TYPES OF CUTLARIES

Cutlery is used not only in food service but also in food preparation and is an essential item in the hospitality industry. Hospitality Products carry a wide variety of cutlery products from basic cutlery to beautifully presented cutlery gift sets. Our range includes butter, cheese, carving, steak, fish, cake forks, dessert, fruit forks and soup spoons to name a few, as well as normal table cutlery, and cutlery for serving. 

Oval Soup Spoon

• The oval soup spoon is similar in size and shape to a tablespoon, only the bowl is a little smaller and tapers slightly to a tip and the handle is shorter. 
• The overall length of the oval soup spoon varies from approximately 5¾ to 8¼ inches.
• The oval soup spoon is used differently in formal and informal dining.

• At a formal dinner, soup is served in a soup plate and the oval soup spoon is the only spoon laid on the table.
• At an informal meal, the oval soup spoon is used to eat any food presented in a large, shallow soup bowl, such as chili, stew, ravioli, and dessert.

Iced-Beverage Spoon

• The iced-beverage spoon, also known as an iced-tea spoon, is used to stir sugar in cold beverages served in a tall glass, such as iced tea or iced coffee.

• It is used only for informal dining. 

Place Spoon

The place spoon is an all-purpose spoon slightly larger than a teaspoon but smaller than a tablespoon, a utensil used originally to sip cream soup and eat dessert.

Teaspoon

• The average teaspoon measures approximately 5½ to 6¼ inches in length.
• The teaspoon is used only in informal dining to stir hot beverages, sip soup, and eat solid food, and it is the wise host who collects extras.

Ice-Cream Spoon

• The ice-cream spoon, also known as an ice-cream scoop looks like a miniature shovel.
• It is approximately 5 inches in length and made with a wide shallow bowl to afford a generous bite.
• The ice-cream spoon is used at informal meals only to eat frozen dessert served on a plate, such as ice-cream roll.
• In formal dining, two dessert utensils are presented and the ice-cream spoon is not used.

Citrus Spoon

• The citrus spoon, also known as a grapefruit spoon, orange spoon, and fruit spoon features an elongated bowl and a pointed tip, a shape used to eat segmented fruit, such as a grapefruit or an orange.

Demitasse Spoon

• The demitasse spoon, also known as a mocha spoon to stir coffee made with an equal amount of hot chocolate, is approximately 3¾ to 4½ inches long, in proportion with the demitasse cup and saucer used in formal dining. 
• At a formal dinner or formal luncheon, coffee is served in a demitasse cup, and a demitasse spoon is used if sugar is added.