00:00:06thing here this table is without
00:00:10question the altar of the house and this
00:00:12is what it’s all about and ultimately my
00:00:15job to try and make you look as good as
00:00:17possible right so knocking stuff out in
00:00:19the same old things all the time
00:00:20ain’t cool right so let’s start off with
00:00:23the basics if we’ve got a nice simple
00:00:27set stack of plates now I don’t care
00:00:30what plates you have if you’re kind of a
00:00:32little bit rustic like me and you like a
00:00:35bit of wound a bit lower and a bit bent
00:00:36nice try and keep – generally the whites
00:00:39the off White’s the ivories stuff like
00:00:41that nice simple basic plates is where
00:00:44you start the other thing is is kind of
00:00:47crockery whether you lay the table or
00:00:50just throw your crockery in a jug like I
00:00:53think the days of kind of having
00:00:54everything in perfect little places are
00:00:56gone it’s about having dinner rock and
00:00:58roll a stack help yourself or later
00:01:00table whatever you know that’s just jugs
00:01:03you know you always need at least water
00:01:05on the table so big jugs small jug you
00:01:08know you’ve got your gravy boat maybe
00:01:10you don’t want to dress your salad and
00:01:12you just have it in a little jug you
00:01:14know bowl shamak olive oil looks
00:01:16beautiful little spoon in whip it up and
00:01:18finish it at the table all that stuff
00:01:20it’s very cool again these things are
00:01:22all changing the height and levels of a
00:01:26table and it’s cool let’s get on to sort
00:01:28of more the platters now this is what
00:01:31I’m talking about this is kind of like
00:01:33consider it a sort of project okay you
00:01:36know whether it’s old school you can see
00:01:39I’m a little bit more rustic but you
00:01:41know whether it’s that and that on a
00:01:43table nice you saw that that and that
00:01:50you know roast pork you know some lovely
00:01:52garlicky green beans some lovely smashed
00:01:55vegetables and stuff like that you know
00:01:57a little applesauce brush some mustard
00:02:02you know you can see what I’m trying to
00:02:03say like just having different platters
00:02:06is mixing it up a bit
00:02:07using chopping boards if you go to any
00:02:10flea market or even make your own
00:02:11chopping boards go and get some old
00:02:14floorboards glue them together jigsaw
00:02:16out either
00:02:17like me sand it down bit of olive oil
00:02:19happy days I’ve made half of my chopping
00:02:22board to home and then lovely lovely
00:02:24lovely and they got character but you
00:02:26know again you know you can have
00:02:30something hot coming off the grill k
00:02:32crack down sizzling pound here a nice
00:02:35you know but you know garlic bread there
00:02:38or flat bread or a see the lumper meat
00:02:40that you’re carving on the thing so all
00:02:41of this stuff a serve where boards bowls
00:02:46platters
00:02:47it’s helping you it’s helping you make
00:02:51your table interesting whether it’s for
00:02:54you your friends or just literally to
00:02:56make serving it easier
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