Presentation, presentation, presentation is vital to every finished dish. . . the taste of the dish is very important but the presentation speaks a lot also. Setting down a creative, well laid-out dish will give your eager diners the opportunity to fall for your meal before they’ve even taken a bite and a great looking meal should taste great too because we first see the food before we get the chance to taste it.

There are many shops that carries a wide range of exclusive dinnerware, all designed to make your food look as good as possible. From large serving plates for your risotto to small, angled bowls perfect for a ball of your homemade lychee sorbet or Jamaican tiramisu, beautiful dishes make your food look great

Once you’ve got your culinary masterpiece and your perfectly matched plates, how do you create the best presentation?

Superstar chef Gordon Ramsey, in an issue of the BBC’s Olive magazine, offers this advice:

- > Keep your presentation clean and simple.

- > Never go for looks rather than flavour, this includes the use of herbs as a garnish, unless they go with the meal you are cooking.

- > Use an odd number of ingredients on the plate to avoid symmetry

- > Add hot sauces right at the end, as they’ll affect the appearance of the other components on the plate

-  > Avoid moving things around once they’re on the plate, as this will simply make a mess

- >  Visualise what your dish will look like before you start arranging it on the plate

-  > Don’t clutter the plate

- >  Cut things in half if they look too big in relation to the other components on the plate

-  > And, of course, don’t serve the food cold because you spent so long dressing it.

By simply giving some consideration to the presentation of the meal as you plan it, and to the plate on which it will be served, you’ll be creating your own innovative masterpieces every time.

Here are some lovely tableware that can help to make your presentation very pleasing to the eye and set your food off to a tasty start.

We all love beautiful displays and beautiful things and Christmas is the perfect time when entertaining, having friends and family over to enjoy the beautiful things we want to share.

A Very Merry Christmas To All From Andreafay Interior Design and Andreafay Coffee.

ANDREAFAY is an interior designer and coffee importer that can be contacted through her web site: www.andreafay.co.uk, eMail:andrea@andreafay.com and Skype: andrea.mundell

Being an interior designer I have lots of books on interior design and architecture, I love collecting books of all kinds of design and on my “wish list” for Christmas I have a few books that I would love to get as a present or treat myself  to.

Here are some of the books I would like to have, these books will inspire anyone. . . they are a visual feast.

Home Sweet Home by Oberto Gili, a book with Sumptious and Bohemian interiors

The Art of Elegance, The New French Interiors by Christiane de Nicolay-Mazery. I love all design styles and just look at this classic yet contemporary room.

Kitchens and Bath by designer Michael S Smith, a designer with some of the most beautiful bathroom and kitchen design you have seen. He surely knows his stuff!

A Classical Journey by an American Architect Ken Tate, Ken lives in the South and he embraces some of the best in Southern living.

The World of Madeleine Casting, Madeleine was a very talented designer in her days and is now a legend. Beautiful interiors and very fresh colours.

French Essence by Vicki Archer

The English Country House, Mary Miers. Everyone loves a beautiful English Country Home, this book is perfect to take out, sit by the fire place and enjoy the warmth and luxury of being home on a cold winters night.

England’s Hideaway by Meg Nolan van Reserma. This is such a beautiful walk way with beautiful scented lavenders for metres along the path.

Essential Elegance by Solis Betancourt, love the classic elegance of this cover and cannot wait to get a copy.

All these wonderful books and more can be found on Amazon Books.co.uk. Buy them and enjoy them or just give them as presents to your friends, family or within your office.

ANDREAFAY interior design is an interior designer in Muswell Hill, North London. Andreafay writes on interior design, Home Improvements and what’s HOT in the design field.

Please contact our number on the web site if you would like to discuss any interior design with Andreafay, she takes commissions on commercial and residential interior design and home furnishings.

As Christmas is very close by most people are thinking of what presents to get for their loved ones, family and friends. No matter what gorgeous gifts you buy or what simple gift you get for your friends or family it is most important to have a fabulous presentation with a luxurious and creative gift wrapping with gift wrapping papers, satin ribbons, lace, velvet ribbons, pearls and even silk flowers to create a perfact finish to your gifts.

Here are some images of  creative gift wrapping I would love to share with you, you can have fun as you spread some love this Christmas season with beautiful gift wrapping.

You can be as creative as you like with gift wrapping

You can add leaves, dried or silk flowers, organza, satin or velvet ribbons to your gifts to make a statement of them.

Your gifts can be a focal point in your home when visitors comes over for the Christmas.

Go ahead and be creative. . . but if you are not sure you want to try creative gift wrapping feel free to call our design team here at Andreafay interior design and we will be very happy to do the job for you.

A lace wrap is so sexy especially if you are giving lingerie as a gift

A very luxurious satin ribbon wrap

Put a lot of fun in giving gifts and keep the magic in Christmas.

ANDREAFAY Interior Design Ltd. is an interior design company based in Muswell Hill, North London.  ANDREAFAY writes on interior design, home improvements and travel.