Selecting the right glassware for your big event

If you’re organising a big event such as your wedding or perhaps you’re an event organiser and have an empty conference room to fill for an upcoming business dinner, one important area you’ll need to handle is the buying of all the right kind of glassware.

Catering glassware from online suppliers such as WV Howe is available in a range of products and not just champagne flutes. If you need to get advice from the professionals, they can talk you through items such as bowls, jugs and decanters, stemware, ashtrays, tumblers and different specialty pieces for specific drinks or events.

Bowls

Bowls can be supplied in a range of sizes from small ones for desserts through to ones to present fruit or perhaps hold ice and are also very useful if you need them for food preparation – for making cakes for example. Look for those which are fully tempered and made from toughened glass for the highest amount of safety. You’ll find they are available in a great range of sizes, often from as small as 10cm in diameter for using for nibbles.

Jugs and decanters

Whether you need carafes, decanters or jugs, a catering supplier will have everything you require.

Carafes are perfect for using for wine – particularly if you want a French, Spanish or Portuguese feel to the tableware.

For classic style and elegance, using a decanter will have a wide range of applications from water to juice and through to wine. A popular size is the 1 litre size decanter which will keep a table of guests satisfied with a number of drinks before refilling is required. If you are looking for glass jugs, ensure they have an ice lip.

Stemware

Stemware is used for every possible event imaginable from professional lunches to large scale weddings.

There’s a range of stemware available which mean the glass and the drink can be matched perfectly whether it’s red or white wine.

Stemware means combining durability with beautiful design whether it’s the traditional Cabernet, the traditional Paris balloon glasses, the modern Ceparge or the value style club glass known in the trade as the Savoie. There’s now a glass available for every style of wine or soft drink.

Ashtrays

With the strict smoking rules in place, you’ll need to provide ashtrays for use outdoors generally or for specific smoking areas. Fully tempered glass ashtrays will give a professional look to the smoking area, and they are easy to clean with a wipe with a damp cloth.