What does 🍽️ Fork and Knife with Plate mean?
A plate set with a fork and knife on either side. It represents a sit-down meal, dinner reservations, formal dining and the announcement that dinner is served. People use it to say they are hungry or ready to eat, to share a restaurant booking or to call the family to the table. Compare 🍴 for cutlery alone.
🍽️ Fork and Knife with Plate is an emoji from the Food & Drink category (dishware & utensils), added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. People use it in messages about cooking, dinner and eat.
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🍽️ Fork and Knife with Plate on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Fork and Knife with Plate looks on each platform.
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Fork and Knife with Plate emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Fork and Knife with Plate emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🍽️ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :knife_fork_plate:.
When was the Fork and Knife with Plate emoji added?
🍽️ Fork and Knife with Plate was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🍽️ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Fork and Knife with Plate. The underlying code (U+1F37D U+FE0F) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.