Tips for choosing a dinner service for 6 people

The service is a set of dishes made in the same style. It can be coffee, tea or dining, calculated for 6, 12 or more people. The article will talk about a dinner service for up to six people.

Sets for six people have different equipment and purpose. Most often they are used for daily use in the family circle or informal meetings with friends. For these purposes, you can purchase a minimum set consisting of only plates. Sometimes such a service is taken for special occasions when there are few guests, but beautiful serving on etiquette dishes is very important. Sets for the holiday, even for six people, are able to grow a large number of additional items. The expanded service includes quite a lot of dishes; completeness is thought through to the smallest detail.

Dishes, equipped for six people, sooner or later begin to beat, the number of plates and additional thematic appliances is reduced. To worry about this is not worth it. Today, the industry produces voluminous collections with a large number of tableware, which allows not only to replenish the lost dishes, but also to form the service itself at its own discretion. Consider the different configuration of services and their purpose.

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

The following plates are included in the standard set:

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

Extended equipment may include all items that are released within the same collection, or most of them. We will begin our acquaintance with the volume service with plates, namely:

• for the first dishes (soup or bouillon) with flat stand plates;
• for main dishes;
• dessert;
• for snacks, flat, about 20 cm in diameter;
• patties, for baking;
• large flat dish.

Extended services are also actively equipped with such cutlery for the intended purpose, such as:

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

Extended services acquire large aesthetes who like to set the table according to etiquette. Each dish has its own cutlery, food on them laid out in the form of curly slices, decorated with greens.

Services also have a purpose. Most often this is due to ethnicity. For example, you can purchase special kits for serving sushi or Kazakh pilaf. Target services define a narrow focus and are in little 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 kitchen, 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 a maximum and a minimum of necessary utensils, for example, six boulevards, plates for second courses, tea and coffee cups and saucers, a device for salt, mustard and pepper. Even for everyday use, it is pleasant to take food from a harmonious whole set, not to mention banquet options.

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

On sale you can find different types of services, from exquisite and sophisticated to rustic, rude, but durable options. Price and ceremonial appearance depends on the material of the product.

• China. This beautiful and popular material has long been used for the manufacture of dishes. Such services can be found in the sideboards of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers. In the Soviet period, Czech kits were especially appreciated. If the saucer was brought to the light, the pattern on the back of the product was visible through a thin layer of porcelain.

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

• Ceramics. Ceramic dishes look even coarser, but they keep heat well. From it produce everyday and country options of services. They are cheaper than earthenware, but also poorly tolerate temperature changes, easily exposed to chips and cracks.

• 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 monophonic - smoky, milky, bright or with a pattern. The service is good for family use and as a guest option. The quality of glass is judged by its sound: like porcelain, from tapping with a spoon the dishes sound loudly, while faience and ceramics are dull.

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

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

Beautifully decorated dishes look like a work of art. Drawing, color, shape - everything affects the final perception of the service. The shape of the plates does not always have to repeat the perfect circle. They can be oval, square, in the form of a petal or flower. Coffee cups, repeating rosebuds, or small salad bowls in the shape of tulips look unusual.

Sets most often contain geometric and floral patterns. The plot images are very popular among consumers. These include services. "Madonna", "Hunting", "Geese", "Sonata".

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

• for rooms made in the Art Nouveau style, minimalism, hi-tech, monophonic dishes from glass, porcelain, glass ceramics are suitable; the color may coincide with the dominant shade of the dining room or be accented;
• kitchens in ethnic style or in any country style can be decorated with clay, ceramic sets, a bone set is possible;
• classic dishes contain clear geometric shapes, simple but stylish pattern;
• Western styles prefer a white background color, decorated with landscape or floral motifs;
• Oriental-style dishes are most often made of silver with a chased pattern or of 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 cost a service for 6 people. Glass, earthenware, ceramics items belong to budget options. If minimalism is welcomed in the family, the set can be 6 deep and shallow plates, a set for spices and salt, several salad bowls. For lovers of a varied menu, utensils can increase from 35 to 100 pieces.

Purchasing a service in a new or updated kitchen, the style of the room should be considered. 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 targeted items. When guests arrive, the set will contain dishes for all occasions. But keep in mind that an overgrown service takes up a lot of storage space, part of the dishes will be rarely used, and some items may never be needed.

When buying a service, especially a banquet, you should pay attention to the manufacturer. High quality cookware is produced in Germany, Japan, Czech Republic, England, France. Popular are some domestic manufacturers. Well-known branded products Luminarc or Weimar Porzellan.

In the next video, you will find an overview of the 33-piece Narumi Amherst dinner service for 6 people.