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Catering Equipment Hire Company based in Warwickshire

We’re Here To Help You Make Your Event Incredibly Successful. Choosing Plato means choosing peace of mind

We make hiring catering equipment as easy as possible

Delivering throughout Birmingham, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, The Cotswolds, and the West Midlands.

Plato Catering Hire is a multi-award-winning SafeHire© certified catering equipment hire company, located just minutes from Ragley Hall in Alcester, Warwickshire we supply catering equipment available to hire to transform any event. To suit you, your idea, your needs and your budget.

Reliability, efficiency and excellent service

Our focus on operational and performance excellence means we run every process to perfection. From hand-polishing cutlery to comprehensive equipment testing, we aim to exceed your expectations consistently. This level of scrutiny and dedication ensures that you’re partnering with a reliable and trustworthy provider, committed to the safety and success of your event.

From our warehouse, our dedicated team meticulously picks, packs, and delivers a comprehensive range of plates, glasses, cutlery, linen, furniture, and kitchen equipment for events. We deliver throughout Birmingham, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, The Cotswolds, and the West Midlands. Available to hire in any quantity (no minimum order) for weddings, balls, award ceremonies, dinners and corporate events.

Understanding the importance of reliable equipment, efficient processes, and consistency, our team works tirelessly to ensure every item is impeccably maintained and event-ready. Since our inception in 1999, we have consistently aimed to excel, ensuring that every order is delivered exactly as requested, right where you need it.

With over 25 years of industry experience, our extensive knowledge and commitment to service make us a trusted partner for all your catering equipment hire needs. When you hire from us, you receive a promise: that your equipment will arrive on time, exactly as ordered, ensuring a seamless and successful event.

Choose Plato Catering Hire for unparalleled service and quality.

Expert guidance and support

Getting everything in place can be a challenge, and although hiring catering equipment such as glasses, crockery, cutlery, and kitchen equipment might not be the most exciting part of event planning, everything must be in place so the event goes to plan. We take the hassle out of catering equipment hire, leaving you to focus on your job.

We decided (very early on) that we would pay special attention to what you want at your event (be it a wedding, funeral, dinner party, birthday or corporate event for 1000) and then guide you through the hiring process.

Then we take your order and put it into a strict process-led system at our end so that on the day of the event, all your hired catering equipment will work, and you get the right amount of glasses, plates, cutlery, linen, chairs, and tables.

Award-winning and SafeHire© Certified

What you hire from us arrives clean, in working order, fully tested, and in the best possible condition. You’d hope that would be the norm, but having hired catering equipment in Birmingham, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, The Cotswolds and West Midlands for decades, we can tell you it’s not.

Not all other hire companies are bad; they just don’t aim for the level we do.

We’re award-winning and SafeHire© certified because of it.

What that means for you is peace of mind.

Opting for a SafeHire© certified company guarantees that you’re working with a provider dedicated to exceeding customer service expectations and adhering to the highest industry standards. With SafeHire©, you can focus on the success of your event, confident that you’ve chosen a partner who prioritises safety, quality, and professionalism.

When looking for a catering equipment hire supplier, always look for the unmistakable bright orange SafeHire© logo. Ask for their certification number. Ours is 01142.

Choose Plato Catering Hire for unparalleled consistency and excellence in catering equipment hire.

What our clients say about us

“Great people; always making you feel like you are their ONLY client!”

Richard Kemp

Kemp & Kemp Catering Limited

“Many thanks for exceptional service regarding the catering hire for our wedding – We really appreciated you pulling out the stops to get us everything we needed”

Tom and Sophie Pike

“Plato Catering Hire were so helpful, providing the perfect solution to our wedding catering needs in the most professional, caring and cost-effective way. I cannot recommend them highly enough. Many thanks to Stuart and his wonderful team. May you go from strength to strength. You deserve it.”

Susan Clarke

“Your service from the initial email to the final invoice reflects a professional yet personal service that exudes quality. We have already recommended you to a number of our wedding guests, excellent customer service”

Kathryn Dennison

“A fantastic and professional company to work with. I changed my order several times, and they were brilliant! Superb quality products, amazing hassle-free service would definitely deal with again and could not recommend highly enough- thank you Stuart and team you made this part of my event go like a dream”

Mandy Lane

“Glad to see you have been rewarded at last for the relentless, fantastic, efficient service you have always given in helping me achieve my event successfully with each booking”

Kate Parffrey

Kathryn Dennison

“What a lovely group of professional people! Just a phone call puts you at ease, and the man on the phone is so kind. Everything is stress-free.
I would recommend these people for any catering hire you may need.
They simply are the best, price was very inexpensive.
Thank you so much”

Pat Dormer

The Plato Experience

Award-winning Services

Our multiple award-winning catering equipment hire service aims to provide exceptional quality products and outstanding customer service always.

High-quality Catering Equipment

SafeHire certified for many years we only offer the highest quality equipment that you can trust, every time.

Tailored to your Requirements

We’ll make sure you have all the equipment you need and supply you with a tailored quote including delivery, collection and wash-up.

Your Trusted Partner

Outstanding service levels since 1999, we take the hassle out of your equipment hire so you can focus on delivering a fantastic event.

