High Table Booking

This page is for current College Members who are eligible to attend High Table or Guest Night. Alumni are invited to attend one complimentary High Table each academic year, which must be booked using the Alumni High Table Booking Form.  Students are not eligible to attend unless invited as guests.

College Members who are eligible to attend a High Table or Guest Night dinner should click the link for the relevant date below in order to complete a booking form.  A separate form is required for each attendee and booking is open at least two weeks in advance of the date.  You must have a University Single Sign-On (SSO) in order to make a booking for yourself and any guests.

The deadlines below for booking are strictly adhered to:

After the deadline, it is not possible to cancel or amend a booking, and the dinner will be charged at the price listed on the booking form even if you do not attend.

The default meal for all formal dinners is vegetarian and diners who would like a non-vegetarian meal are asked to make this clear in the booking form.

All diners are asked to note any specific dietary requirements, for example: kosher, halal, gluten free or any allergies, on the form. If you require a Kosher meal or other specialist food which is pre-ordered by out kitchen team, please ensure to email hightable@sant.ox.ac.uk at least 3 working days before the event.

The name of each diner attending a dinner will appear on the list of attendees at this link: list of attendees (University Single Sign-On is required to view the list)

To make changes to a booking before the deadline, or with questions, please contact: hightable@sant.ox.ac.uk 

Trinity 2025    Guest Night (Monday)High Table (Tuesday)High Table (Friday)
Week 128 April 202529 April 20252 May 2025
Week 25 May 20256 May 20259 May 2025
Week 312 May 202513 May 202516 May 2025
Week 419 May 202520 May 202523 May 2025
Week 526 May 202527 May 202530 May 2025
Week 62 June 20253 June 20256 June 2025
Week 79 June 202510 June 202513 June 2025
Week 816 June 202517 June 202520 June 2025

Please note that Guest Nights and High Tables may be cancelled if fewer than six or eight people (respectively) sign up.

Dinner is served at 7.30pm sharp in the Dining Hall. The normal dress code is jacket and tie or equivalent, and hosts are asked to inform their guest(s) of this.

The College grace is spoken at the start and end. At the beginning of the meal, the grace is “Benedictus benedicat” and at the end of the meal it is “Benedicto benedicatur”.

At High Table the Steward will ask a small number of Fellows to preside over a table at second dessert. These Fellows are asked to move to the New Fellows’ Dining Room as quickly as possible to occupy their place, which will be marked as “Reserved”. 

Guest Nights are slightly less formal than High Tables; there is no seating plan and no second dessert.