Hire ice buckets, coolers, shakers, jiggers and wine tools for event bars, receptions and table service.
Bar accessories hire gives the bar team the tools that keep service moving. Expo Hire stocks ice buckets, wine cooler sleeves, cocktail shakers, bar spoons, jiggers or measures, champagne stoppers and wine pourers for wedding bars, dinners and corporate receptions. Venues use these items because the right glass matters, but the right tool controls speed, temperature and waste across the full service.
Pair the tools with wine glasses, champagne glasses, beer glasses, cocktail glasses, tumblers and speciality glassware.
Every busy event bar needs three things. The team needs cold stock, clear measures and a layout that cuts wasted movement. Ice buckets and wine cooler sleeves keep white wine, champagne and prosecco in reach during table service or welcome drinks. Jiggers give bartenders a clean measured pour, which protects margin and keeps cocktail taste consistent through a long shift. A bar spoon and shaker turn that measure into a working cocktail station instead of a makeshift bar with no flow.
Wine service also improves when the small tools arrive with the glasses. A wine pourer reduces drip on a formal table and helps waiting staff top up without marking linen or charger plates. A champagne stopper protects opened bottles during speech gaps and between courses. That matters at weddings and awards nights where the room moves in stages rather than one straight drinks run. If the venue uses satellite bars or service islands, add one full set of tools to each point rather than one shared set for the room. The extra cost is small compared with the delay caused by staff walking tools from one end of the venue to the other.
Accessory quantities follow the service layout. A seated dinner may need one ice bucket or cooler sleeve per table and one pourer per open wine bottle on the service station. A cocktail bar may need one jigger, spoon and shaker per bartender, plus a spare set behind the bar. Keep the tool order close to the glassware order so the setup matches the menu from the start.
Wedding bars often change role through the day. The same team chills prosecco on arrival, pours table wine during dinner and then shakes espresso martinis after the band starts. Corporate receptions also shift from formal hosting into fast mixed drinks once speeches end. Bar accessories let one service point handle those changes without delays or messy improvisation.
Expo Hire makes that easy by supplying the tools and the glassware in one booking. Your team receives the stock in one delivery plan, returns the used items after service and leaves the washing to us where that applies. Sunday delivery and collection help venues that host weekend receptions and need a clean reset before Monday trade.
Most wine receptions need ice buckets or cooler sleeves, wine pourers and champagne stoppers. Those tools keep bottles cold and table service clean.
Order one working set per bartender and keep a spare set behind the bar. That keeps the station moving during busy periods.
Yes. Waiting teams use cooler sleeves on the table to hold chilled wine or prosecco through the meal without moving guests away from the bottle.
Yes. You can hire bar tools on their own or add them to any glassware booking.
Expo Hire does not charge a security deposit. A free minor damage waiver covers minor damage and loss. Excessive or negligent damage is charged at 10 times the hire price. Full details in our terms and conditions.
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For orders over £1,000, you can confirm a booking with a 25% deposit and pay the balance up to 28 days before delivery. The checkout offers this automatically. Full details in our terms and conditions.
