Pilsner Glass
used for brandy
Snifter
also called high ball
water tumbler
6 oz wide mouth saucer-like thick body for ice cream or salad
Sherbet Glass
for iced tea
long tumbler
Collins Glass
Used to cover the entire surface of the table plus overhang of about 10-24 inches and floor
length for buffet.
Tablecloths
A heavy pad-like material used underneath tablecloths that fits the size of the table without overhang.
Protects table from hot dishes and deadens the sounds when plate &
serving dishes are placed
Silence Cloths
