Furniture adapted to make it possible to dress a culinary preparation and/or to heat, or to maintain at a temperature or within a range of predetermined temperatures, by magnetic induction, a serving plate or dish as well as the culinary preparation which is therein, or which must be dressed therein, with the furniture comprising: - several serving plates or dishes to be dressed, each with a ferromagnetic bottom, - a serving tray resting on a base bearing on the floor and suitable for placing said serving plates or dishes to be dressed thereon, with the serving tray having two opposite sides of longer length and two other sides of a shorter length, - a device for supplying electrical power, - several heating coils via induction connected to the device for supplying electrical power and arranged under the serving tray, in such a way as to define therein several zones for heating or for maintaining at a temperature when the dishes or plates are placed thereon, - a space that, at least all along the two opposite sides of longer length, opens onto the outside environment all of the volume that is above the exterior limits of the serving tray, in such a way as to be able, through this entire space and all along these two opposite sides of longer length, to place the dishes or plates on the serving tray and/or remove them therefrom, freely, - means for selecting that can be accessed by the user, in order to for the user to select one from among a few temperatures for heating or for maintaining at a temperature the dishes or plates placed on the serving tray, or the content thereof, - means for managing the temperature for, using: -- at least one initial temperature measurement, -- and/or a predetermined heating at least to the Curie point (Pc) of the material of the ferromagnetic bottom, in reference to a predetermined power, according to said material of the bottom, and a time for raising the temperature according to said predetermined power, follow a pre-established program of different sequences of power-time pairs, until the selected temperature is obtained, - at least one temperature sensor (49, 471...) for measuring in a monitored manner the temperature of the dish or of the serving plate, or of the content thereof, - and wherein said means for managing the temperature provide, via the coils, a management of the temperature of the dish or of the serving plate in a closed loop, using said monitored temperature measurements by the corresponding sensor. - several serving plates or dishes to be dressed, each with a ferromagnetic bottom, - a serving tray resting on a base bearing on the floor and suitable for placing said serving plates or dishes to be dressed thereon, with the serving tray having two opposite sides of longer length and two other sides of a shorter length, - a device for supplying electrical power, - several heating coils via induction connected to the device for supplying electrical power and arranged under the serving tray, in such a way as to define therein several zones for heating or for maintaining at a temperature when the dishes or plates are placed thereon, - a space that, at least all along the two opposite sides of longer length, opens onto the outside environment all of the volume that is above the exterior limits of the serving tray, in such a way as to be able, through this entire space and all along these two opposite sides of longer length, to place the dishes or plates on the serving tray and/or remove them therefrom, freely, - means for selecting that can be accessed by the user, in order to for the user to select one from among a few temperatures for heating or for maintaining at a temperature the dishes or plates placed on the serving tray, or the content thereof, - means for managing the temperature for, using: -- at least one initial temperature measurement, -- and/or a predetermined heating at least to the Curie point (Pc) of the material of the ferromagnetic bottom, in reference to a predetermined power, according to said material of the bottom, and a time for raising the temperature according to said predetermined power, follow a pre-established program of different sequences of power-time pairs, until the selected temperature is obtained, -- at least one initial temperature measurement, -- and/or a predetermined heating at least to the Curie point (Pc) of the material of the ferromagnetic bottom, in reference to a predetermined power, according to said material of the bottom, and a time for raising the temperature according to said predetermined power, - at least one temperature sensor (49, 471...) for measuring in a monitored manner the temperature of the dish or of the serving plate, or of the content thereof, - and wherein said means for managing the temperature provide, via the coils, a management of the temperature of the dish or of the serving plate in a closed loop, using said monitored temperature measurements by the corresponding sensor.