Tableware That Serves: The Chicest Dishes, Jugs & Serveware

By Tessa Dunthorne

7 months ago

Hardworking tableware that's also really pretty


If you’re yearning for a perfectly laid table – or your Instagram feed is an infinite scroll of dreamy dinnerware – it may be that you’re experiencing an acute case of table envy. Don’t worry, it’s completely curable, but it’ll require a bit of work on the part of your tablescaping. So, upgrade those weary, worn supermarket plates and those sad salad spoons. We’ve collated an edit of the most hard-working tableware pieces that also happen to be oh-so-chic.

Chic Tableware & Dining Pieces To Elevate Your Dinner Parties

Jamie Oliver

Super Server, £40

This large, yellow orange bowl from Jamie Oliver’s new Big Love serveware range is perfect for big spring salads.

Yellow serving dish
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Artemest

DS Oval ceramic fish serving plate, £555

The perfect serving platter for tiny, little day-after-Easter leftover sandwiches.

Artemest fish plate
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Aaron Probyn

Rye dark amber & clear glass carafe, highball, water and wine glasses, from £26

For structural service on the modern table.

Aaron Probyn glassware
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Luke Edward Hall x Artemest

Luke Edward Hall Neptune dinner plates, £200

The plates you’ll only whip out on special occasions.

Luke Edward Hall plate
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Sostrene Grene

Green cloth napkins, 4 piece set, £6.10

Keeping sticky fingers off the table in style.

Sostrene Grene napkins
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Selfridges x Laetitia Rouget

Selfridges x Laetitia Rouget ‘Who Says I Can’t Cook’ hand-painted ceramic plate, £60

For passive-aggressive but ultra pretty plating.

Selfridges x Laetitia Rouget
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Truffle Bee

Golden bees cutlery case, €70

Little velvet-y pockets to keep your cutlery organised.

Truffle Bee cutlery case holder in green
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Allday Goods

Fruit salad butter knives, £75

Made from 100 percent plastic waste and by a fourth-generation knife maker.

Allday Goods
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Burleigh

Burleigh blue peacock bowl, £100

Divvying up a salad like you’re dining on the set of Bridgerton.

Burleigh blue peacock bowl
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Petra Palumbo

Petra Palumbo thistles jug, £160

This jug is perfect for an al fresco tablescape.

Petra Palumbo Thistle jug
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Late Afternoon

Pink scallop side plate, £28/plate

Hand-painted in Portugal, this is the perfect dinner companion for a girls’ lunch.

Late Afternoon scallop plates
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Rebecca Udall

Bamboo handle cutlery, £58

A three-piece set crafted in France.

Rebecca Udall bamboo cutlery
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Jonathan Adler

Marseilles cocktail napkins, £50

Set those mixology creations on their own little placeset.

Jonathan Adler cocktail napkins
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Featured image: Rebecca Udall