Steelite Rio Blue Soup Plates 215mm (Pack of 24)

The Steelite Rio Blue soup plate is a 215mm earthenware-style piece finished in a hand-applied blue colour wash, giving it a relaxed, informal character that sits comfortably in bistro, café, and casual dining settings. It is produced in alumina vitrified ceramic, which is the same high-density body used across Steelite's professional hospitality ranges, and it carries a lifetime edge chip warranty — a meaningful indicator of build quality for any operator buying tableware at volume.

In a working kitchen environment, robustness matters as much as appearance. Alumina vitrified ceramic is well suited to the demands of a busy pass: it resists thermal shock during the transition between dishwasher heat and cold storage, and the glaze is designed to hold up under repeated commercial wash cycles without crazing or fading. The Rio range is commonly used in hotels, gastro pubs, and independent restaurants where operators want a consistent, characterful look without the fragility associated with hand-thrown or more decorative pottery.

Practical considerations worth noting:

• Hand-applied colour wash gives slight variation between pieces — this is intentional and part of the Rio aesthetic
• Sold in packs of 24, which suits most initial cover setups or top-up ordering
• Rio Blue can be mixed with other colours in the Rio range, allowing operators to build a varied but cohesive table setting
• Lifetime edge chip warranty provides long-term reassurance for volume purchases

This plate is best suited to operations running a relaxed or informal service style — bistros, neighbourhood restaurants, hotel breakfast and lunch covers, and café settings with a food-led offer. For fine dining or formal table settings, a more refined profile may be more appropriate, and for very high-volume contract catering, it is worth discussing stack compatibility and storage requirements before ordering in quantity.

If you are building a full cover specification or mixing pieces across the Rio range, our team is happy to talk through what works well together.