Tips for choosing a dinner service for 6 persons

The service is a set of dishes made in the same style. It can be coffee, tea or canteen, it can be calculated for 6, 12 or more persons. The article will focus on a dining service for six people.

Sets for six people have different configurations and purposes. Most often they are used for daily use with family or informal meetings with friends. For these purposes, you can purchase a minimum set consisting only of plates. Sometimes such a service is taken for special occasions when there are few guests, but beautiful presentation on etiquette dishes is very important. Party sets, even for six persons, are capable of overgrowing with a large number of additional items. The extended service includes quite a lot of dishes, the completeness is thought out to the smallest detail.

Dishes, staffed for six people, sooner or later begin to beat, the number of plates and additional thematic devices decreases. You should not worry about this. Today, the industry produces voluminous collections with a large number of tableware, which allows not only to replenish the lost tableware, but also to form the service itself at its own discretion. Let's consider different sets of services and their purpose.

It consists of a set of dinner and dessert plates for six people. This set can include soup and shallow bowls for main courses. Such sets are used in everyday life.

The standard set includes the following plates:

• for first courses;
• for the second;
• dessert.

Extended equipment may include all items that are produced within one collection, or most of them. Let's start our acquaintance with the voluminous service with plates, namely:

• for first courses (soup or bouillon dishes) with flat base plates;
• for second courses;
• dessert;
• for snacks, flat, about 20 cm in diameter;
• pies, for baking;
• large flat dish.

Extended sets are also actively equipped with such special purpose cutlery as:

• soup bowl for first courses;
• salad bowls - the number and sizes are chosen individually;
• the herring has an oval shape, repeating the appearance of the fish;
• gravy boat;
• sour cream;
• a set for mustard, vinegar, salt and spices;
• oiler;
• caviar dish;
• cake bowl - a flat round plate, it can be on a leg or with rotation possibilities; this plate can also be used with pizza;
• napkin holder.

Extended sets are acquired by large aesthetes who like to set the table according to etiquette. Each dish has its own cutlery, food is laid out on them in the form of curly cuts, decorated with herbs.

The services also have a designated purpose. Most often this is due to ethnicity. For example, you can purchase special kits for serving sushi or Kazakh pilaf. Targeted services have a narrow focus and are in low demand. They are acquired by people who often use national dishes in their diet.

Such sets are in demand among housewives who want to see dishes in the same style in their kitchens, not only for serving first and second courses, but also for tea and coffee gatherings. Large extended collections allow you to do this. Choosing a combined service, you can purchase both the maximum and the minimum of necessary utensils, for example, six bouillon bowls, plates for main courses, tea and coffee cups with saucers, a device for salt, mustard and pepper. Even for everyday use, it is pleasant to eat from a harmonious whole set, not to mention the banquet options.

Expanded combination sets are purchased for a new or renovated kitchen in order to effectively emphasize its design. The all-inclusive service in a unified style will help to maintain harmony and order in the dining room. A beautiful one-piece multifunctional service looks good on a festive table. In addition, it can be a good gift for a wedding or housewarming.

Various types of sets can be found on sale, from sophisticated and sophisticated to rustic, rude but durable options. The price and the ceremonial appearance depend on the material of the product.

• Porcelain. This beautiful and popular material has been used for the production of tableware for a long time. Such sets can be found in the sideboards of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers. During the Soviet period, Czech sets were especially appreciated. If the saucer was brought up to the light, the pattern applied on the back of the item would show through a thin layer of porcelain.

• Faience. It is an excellent material for general consumption. The services look rougher, but they have a loyal price that any hostess and catering can afford. Nowadays, earthenware dishes can be decorated with stylish painting, perforation, and stucco molding. The surface is often glazed to remove the porosity of the structure.

• Ceramics... Ceramic cookware looks even rougher, but it keeps warm well. It is used to produce everyday and summer cottage sets. They are cheaper than earthenware, but they also do not tolerate temperature changes and are easily chipped and cracked.

• Glass. The glass service looks light and airy. If you put such dishes on a small table, it will not seem cluttered. Glass can be plain - smoky, milky, bright or patterned. The service is good for family use and as a guest option. The quality of glass is judged by sound: like porcelain, dishes sound loud when tapping with a spoon, while faience and ceramics sound dull.

• Glass ceramics. It is a relatively new material that combines the properties of glass and ceramics. Thanks to the first, the dishes are devoid of porosity, they do not need to be covered with glaze, and they are easy to care for. The property of ceramics increases the strength of the glass product. Such material is quite resistant to temperature extremes.

• Metal... Silver and stainless steel are used to create sets. Silver items in oriental style look especially beautiful. They are graceful and decorated with carvings. The disadvantages of such sets include the heating of the walls, which is difficult to touch if the dish is served hot.

The beautifully decorated tableware looks like a work of art. Drawing, color, shape - everything affects the final perception of the service. Cymbals don't always have to follow a perfect circle. They can be oval, square, in the form of a petal or a flower. Coffee cups repeating rosebuds or small salad bowls in the shape of tulips look unusual.

The sets most often contain geometric and floral designs. Subject images are very popular with consumers. These include sets Madonna, Hunting, Geese, Sonata.

Sets can be selected for any stylistic direction of the kitchen, namely:

• for rooms made in modern style, minimalism, high-tech, plain dishes made of glass, porcelain, glass ceramics are suitable; the color can coincide with the dominant shade of the dining room or be accent;
• kitchens in ethnic style or any country style can be decorated with clay, ceramic services, bone set is possible;
• classic tableware contains clear geometric shapes, a simple but stylish pattern;
• Western styles prefer a white background color with landscape or floral motifs;
• dishes in the oriental style are most often made of embossed silver or porcelain with red, black and brown ornaments.

Before choosing a service, you should indicate the purpose of the purchase, the equipment, material and cost of the product will depend on it. A family of 3-4 people for everyday use may well get by with a set for 6 people. Glassware, faience, ceramics are budget options. If minimalism is welcomed in the family, the set can be 6 deep and small plates, a set for spices and salt, several salad bowls. For lovers of a varied menu, tableware items can be increased from 35 to 100 pieces.

By purchasing a service for a new or renovated kitchen, the style of the room should be taken into account. In this case, it is convenient to buy a combined set of dishes: table, tea and coffee in one design. Guest, banquet collections are purchased from more expensive materials - porcelain or high-quality glass. The service can be supplemented with many target items. When guests come, the set will contain dishes for all occasions. But it should be borne in mind that the overgrown service takes up a lot of storage space, some of the dishes will rarely be used, and some items may never be needed.

When buying a service, especially a banquet one, you should pay attention to the manufacturer. High quality dishes are produced in Germany, Japan, Czech Republic, England, France. Some domestic manufacturers are popular. Well-proven branded products Luminarc or Weimar Porzellan.

In the next video you will find an overview of the Narumi Amherst 33-piece dining set for 6 persons.