No all plates, knives and forks are provided. You'll either be in Peachgrove or another new place that will be holding cadets until clearways becomes available. All the other places you are housed in outside clearways have facilities and cutlery etc. On the flight take one piece of handluggage only! I arrived with an slr camera and loenses only to find I had to squash the whole lot along with laptop into my flight case.....! See you in a few days. Enjoy the flight!