Dining Privileges

Dining Privileges entitle alumni to dine at High Table up to three times a year with no charge for food or wine.

You can dine on any three Thursdays or Sundays in each academic year during Full Term and you may bring one guest in place of one of these occasions.

Pre-prandial drinks are served from 7pm –
in the Master’s Lodge on Thursdays | in the SCR on Sundays.

Dinner is served at 7.30pm in the Hall.

Combination after High Table typically finishes around 10pm.

The dress code is ‘smart’.

Non-resident members do not need to wear gowns.

High Table Dining Nights

Lent Term

Sunday 26 January

Thursday 30 January

Thursday 6 February [LIMITED SPACES]

Sunday 9 February

Thursday 13 February

Sunday 16 February

Thursday 20 February

Sunday 23 February

Thursday 27 February

Sunday 2 March

Thursday 6 March [LIMITED SPACES]

Sunday 9 March

Thursday 13 March

Sunday 16 March

Entitlement

Undergraduate alumni*:
if you have received or have been invited to receive your MA.

The MA is conferred by right on holders of the Cambridge BA degree and you may proceed to the MA not less than six years from the end of your first term of residence.

Postgraduate alumni*:
if your degree has been approved by the relevant Degree Committee and you have received confirmation in writing.

Post-doctoral research associates (PDRAs)*:
if you have completed your time as a PDRA.

*Please note that if you or your guest is in part or full-time education or is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Cambridge and elsewhere, you/they are not eligible to attend High Table.

Please book in by:

11am on Tuesday to dine on Thursday

11am on Friday to dine on Sunday

There will not be a High Table unless the Master, a Fellow or a resident Honorary or Emeritus Fellow is there to preside.

A maximum of 12 alumni and guests can be accommodated at any High Table.

If High Table is not able to take place or is fully booked, the Butler will contact you to rearrange the booking.

Please check your emails at midday on the day you are due to dine to make sure that the dinner hasn’t been cancelled.
If you hear nothing from the Butler, the dinner will take place as planned.

Cancelling your booking:

If you find that you can no longer attend High Table, please cancel before the booking deadline (see above).
To cancel your attendance, contact the Butler on butler@trinhall.cam.ac.uk or +44 (0)1223 766333.
Cancellations made after the booking deadline will still count against your entitlements for the year.

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact:

Gabriele Cirrottola, Butler
butler@trinhall.cam.ac.uk
+44 (0)1223 766333