PLATE RENTALS
Plate Rentals in Phoenix, Arizona
Eight plate collections in dinner, salad and bread and butter sizes: Sasha in walnut and sage, Winslow in pink, sage green, honey and black, plus Dutton, Marlow, Margot, Sedona, Simone and Clara. The plate is the one rental every seated guest handles for two hours, and the only one that appears in every overhead photograph of the table. Delivered to the venue and collected after service.
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What is the difference between a dinner, salad and bread plate?+
Three sizes doing three jobs in one meal. The dinner plate carries the entree. The salad plate handles the first course and doubles as a dessert plate at most events. The bread and butter plate, the small one, sits to the upper left of the setting and holds bread and the butter knife. Your caterer will tell you which of the three the menu actually needs.
Do I need all three sizes?+
Not always. A plated dinner with a first course needs dinner and salad. Add the bread and butter plate when bread is served to the table rather than passed, or when you want the fuller setting for a formal event. A buffet or family-style service often needs only the dinner plate plus something for dessert. Ask your caterer before you order three of everything.
Which collections come in all three sizes?+
Sasha in walnut and sage, Margot, Sedona, Winslow, and Simone run dinner, salad and bread and butter. Dutton, Marlow and Clara run dinner and salad. If you want a complete three-piece setting in one collection, start with the first group. If you are mixing, keep the dinner plate as the anchor and vary the smaller sizes.
How do I pick a plate colour against the linen?+
Decide the linen first, then put the plate on it. A sage plate on an ivory cloth reads as considered; the same plate on a sage cloth disappears. The strongest tablescapes usually run one warm and one cool element rather than matching, and they let the charger do the transition between the two. If you are ordering both from us, ask and we will put them together before you commit.
Rim or coupe?+
A rimmed plate frames the food and gives the setting a defined edge, which suits a formal room and a classic menu. A coupe plate, the one with no rim, puts the food right to the edge and reads modern. It also gives the chef less room to hide a plating mistake, which is worth mentioning to the kitchen before you choose it.
What does the caterer need to know about the plate choice?+
The collection, the sizes and the count, as early as you have them. Kitchens plate to the dish they are given: portion size, sauce and garnish all change with plate diameter and rim width. A chef told about the plate a week out will design to it. A chef who sees it for the first time on the night will make it work and it will not look like the photographs.
Should plates be pre-set on the table or plated in the kitchen?+
Pre-setting the charger and often the bread plate is standard. The dinner plate normally comes from the kitchen hot, which is why you rarely see one waiting on an empty table at a good event. The salad plate goes either way depending on the service style. This is the caterer's call, not yours, but it changes how your table looks in the photographs taken before guests sit down.
How many spare plates should I order?+
Ask us for a working spare count with your order rather than guessing. Every seated event loses a few to breakage in service and to guests who arrive without an RSVP, and running out mid-course is a problem no amount of planning fixes on the night. Spares are cheap relative to the rest of a tabletop order.
Which collections suit a desert or southwest wedding?+
Sedona and the Sasha range in walnut and sage, with Winslow honey as the accent. Those read as warm and earthy against natural wood tables and neutral linen, which is the palette most Phoenix and Scottsdale desert venues already have. Winslow pink and sage green work for a softer garden look at the same venues.
Are the plates matte or glazed?+
It varies by collection, and it matters more than people expect, because a high-gloss glaze throws light back at a photographer's flash while a matte finish absorbs it. If your photographer is shooting overhead tablescapes, ask us which collections are matte before you pick. Tell us the look you want and we will point you at the right ones.
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