Expo Hire delivers dinner plates, bowls, and serving crockery for corporate galas, large hospitality functions, and private celebrations across England and Wales. Full crockery sets are available with live stock and delivery to your postcode.
All crockery is delivered clean and checked. Return it dirty. Commercial washing is included in the hire cost.
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Expo Hire delivers crockery to events across England and Wales from regional depots. Enter your postcode at checkout for instant delivery pricing. Sunday delivery is included as standard. Crockery is delivered clean and stacked in crates.
\Three-course formal dinner: Side plate for bread, dinner plate for the main, dessert plate or bowl for pudding. Three plates per guest plus 10 per cent. For 100 guests, order 330 plates across the three sizes.
\Afternoon tea: Side plate and cup and saucer per guest. If serving sandwiches, add a dinner plate for the sandwich tier. For 50 guests at afternoon tea, order 50 side plates, 50 cups and saucers, and 50 dinner plates.
\Buffet: Main dinner plate per guest. If soup is served, add a soup bowl. For a simple buffet, 1 plate per person plus 10 per cent covers most events.
\Coffee service only: Cups and saucers. For a conference break serving coffee to 200 delegates in 15 minutes, 200 cups and saucers with 2 or 3 large urns is the practical setup.
\Stack it back in the crates dirty. Expo Hire runs everything through commercial dishwashers. No pre-rinsing required. Broken items should be left in the crate and noted on the return paperwork.
\Order by course, not by guest count alone. A 100-cover plated dinner often needs 100 dinner plates, 100 side plates, 100 dessert bowls or plates, and 100 cups and saucers if tea or coffee follows. Buffets need fewer side plates than formal dining, but they often need more bowls, platters, or service ware. If you expect a fast turnaround between courses, hold a small reserve rather than running every plate to the table.
\Wedding caterers often add 5 to 10 extra settings so there is cover for breakage or a last-minute guest change. Corporate events can work closer to the confirmed headcount if the menu is fixed. You can build the order through our crockery hire range and match it with cutlery and glassware before checkout.
Yes. Expo Hire delivers for crockery hire near me from the nearest regional depot. Enter your venue postcode at checkout to confirm delivery coverage and see the exact carriage cost before placing your order.
Yes. Expo Hire is the only event hire company in the UK that delivers and collects on Sundays. Morning and afternoon windows are available 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Orders placed by midday on a working day can often be delivered the next day, subject to stock and route availability. For urgent requirements, call 0800 910 1100 — the team will check what is possible from the nearest depot.
The minimum order value ranges from £100 to £3,000 ex-VAT excluding carriage, depending on your delivery location. This applies to all delivery areas across England and Wales.
