To create a table style, you don’t just follow the latest trends in contemporary design, but leave room for the creativity and personality of the chef who will present the courses, along with combinations that go hand in hand with the setting and the occasion. Contemporary and classic dinnerware sets become real décor ideas for upscale restaurants, and by mixing styles, colors and textures, a unique table is shaped to accompany diners in an experience that talks about more than just food.
There are no strict rules on how to mix and match tableware, but it’s a good idea to experiment and figure out what works best for your restaurant and start with the basics.
How to match tableware: the basics
The combination of plates and porcelain ware gives an extra touch to the tables of the most innovative restaurateurs: blending colors, textures and styles is a trend that sets the standard, building the identity of the restaurant, along with the culinary adventure that will be offered to customers.
Abbinamenti vivaci, sempre di classe, con Gastronorm
1. Matching porcelain colors for a modern table setting
Color has always been one of the most important elements of tableware design. A new trendy approach sees modern dinnerware that makes the table bright, cheerful or more elegant and classic. Hues influence the entire presentation of the meal and can combine with the character of the décor or, instead, create a striking contrast. Color expresses emotions, and finding a common thread is the first step to impress.
It starts with choosing a color palette, also considering a possible event theme. Items in different hues that coordinate with each other or a more eclectic look by opting for tableware in contrasting colors. Keeping the same shade, such as white, is a classic, but you can also choose gradient items for an even more chic effect.
Here are your new allies: Gastronorm Basic brings splendor and vibrancy in combining the white inside of the baking dish with the outside in the most suitable color from blue, green, red, yellow or orange. Just the right emphasis on classic courses, such as a roast chicken with crispy potatoes, or a pork tenderloin with pears to innovate. Color is always on the stage with Handpainted, in rich gourmet masterpieces: a triumph on buffet tray for chestnut and bacon finger foods, enhanced by brushstrokes of green in a tableware that is never the same as another because they are exclusively handmade.
Don’t be afraid of black and be inspired by a line of porcelain items that looks nothing like classic white: Ghisa. And with Porcellana Ardesia, the transition from white to black is more gradual for an unexpected result. The pairing also arises on the crockery with an elegant Catalan-style lobster that colors the oval fish with contrast. Delicate fusions of shades conquer the space with rectangular plate, with slate effect, and a suave shrimp and potato gratin.
Harmony of textures, Stoneware
2. Shapes and textures at the table for unexpected unions
Once the colors have been evaluated, it is time to move on to the combinations of shapes and textures of porcelain tableware. For an interesting visual effect, you can opt for a mix of small and larger items, or squares together with round or oval dinnerware. Then comes the fun of material textures: smooth or rough? Both to win first the eyesight of diners and then the palate, along with unfailing contrasts of softness and crispness in prepared delicacies.
MPS Porcellane offers a wide range of items with different textures: from smooth porcelain to rough and matte effect, to leave room for experimentation and inspiration of the chef. The rule suggests not to exceed two textures when combining different tableware: a smooth item for the main course and a rougher one for the side dish, for example. Choose a square plate for the main course and a round one for dessert, or play with the associations you prefer by considering rectangular and oval items as well.
Flatware and bowls are a perfect pair that brings the ideal balance of form and practicality to the table. Cocottine, Cordonata Impilabile line, lay comfortably on rectangular tray, Ghisa line, for contrasts of shine and highlight both surface innovation and soft orange soufflé.
The Hotel line is the idea that emphasizes alternating shapes: deep oval plate surrounds a creamy seafood carbonara, while rectangular dish presents a simple but tasty artichoke carpaccio.
Beyond glossy porcelain: Ghisa innovates and renews not only the colors of traditional dinnerware, but also the textures, along with Stoneware, for rustic opacities that glow with impeccable elegance. With all the strength of porcelain, a material of choice for the kitchen and table, it presents dishes with a homemade flavor with a gourmet twist: a ratatouille that is pure art in the round pan with handles, with earthy hues, or frying pan fregi, in a black version, accommodates an omelet with béchamel. Here is the contrast that is the unifying theme with all courses: trapezoidal inserts and rice bowl, Buffet line, complete the meal with tasty sauces and chips.
Classical notes in modern gourmet compositions, with Millenium
3. A table of different styles, porcelain for everyone
Seemingly delicate white porcelain, ethereal and eternal tableware of the ancient parlors of the nobility or minimal, no-frills lines of the modern kitchen, mixing styles is never a risk, if cared for to the smallest detail. If color is to be the fil rouge of the presentation, all that remains is to follow creativity to combine multiple styles. It is not about indecision, but about giving a complete atmosphere to guests and customers, for a journey between past and modern, local and ethnic cuisine, contemporary and vintage design to convey all possible sensations.
Minimalism is chic, it’s not just ethnic: modern ideas blend with ancient traditions in table pieces that become true decorations. It is no coincidence that MPS Porcellane’s sushi plates respect these canons of aesthetics and are pure design that emphasizes the simple complexity of dishes that are symbolic of a culture. Square and rectangular sushi plates from the Ghisa line are born to celebrate the vibrant colors of uramaki or fresh, fragrant nigiri.
The bold lines of modernity meet in an idyll of amazement with vintage-style tableware with delicate decorations and workmanship that hint of romance and tradition. Millenium, with cake stands, salad bowls, and deep and oval plates also wins over modern design enthusiasts in a proposal for interpretation of the past that reveals the contemporary. That’s why a filet with balsamic vinegar makes a fine impression on the oval plate, while a cake design is absolute star on cake stand. The Barocco line brings the hands of the clock to a timeless era of class, with round plate crowning a five-star orange roast or oval basket filling special occasions with an art of refinement.
Styles at first sight in conflict become instead the exceptional fusion with the arrival of Handware, completing an expression that is neither ancient nor modern, but merely and simply yours. Soups and paccheri taste different with bowl, a porcelain item designed to fit in one hand and let you savor the taste of today in a whole new form.
Porcelain items for unrivaled alliances
You don’t need jaw-dropping shapes or futuristic materials to bring trends to the table, but the right care in combinations, unions and blends. Contrast wins in the harmony of porcelain tableware. We have been offering the best kitchen and dinnerware for over thirty years, inspired by the needs of our Ho.Re.Ca. customers, to amaze every time, never forgetting that the main role is yours. Our craftsmanship in creating durable, aesthetically pleasing, easy-to-clean tableware that can also be used in the oven and microwave is combined with your ideas for innovation. Enter inspiration, with just the right amount of thoroughness.
