= restaurant, meal • glyph may show a fork and spoon • glyph may show a crossed fork and knife • glyph may show a fork and knife with a plate
Information
The fork and knife emoji is the universal bat-signal for “it’s chow time,” covering everything from brunch gossip to a dramatic steakhouse reveal. People drop it to announce dinner plans, flex a foodie post, or declare feral hunger vibes when the fridge starts whispering their name at 11 p.m. It also pops up flirtatiously—think “you look like a whole meal”—and jokingly menacing, as in “I’m coming for your fries.” In group chats, it’s the RSVP button for any reservation link and the quick reply to a “what we eating?” text.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a sleek silver fork on the left and a shiny knife on the right, blade facing inward, both with glossy blue handles and subtle gradients that give off polished-restaurant energy. They stand upright, side-by-side, with a clean, slightly 3D sheen—no plate included—which helps you instantly tell it apart from the plate version. The minimal, stainless-steel look screams “ready for service,” like the table just got set in a food magazine shoot.
Online, it fuels mukbang captions, bulking-season memes, and “treat yourself” Fridays. Use it to hype a tasting menu, summon a potluck squad, or drop sarcastically when the waiter walks past your table for the fifth time with not-your-order. It’s the cutlery equivalent of rolling up your sleeves: let’s devour.
Definition
Hungry? This emoji says it is time to eat. Includes a fork and knife, which are two well known, easily identifiable and frequently used utensils when eating food, especially in Western cultures. Can also be used to identify a place to eat or that you are presently eating.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
573 of 2393
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:fork_and_knife:
Keywords
Fork, Knife, Restaurant, Meal, Food, Eat
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Food Symbols
Editorial Comment
Restaurant, Meal. Flatware eating utensils.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Foods
Unicode Subcategory
Food Symbols
Names & Annotations
FORK AND KNIFE = restaurant, meal * glyph may show a fork and spoon * glyph may show a crossed fork and knife * glyph may show a fork and knife with a plate
