Hospitality buffet equipment

At a buffet, guests serve themselves. They take a plate, help themselves, put the spoon back somewhere else, and ten minutes later the next platter is half empty. Buffet equipment therefore has to stand firm, be easy to refill and get back to the dish room quickly.

Our webshop has no separate buffet category. What you need is spread across porcelain, platters and accessories: gastronorm dishes by Figgjo, oval platters by Schönwald and Heart & Soul, distinctive platters by Pordamsa, cake stands by Esma Dereboy and small pieces such as cloches and dip bowls.

If you work with buffet pans, chilled displays or warming units, you know the gastronorm format (GN). Figgjo makes porcelain dishes in these standard sizes. Your buffet gets the look of porcelain without changing the set-up.

In the webshop you will find Figgjo Gastronorm from 1/1 to 1/32, low, high or deep depending on the size. There are also GN trays and plates, the Klassik tray with a high rim in 35 and 40 cm, and Tri trays in three sizes.

The outer dimensions in the table are those of the gastronorm standard. The exact size and height of each piece are listed with the product.

For rolls, fruit, charcuterie or a hot dish, an oval coupe platter works well: no rim in the way, plenty of room to arrange. Schönwald makes them in Delight (45.1 x 19.7 cm), Unlimited (up to 38 x 26.5 cm), Shiro (up to 36 x 23.5 cm) and Create, embossed (35.8 x 24 cm). Fine Dining has oval and rectangular platters with a rim, up to 36.4 x 15.8 cm, and a dish with two wells for sauces or dips.

Heart & Soul makes oval coupe platters from 25.3 x 19 cm to 36 x 28 cm and rectangular platters up to 35 x 15 cm, in the Perfect Match, Mirage and Soulmate collections.

At a reception or walking dinner, guests look first and then take. Pordamsa makes platters with distinctive shapes: the Sublime Coral platters of 29 x 16 and 20 x 12 cm, a 12 cm oyster dish, the Nuages dishes and the glass Nordica platter of 31 x 12 cm.

For dessert and pastries there are the round cake stand and the Tree cake platters by Esma Dereboy, in black and ivory. In the Aphros line, Le Coq Porcelaine has 6.5 cm amuse-bouche bowls, 9 cm appetiser dishes and oval trays up to 43 x 23 cm, in glossy and matt white New Bone China.

These pieces finish a buffet:

• Cloche. Playground's cloche, 13 cm wide and 20 cm tall, keeps cheese or pastries covered.
• Glass bowls with lids. Shallow bowls of 8, 15 and 18 cm from the Spotlights collection, for butter, tapenade or jam.
• Butter dish and dip bowls. Dibbern has a butter dish for 250 g and dip bowls of 5, 8 and 10 cm in white Fine Bone China.
• Serving cutlery. Cake forks, cake knives and appetiser forks from Comas, also in gold, black and copper in the Lab line.
• Height. Playground's Loft presentation board stands on feet, 10 cm high, and adds a second level to a flat buffet.

Start from the number of guests and the rhythm of the service, not from the platters.

• Count per moment. A breakfast where guests arrive over three hours needs fewer platters at once than a reception where everyone walks in at eight.
• Work with two sets. While one platter is on the buffet, the second is filled in the kitchen. You swap in one move and the buffet stays full.
• Stick to one range. Choose platters from one or two collections. Then you reorder exactly the same piece later, and it sits right next to the old ones.
• Think about transport. Caterers look at stacking and weight. Dimensions are listed with the products in the webshop, and for many pieces the weight as well.
• Plates and cutlery first. A buffet flows when plates and cutlery are at the start of the line. See our hospitality tableware and cutlery.

Alongside porcelain, many venues use wooden boards or metal for cheese, charcuterie and bread. You will find them among our serving platters: Playground boards from 33 x 24 to 50 x 14 cm, and on request leather trays by Gio Bagnara and metal serving pieces by Broggi.

In the showroom at Doenaertstraat 16 in Marke (Kortrijk) you build a buffet with the pieces themselves: a GN dish next to an oval coupe platter, a cloche beside it, and you see straight away what works. Book an appointment for a visit.

Hotels on the coast in West Flanders are a short drive from the showroom. Hotels and caterers in Brussels and Limburg order just as easily online and have it delivered.

Private customers see prices in the webshop including 21% VAT. Debecker delivers in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. In Belgium, shipping costs €8 incl. VAT and is free from €100 incl. VAT. To the Netherlands and Luxembourg, shipping is €25 incl. VAT, free from €1,000 incl. VAT. For hospitality businesses there is a separate professional webshop. You see your prices and terms after signing in.