Food serving system

A food serving system capable of simultaneously holding a food article and a beverage, said system comprising:

• a tray assembly including:
• a container having an interior for carrying the beverage, said container having a base wall and a perimeter wall extending from said base wall, an edge of said perimeter wall defining an opening extending into an interior of said container, an annular lip being formed on said edge of said perimeter wall, a thickness of said base wall tapering from one side of said container toward an opposite side of said container to form a deeper portion of said interior of said container for displacing a beverage from a shallower portion of said interior of said container to said deeper portion of said interior of said container;
• wherein said perimeter wall of said container having an annular groove formed therein, said annular groove being positioned generally adjacent to said base wall of said container, said base wall of said container being removably inserted in said opening in another of a plurality of containers, wherein the annular groove of each of said containers selectively abuts said edge of said perimeter wall;
• a plate for carrying a food article, said plate being releasably coupled to said container, said plate having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall extending from said bottom wall, an edge of said peripheral wall of said plate defining an opening extending into said plate, said edge of said peripheral wall of said plate having an annular flange extending from said peripheral wall of said plate, wherein said annular flange has a hook portion formed thereon, an upper surface of said bottom wall having au annular collar formed thereon, an end of said annular collar having a hole extending through said bottom wall of said plate;
• wherein said plate has a plurality of intermediate walls, each of said intermediate walls extending from said bottom wall of said plate, said plurality of intermediate walls defining a plurality of sub-compartments of said plate;
• wherein said bottom wall of said plate is removably inserted in said opening in said container, said hook portion of said annular flange of said plate selectively engaging said annular lip of said container for preventing the beverage in said interior of said container from escaping, said hole in said plate being in communication with said interior of said container;
• wherein an outer surface of said peripheral wall of said plate is threadedly coupled to an inner surface of said perimeter wall of said container for preventing the beverage in said interior of said container from escaping;
• a conduit for transporting the beverage in said deeper portion of said interior of said container through said bole in said plate, said conduit having a first end and a second end, said first end of said conduit being removably inserted in said hole in said annular collar, said second end of said conduit extending above said upper surface of said plate;
• a cover for selectively covering said hole in said annular collar, said cover having a wall and a peripheral wall extending from said wall of said cover, said peripheral wall of said cover being threadedly coupled to said collar, said wall of said cover having a hole extending therethrough, an upper surface and a lower surface of said wall of said cover having a pair of axially aligned annular ridges formed around said hole in said cover, said conduit being removably inserted through said hole in said cover, wherein each of said annular ridges prevent the liquid in said container from escaping through said hole in said cover;
• a cap for selectively covering said second end of said conduit, said cap being removably coupled to a portion of said conduit;
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• a lid for selectively covering said opening in said plate, said lid having a wall and a perimeter wall extending from said wall of said lid, said perimeter wall of said lid selectively abutting said annular flange of said plate when said lid covers said opening in said plate.