top table 
noun
The table at which the chief guests are placed at a formal dinner.They opted for a reception with 13 people at the top table and guest tables were named Black Cat and White Rabbit....
- Then I thought about my husband sitting on the top table with all the guests and family around, listening to the speeches, but without a bride.
- The puppet was waved around in front of the Scottish parliament's presiding officer, who was a guest at the top table.