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Homes & Gardens
Sophie Edwards

Ottolenghi wants 'guests to feel welcomed by the table before they even taste the food' – here are the exact dishes he uses for his inviting, playful tablescapes

Yotam Ottolenghi on a cream background with his serax dishes in front of him.

'I want guests to feel welcomed by the table before they even taste the food,' Yotam Ottolenghi tells Homes & Gardens. Any good entertainer knows that tablescaping can make or break your dinner party, but it's much harder to know where to start with your array of dishes, tablecloths, and centerpieces. To ensure that you know how to impress visitors every time, we spoke with the acclaimed chef and cookbook for his top setting tips.

The restauranteur favors a bold and bright method of tablescaping. Aside from the scheme in his restaurants, Ottolenghi's love for color is best captured in his Feast Collaboration with Serax. Each piece in the collection practically bursts with life. From plates with abstractly painted faces to yellow bowls swirled with organic patterns, they are a symphony of design and color.

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