Churchill Stonecast Coupe Plate Barley White 260mm Pack of 12
Product Description
The Churchill Stonecast Round Coupe Plate in Barley White is a vitrified ceramic dinner plate with a shallow, gently sloping rim profile. The coupe format — essentially a rimless plate...
Specifications
- Box quantity
- 12
- Colour
- White
- Crockery type
- Plates
- Diameter
- 200
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Product Description
The Churchill Stonecast Round Coupe Plate in Barley White is a vitrified ceramic dinner plate with a shallow, gently sloping rim profile. The coupe format — essentially a rimless plate with a gradual curve from the centre to the edge — keeps sauces, jus and dressings contained without the need for a defined well, giving chefs a clean, uninterrupted canvas for plating.
Stonecast is a well-established range in commercial hospitality. The reactive glaze finish gives each piece a subtle, handcrafted appearance that reads well across a range of cuisine styles, from casual dining to more considered restaurant plating. The Barley White colourway is a warm, soft white that avoids the clinical flatness of a standard white plate, making food colours and garnishes sit naturally against it.
Vitrified ceramic construction means the plates are dense and non-porous, which supports both hygiene standards and everyday durability in a busy wash cycle. Churchill backs this with a five-year edge chip warranty, which is a useful indicator of how the range is expected to hold up in commercial use. Key practical points include:
- Coupe profile keeps sauces and dressings on the plate during service
- Reactive glaze finish suits modern, informal plating styles
- Vitrified ceramic body resists staining and supports high-temperature dishwashing
- Five-year edge chip warranty reflects durability in commercial wash cycles
- Sold in a pack of 12, suited to building or topping up a working cover count
This plate size sits comfortably as a main course plate in most table settings. The coupe format does suit dishes with a liquid element — pasta, braised dishes, anything finished with a sauce — more than it suits dry dishes where a flatter plate might serve equally well. It is not a versatile-for-all-formats plate, so it is worth considering alongside other formats in the Stonecast range if a single plate style needs to cover multiple courses or dish types.
Best suited to restaurants, bistros, hotels and contract caterers looking for a consistent, durable everyday plate with a contemporary finish. If you are building out a full cover set or need guidance on which Stonecast formats work well together for your menu, the team is happy to help you think it through.
Key Features
- Vitrified ceramic construction for dense, non-porous commercial durability
- Coupe profile with sloping rim retains sauces and dressings during service
- Reactive glaze finish gives a subtle, handcrafted appearance per piece
- Five-year edge chip warranty included as standard with the range
- Sold in packs of 12 to suit commercial cover-building requirements
Operational Benefits
- Keeps sauces and jus contained on the plate throughout service
- Withstands repeated high-temperature commercial dishwasher cycles reliably
- Warm Barley White finish makes food colours and garnishes read clearly
- Five-year chip warranty reduces replacement costs over time in busy operations
- Pack-of-12 format makes it straightforward to maintain consistent cover counts
Specifications
- Box quantity
- 12
- Colour
- White
- Crockery type
- Plates
- Diameter
- 200
- Dimensions
- 100(H) x 200(Ø)mm | 4(H)" x 7¾(Ø)"
- Dishwasher safe
- Yes
- Furniture shape
- Round
- Material
- Vitrified Ceramic
- Microwave safe
- Yes
- Warranty
- 5 Years Edge Chip
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Frequently Asked Questions
- The coupe profile works particularly well for dishes with a liquid element — pasta, braised meats, dishes finished with a jus or sauce — as the sloping rim helps keep liquids on the plate. For drier dishes or salads, a flatter plate or a rimmed format may give chefs more control over presentation, so it is worth considering the full Stonecast range if your menu covers a broad spread of dish styles.
- Vitrified ceramic is fired at higher temperatures than standard ceramic, producing a denser, less porous body that is more resistant to staining and moisture absorption. In practice, this means the plates tend to maintain their appearance better through repeated high-temperature dishwasher cycles, and Churchill's five-year edge chip warranty on the Stonecast range reflects that expected durability in commercial use.
- A working cover count generally requires two to three times the number of seated covers to allow for plates in use, plates in the wash cycle, and a buffer for breakages. For a 40-cover restaurant, that typically means 80 to 120 plates as a starting point — so four to ten packs of 12, depending on your wash turnaround and service pace. If you are unsure what quantity suits your operation, we are happy to talk it through.