APS Stone Art Melamine Flat Plate GN 1/1
Product Description
The APS Stone Art Flat Plate is a full GN 1/1 melamine serving plate designed for buffet, counter, and display service. It carries a dappled stone-effect finish with a brown...
Specifications
- Colour
- Cream
- Dimensions
- 530 x 325mm
- Dishwasher safe
- Yes
- Furniture shape
- Rectangular
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Product Description
The APS Stone Art Flat Plate is a full GN 1/1 melamine serving plate designed for buffet, counter, and display service. It carries a dappled stone-effect finish with a brown rim that gives food presentation a calm, rustic character without looking fussy or dated. Each piece is sold singly, allowing operators to build up quantities as needed.
Melamine is a practical choice for high-turnover serving environments. It handles the knocks and stacking of busy service far better than ceramic or stoneware alternatives, and the surface resists chipping under normal commercial use. For buffet operations, outdoor catering, or any setting where crockery is moved frequently and handled by multiple staff, this kind of durability reduces breakage costs noticeably over time.
- Resistant to chipping and impact during regular service handling
- Suitable for commercial dishwashers, reducing turnaround time
- Microwave safe, useful where food needs warming before display
- Consistent stone-effect finish frames food presentation clearly
- Lightweight relative to ceramic equivalents, reducing handling fatigue
At full GN 1/1 size, the plate accommodates generous arrangements — whole cake displays, sandwich platters, mezze spreads, or cold antipasti. It sits neatly within standard GN-compatible buffet systems and display risers, which keeps presentation organised and easy to refresh during service.
Being melamine, this plate is not suitable for conventional oven use or prolonged exposure to very high temperatures. It is designed for ambient or lightly warmed food display rather than hot-hold service. For operations that need to hold food at temperature, a GN-compatible heated display solution would be more appropriate.
This plate suits hotels, event caterers, workplace restaurants, and café operators running regular buffet or self-serve counters. If you are setting up a larger buffet operation and want to talk through quantities or complementary pieces from the Stone Art range, the team are happy to help.
Key Features
- Full GN 1/1 melamine flat plate, sold as a single unit
- Dappled stone-effect finish with contrasting brown rim detail
- Impact and chip-resistant melamine construction throughout
- Compatible with commercial dishwashers for fast service turnaround
- Microwave safe for gentle warming before food display
Operational Benefits
- Reduces breakage costs in high-turnover buffet and display service
- Fits standard GN buffet systems for organised, refreshable presentation
- Handles frequent staff handling without surface damage or chipping
- Dishwasher compatibility keeps pieces cycling quickly during service
- Consistent finish supports clean, professional food presentation throughout
Specifications
- Colour
- Cream
- Dimensions
- 530 x 325mm
- Dishwasher safe
- Yes
- Furniture shape
- Rectangular
- Material
- Melamine
- Microwave safe
- Yes
- Stackable
- Stackable
- Weight
- 1.97kg
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Melamine is not designed for prolonged exposure to high heat, so this plate is best suited to ambient or lightly warmed food display rather than active hot-hold service. For heated buffet applications, a GN-compatible chafing or heated display system would be the more appropriate choice.
- Yes, being a full GN 1/1 size it sits neatly within standard GN-compatible buffet furniture, risers, and display stands, which makes it straightforward to integrate into most existing buffet setups.
- Melamine is considerably more resistant to chipping and breakage than ceramic under the repeated stacking, movement, and handling typical of commercial buffet service. Over time, operators generally find that melamine reduces crockery replacement costs, particularly in high-footfall or outdoor catering settings.