Steelite Bead Maroon Band Pasta Plates 240mm (Pack of 12)

The Steelite Bead range is a well-established vitrified china tableware line, and the Maroon Band variant adds a defined colour accent to the rim — a practical way to introduce visual consistency across a table setting or to differentiate courses without investing in entirely separate crockery ranges. The 240mm pasta plate sits at a practical size for pasta dishes, risottos, and composed starters where a wider, shallower profile helps presentation without the plate overwhelming the portion.

Vitrified china is the standard material choice for busy front-of-house operations. It fires at higher temperatures than standard ceramics, resulting in a denser, less porous body that resists chipping and crazing better under the repeated thermal cycling of commercial dishwashers. The Bead profile — a gently raised rim detail — provides a degree of structural reinforcement at the edge, which is typically where plates take the most damage in a busy pass or during stacking.

For operators, the practical advantages of this range include:

• Consistent colour band finish supports cohesive table presentation across covers
• Vitrified construction handles repeated high-temperature dishwasher cycles reliably
• 240mm diameter suits pasta, risotto, and composed starter portions
• Pack of 12 provides a practical replenishment or starter quantity for most services
• Stackable profile allows compact storage on shelving or in plate warmers

These plates are suitable for use in plate warmers and are dishwasher safe as standard with vitrified china. There are no particular installation or infrastructure requirements — the key operational consideration is ensuring your plate warmer capacity and dishwasher cycle times are matched to your cover count, so plates are clean and at service temperature when needed.

The Bead Maroon Band plate is well suited to restaurant and hotel dining operations looking for a defined, consistent table aesthetic without moving to a fully custom range. It works in both contemporary and more traditional dining settings. For very high-volume operations running multiple sittings, it is worth considering whether a larger pack quantity or a complementary set of covers, bowls, and side plates from the same range would better support a unified table setting.

If you are specifying tableware across a new or refurbished operation and want to talk through quantities, plate sizes, or how the Bead range fits alongside other pieces, we are happy to help you work through it.