Churchill Stonecast Barley White Chefs' Walled Oblong Plate 300mm x6
Product Description
The Churchill Stonecast Barley White Chefs' Walled Oblong Plate is part of Churchill's well-regarded Stonecast range — a collection of super vitrified tableware finished with a hand-painted reactive glaze that...
Specifications
- Box quantity
- 12
- Dimensions
- 300(L) x 154(W) x 20(D)mm
- Material
- Super Vitrified
- Weight
- 4.16kg
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Product Description
The Churchill Stonecast Barley White Chefs' Walled Oblong Plate is part of Churchill's well-regarded Stonecast range — a collection of super vitrified tableware finished with a hand-painted reactive glaze that gives each piece a subtly individual appearance. The walled oblong format is a practical plating shape suited to modern presentation styles, providing a defined well that helps contain sauces and dressings while keeping components in position during service.
Super vitrified construction is worth noting in a commercial context. It refers to a firing process that produces a denser, harder body than standard porcelain, resulting in improved chip resistance along the rim and edges — the areas most exposed to handling, stacking, and rack washing. In a busy restaurant or hotel kitchen where covers are high and plates cycle through the wash multiple times a night, that durability has a direct impact on replacement frequency and long-term cost.
Practical advantages for kitchen and front-of-house teams include:
- Reactive hand-painted glaze gives natural variation without compromising consistency across a table setting
- Walled profile supports structured plating of proteins, sides, and sauces on a single plate
- Super vitrified body offers strong resistance to chipping in high-cycle wash environments
- Neutral Barley White tone works across a wide range of cuisine styles and table aesthetics
- Supplied in a pack of 6, suited to topping up existing covers or building a new range
The 300mm length makes this a substantial plate appropriate for main course service. At that size, storage and racking requirements are worth considering — ensure your existing plate racks and pass shelving accommodate the oblong footprint before ordering in volume. The super vitrified material is dishwasher safe and compatible with standard commercial warewashers, though as with all reactive-glazed tableware, avoiding prolonged exposure to very harsh detergents will help maintain the finish over time.
This plate is well suited to independent restaurants, hotel dining rooms, and gastropubs looking for tableware that reads as considered and individual without requiring custom manufacture. The Stonecast range spans multiple colourways and plate formats, so if you are building or refreshing a full cover, it is worth reviewing the broader collection to ensure consistency across starters, mains, and sharing plates.
If you are specifying tableware across a larger project or want to discuss how the Stonecast range fits your existing table setup, the team is happy to help you work through the options.
Key Features
- Super vitrified construction for enhanced chip resistance in daily service
- Hand-painted reactive glaze produces natural variation across each piece
- Walled oblong profile measures 300mm, suited to main course plating
- Dishwasher safe and compatible with commercial rack warewashers
- Supplied as a pack of 6 for straightforward cover management
Operational Benefits
- Reduces long-term replacement costs through improved rim chip resistance
- Adds natural visual character to table settings without mismatched inconsistency
- Walled profile keeps plated components in position during busy service
- Cycles reliably through commercial warewashers without specialist handling
- Pack format allows incremental topping up of existing cover stock
Specifications
- Box quantity
- 12
- Dimensions
- 300(L) x 154(W) x 20(D)mm
- Material
- Super Vitrified
- Weight
- 4.16kg
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Yes, Churchill's Stonecast range covers a broad selection of formats including round plates, bowls, and serving pieces across multiple sizes. If you are building a full cover or need to match across courses, it is worth reviewing the wider Stonecast collection to ensure the formats and colourways align consistently.
- Super vitrified china undergoes a denser firing process than standard porcelain, which produces a harder body with better resistance to chipping along edges and rims. In practice, this means the plates tend to last longer in high-cycle commercial wash operations, though no tableware is immune to breakage — correct stacking and rack loading remain important.
- The reactive glaze process does produce natural variation between pieces, which is intentional to the aesthetic. In practice, the variation is subtle enough that plates read as a coherent set on the table rather than mismatched. It is worth being aware of when specifying for very formal or uniform table settings where consistency is a priority.