Steelite Rio Blue Stacking Soup Bowls 285ml (Pack of 36)

The Steelite Rio Blue soup bowl is a handleless, stackable bowl finished with a hand-applied colour wash that gives it a relaxed, informal character well suited to bistro, café, and casual dining settings. Made from alumina vitrified ceramic, it is built to the standard of professional foodservice tableware rather than domestic or display use.

In a busy service environment, durability and practicality tend to matter more than appearance alone. The Rio range is designed to resist thermal shock, which is relevant wherever bowls move quickly between dishwasher cycles and hot service — a common pressure point in high-turnover operations. The stackable profile keeps back-of-house storage manageable, and the consistent sizing supports efficient plating and portioning across a large cover count.

Practical operational advantages include:

• Hand-applied colour wash — distinctive without being fragile or high-maintenance
• Thermal shock resistance — handles the demands of commercial dishwasher cycling
• Stackable design — reduces storage footprint in cramped back-of-house areas
• Alumina vitrified ceramic construction — robust enough for daily commercial use
• Lifetime edge chip warranty from Steelite — a meaningful assurance for volume operators

This pack of 36 makes it practical as a starter quantity for a mid-sized operation or as a supplementary run for an existing Rio tableware set. The Rio range is available in multiple colours, so mixing or coordinating across a table setting is straightforward. For very high-volume sites running multiple sittings, it is worth considering whether a larger opening order makes sense from a logistics and breakage-buffer standpoint.

If you are building out a tableware specification or want to discuss quantities and colour mixing across the Rio range, the team is happy to help you work through the options.