Achieving a memorable and magnificent dining experience is a convergence of several different elements coming together to create a feast for all of the senses. Sometimes overlooked, tabletop presentation is key for creating a memorable experience for any diner through every Holiday, and season. From colors, sizes, shapes, and textures, creating the perfect tablescape to compliment your menu is a crucial part of creating memorable dining experiences.
Looking to create the perfect tabletop presentation, but don’t know where to start? At Masterchef Warehouse, we have wide selection of both classic and contemporary tableware that is elegant, unique, and sure to elevate the overall aesthetic of your establishments tableware this Fall and Winter.
Winter might be known for blanketing everything in white, but that in no way will stop diners from enjoying pops of bold color once they get out of the cold. The Organic Collection is brimming with several different uniquely shaped and boldly colored tableware options for restaurants to really make their Fall and Winter dishes pop and remind diners that Spring and Summer will come around again. Options like the 13 inch Orange Oval plate are great for showcasing the greener things even in the dead of winter like a fresh three beet salad with roasted, pickled, and raw beets swathed in a tangy orange and yogurt dressing, or the 10 inch Yellow Plate that is sure to bring a smile to anyone’s face when they stop in for breakfast and enjoy eggs sunny side up, scrambled, or as the perfect fluffy yellow omelette.
This Fall and Winter, instead of the traditional, diners can be just as adventurous as they were in Spring and Summer. Fall and Winter is just as great a time for restaurants to offer new and exciting, or vegan and plant based inspired dishes that diners are currently loving. Pieces from the Brownstone Collection such as the 12 inch Round Plate is perfect for serving up vegan dishes like mushroom stroganoff or hot Vegan chickpea curry with rice. With its ombre effect of brown shifting into gray, this plate can elevate any meal served on it. Not to be outdone the Bluestone Collection is just as versatile. The 10 inch Triangle Plate is an eye catching dish ideal from starting the dining experience off right by showcasing appetizers like baked potato samosas to keep with the triangle theme or crispy fried General Tso’s cauliflower which will really stand out against the plate’s dark blue border. Be it from the Bluestone or Brownstone collections, the plates from these collections are ideal for enjoying a modern dining experience with exciting new food like Vegan cuisine.
What would Fall and Winter be without the desire to warm up with a hot and hearty soup? The Eclipse Collection with its warm burgundy brown hue and elegant shapes are perfect for its timeless look it brings to the table. Among the traditional shapes is the stunning and smile inducing 10.5 inch Eclipse Porvasal Aro Plate. With it’s wide brim and whimsical dip, it is an ideal plate to elevate a fresh, creamy and piping hot clam chowder or a bright orange Lobster Bisque. Diners can smile wide, gobble down soup, and take tons of pictures of this instagram-worthy plate. The 12.2 Inch Eclipse Porvasal Oval Tray is ideal for showcasing winter classics like perfectly roasted whole chicken, roasted leg of lamb with mint sauce, roasted beef tenderloin with a gorgonzola pepper cream sauce, and roasted duck with cranberry cardamom glaze. The pieces from this collection have both a modern yet timeless feel and with their dark hue they provide the perfect backdrop for the vibrant food served on them that’ll leave a lasting impression on diners.
For restaurants that want to make a visual impact but still keep things classic, the Linea Collection with its pure white pieces is the perfect choice. This collection is also great for those large family size dishes when the whole family comes out to feast. With the 16 inch Linea Rectangle Dish, restaurants can plate a giant dish for the whole family without fail. On this dish restaurants can utilize the length to pile on long dishes like Greek grilled chicken kebabs with the super-long kebab sticks, Afghani Kofta Kebabs with rice, or even go all out and serve a whole oven roasted turkey with all the fixings that can fit on it for this coming Thanksgiving. For a more tame meal, Linea has the 10.5 inch Square Plate which is a nice twist on the traditional circular plate to enjoy pasta to their heart’s content. One this square plate diners can pile it high with dishes like lobster stuffed ravioli to keep things square, penne ala vodka, creamy chicken alfredo, a bowtie carbonara, or lovely pesto gnocchi. The possibilities are endless and just like the dark hue of the Eclipse Collection, the pristine white backdrop of the Linea Collection can really make any dish pop.
The Orbe Collection is pure, whimsy in shapes and sizes, and offers a fun way for restaurants to make a special place in the memories of those who come to dine at their establishments. Pure white and with so many different dip-shaped designs, these plates are a great way to showcase soups, pastas, salads, and maybe even blooming chocolate dessert to really go all out. A plate from this collection that is sure to please is the 12.2 inch Orbe Porvasal plate, which provides a truly beautiful way to serve items like classic tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwich on the side, the perfect dulce de leche cake floating in a sweety creamy sauce, and a fresh and crispy Italian Caesar salad where the slices of tomato can be laid out like petals along the shape of the plate. Another plate from this collection that is sure to elevate a restaurant’s profile is the 10.5 Inch Orbe Porvasal plate. With its dip and outer ring, this plate is just calling out for chef’s to explore the art of of plating. Chef’s can come up with exciting new presentations like serving Filet Minon in the center and pouring a blueberry balsamic sauce in the outer rim, a deconstructed salmon teriyaki with the teriyaki sauce on the outside, or even go the desert route with a lovely New York Cheesecake in the center with a bright crimson strawberry sauce waiting to be dipped in on the outer rim. The possibilities with this collection of plates are endless.
Whatever the season or occasion, complete the tabletop presentation of your dreams with our selection of dinnerware on our website and through our catalog!
Written by: Raidah Islam