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 

Michaelmas Term 2024  Guest Night (Monday)High Table (Tuesday)High Table (Friday)
Week 114 Oct 202415 Oct 202418 Oct 2024
Week 221 Oct 202422 Oct 202425 Oct 2024
Week 328 Oct 202429 Oct 20241 Nov 2024
Week 44 Nov 20245 Nov 20248 Nov 2024
Week 511 Nov 202412 Nov 202415 Nov 2024
Week 618 Nov 202419 Nov 202422 Nov 2024
Week 725 Nov 202426 Nov 202429 Nov 2024
Week 82 Dec 20243 Dec 20246 Dec 2024

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.