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Reviews

5 Over 167 Reviews

Roz Whiteside 4 months ago

We have used Plato for more years than I care to remember!
A friendly, family owned business that has grown over the years.
Nothing is too much trouble.
Excellent choice of plates, glasses, cutlery etc which can either be delivered or collected and returned.
A highly recommended company

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Rehana Watkinson 4 months ago

Great communication and delivered and collected on time and with care. Very fair pricing as well. A pleasure to deal with

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Yvonne 4 months ago

Excellent, efficient delivery & collection of crockery & cutlery for our family party. The equipment was in impeccable condition, very clean and stylish. Thank you!

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Gaynor Tallentire 5 months ago

Had a buffet party at home for my daughters’s engagement. Having all the catering hardware provided by Plato meant that the setting up and tidying up was so easy and saved us hours of cleaning and sorting. Ordering was easy and everyone we dealt with were helpful. Can’t recommend highly enough for even an ‘at home’ event.

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Heena Kennedy 5 months ago

At very short notice I contacted Stuart and his team at Plato to order wine glasses for our Wedding at Mickleton Hills Barn in the Cotwolds. We arranged payment very quickly with a seamless delivery and pick up service.
The glasses looked stunning on the tables.
Thank you.
Heena and Phil Kennedy

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Anita Perkins 6 months ago

Very efficient, smooth transaction. Didn’t have to worry about wedding table cloths or glasses. Deposit returned promptly. Would definitely use Plato again!!

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Hannah Sansome 6 months ago

We hired cutlery and crockery from Plato for our 'do it yourself' wedding. They were extremely communicative and responsive in the lead-up to our big day. The delivery and collection was smooth and punctual and everyone we dealt with at the company were friendly and professional. We would 100% recommend Plato to anyone organising an event.

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Antony Smith 7 months ago

We used Plato recently for hiring table clothes for our wedding celebration party. Plato made the whole process very easy for us and provided a great service. Sharon & Antony.

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Nick Angel 7 months ago

Really great service. 100% recommend

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Natalie Deakin 7 months ago

Mary-Jane came back to me with a quote the same day and I was able to collect the hire tables the following day. Very friendly and helpful team and will be booking again for Christmas 🙂

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Yann Nicol 8 months ago

Highly recommend Plato Catering Hire, Stuart has been very helpful in choosing the items we needed, good communication, the delivery was quick and smooth.
Good value and stress free, we will use them again.

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Janice Le Tellier 8 months ago

Plato supplied crockery, cutlery and glassware for my son’s wedding. It was delivered on time as promised. The quality was excellent and as described. All we did after use was pack it back up and it was collected as planned. The service was excellent. Staff were friendly and helpful. I would definitely recommend Plato and would use them again.

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Janet Hardy 8 months ago

I can highly recommend Plato if you are organising an event. The cater for all your needs for furniture hire and all tableware. Their customer care is second to none and home delivery is reliable and efficient. We had a Golden wedding party at home recently and hiring from Plato took all the stress from us!

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Phil Phillips 8 months ago

Excellent service. All items were delivered, collected as specified and in good condition.

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Molly 8 months ago

Plato catering hire were amazing! We hired some equipment for our wedding. The booking process was so smooth, the staff were always so quick to respond to any queries we had! The delivery and collection of the equipment was faultless! Would definitely recommend - thank you Plato team!

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Toby Russell 8 months ago

We recently hired glasses, crockery and chairs through Plato for a party - would definitely recommend Plato if you are thinking of using them. Even had delivery straight to our front door, and didn't have to do all of the dirty washing up!

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Jane 8 months ago

Very helpful, nice clean china and glasses, easy pick-up and return, made my afternoon tea event seem very special instead of using paper. Will definitely use Plato Catering again if I get asked to host another such event…. So glad there wasn't a ton of washing up yo do at the end of a long day!

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Duncan Craig 8 months ago

Great service and really responsive

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Simon Hooks 8 months ago

Glass hire for wedding. We used Plate Catering Hire as we champagne saucers and glass tumblers for a family wedding and reception which was attended by 120 guests.
The customer service and glass quality was excellent.
We would definitely use them again if required.
I would highly recommend Plato Catering Hire.

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Harshad Chavda 8 months ago

Very satisfied with the service I’ve received. Will definitely use again.

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Paul Hales 9 months ago

Great service,good delivery and products,bar fridges great.

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Elaine Morris 9 months ago

I needed to leave a review for this company as they reached all my expectations and made the day amazing. Good communication throughout all the arrangements and all timing was punctual . Thank you from all of us, will definitely use you again soon.

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Kevin O'Hara 9 months ago

Easy to order, great delivery and collection. The items were just right for our Golden Wedding Party. Only 1 breakage, a pint glass, looking forward to the return of my deposit.

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Jonathan C-G 9 months ago

Excellent. We hired 300+ glasses, water jugs and bins for a large wedding in Worcestershire. Good quality items, very easy to return without having to wash the glasses - glasses arrived in stacked boxes which were easy to empty and refill after the event. Delivery and collection great. It really simplified our wedding. Recommended.

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