Enhanced Table Dressing – Charger Plates

Today we carry on our series looking at ways to enhance your table dressing. The focus for today is on the wonderful and versatile charger plate.

At 88 Events, it’s fair to say we love charger plates. They tend to feature predominantly in most of the gala dinners and weddings we design. We also rent thousands of the fellows throughout the year so its clear that our many clients love them too!

What’s great about charger plates is how versatile they are.

A Great Design Tool

Incorporating a charger plate into your table design is a great way of adding colour and an interesting feature to your table dressing.

You can use a specific colour to accent your tablecloth or a floral arrangement. They also work well as a way of developing certain colour themes such as corporate colours or other event branding.

Alternatively, a clear glass charger plate can highlight linen textures and colours by adding depth to the table.

Fun Way To Serve Food

Charger plates are also an interesting and alternative way of serving food compared to more traditional china and crockery. They work especially well for desserts and starters. Many of the top caterers we supply to hire charger plates from us to ‘funk’ up their food presentation.

They are also ideal for presenting canapes.

 3 Things To Consider When You Hire Charger Plates

1. Carriage Costs

Glass charger plates are obviously very delicate. This means that they need to be delivered and collected on a dedicated vehicle as opposed to being slung in a box and delivered by a carrier. You should take this into account when working out your budget.

2. Be Aware Of The Potential For Breakages

This also relates to the delicate nature of a charger plate. When you hire charger plates, you should ensure that there is a responsible person charged with the task of ensuring that all the plates are wiped clean of any food and then put back in their boxes the way they came. If you try and squeeze 40 plates into a box designed to only hold 25, there is big chance of breakages ocurring. Be aware of any replacement costs before you place your order.

3. Table Size

Using a charger as a base plate that sits on your table before your guests sit down will have an impact on the number of guests you can seat at the table. It’s sometimes common to have 12 guests at a 6ft round and 10 guests at a 5ft round. If you want to hire a standard 12″ charger plate, you’ll only be able to get 10 guests at the 6ft table and 8 at the 5ft table if you want your guests to be comfortable.

A Huge Collection of Charger Plates For Hire

88 Events has one of the UK’s largest collections of glass charger plates for hire. Featuring an eclectic mix of colours, textures, shapes and designs, you’re sure to find something that will appeal to your clients.

To find out more about charger plate pricing and availabilty click the following link and add your preferred options to a wishlist. One of the team will then get back to you with all the info you need on how you can go about hring them.

Hire Charger Plates From 88 Events

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