Serving Trays and UK Lap Tray Range
Quality food safe serving trays
For conveniently carrying multiple plates or drinks there is no better tool than a robust serving tray to keep everything in place and reduce the chances of spills or worse. Use one of our stylish and elegant large serving trays to safely transport items from the kitchen to your guests with much fewer trips.
Rigid, lightweight serving trays made from melamine which is the ideal food safe tray material. Melamine is difficult to break even when dropped, easy to wipe clean and dishwasher safe to ensure your food trays always look great. With stylish floral and modern designs from some of the UK’s leading designers, buy trays online from UK brands such as Portmeirion, Wrendale and Pimpernel.
Cushioned lap trays
Work from home, breakfast in bed or dine in comfort in your living room. Cushioned lap trays play an important role in our modern lives and help to improve the quality of living for many people. With top quality UK made lap trays from the Customworks company of Scotland you can choose from a range of fun, floral William Morris patterns and other stylish designs.
The bean bag cushion part of the lap tray adapts to the shape of your legs. The rigid top surface which is made of durable melamine, stays level. With a raised, rounded for comfort, wooden bevelling to stop items from rolling away and allowing you to work comfortably anywhere around the home. The surface of these cushioned lap trays is food safe and easy to keep clean.
Melamine trays
A robust and lightweight option is the melamine tray, which as well as being food safe is heat resistant and easy to keep clean. The ability to incorporate stylish designs into the actual surface makes melamine trays a favourite option amongst the leading manufacturers. Quality Portmeirion and Pimpernel trays are amongst the most popular and functional choices when looking to buy melamine trays.
These companies are able to reproduce sharp floral and animal patterns across a variety of tray sizes, from the very small scatter type through to sandwich sized and up to the larger melamine trays, such as those from the Botanic Garden trays collection. These food safe melamine trays are also used widely in restaurants and the catering industry where hygiene and appearance are crucial.
Fun animal designs on Wrendale trays
Brighten up any home with the fun, whimsical animals on a variety of tray sizes. Practical and stylish the Wrendale trays are made from durable and lightweight melamine that is food safe and dishwasher proof. Find your ideal animal from among some of Hannah Dale’s iconic artwork, including owls, foxes, ducks and the floppy eared hare that is part of the Wrendale Designs ever popular tableware range.
The original multi-image Wrendale serving tray features small images of classic animals from around the British countryside and is available as a handy sandwich size for serving sandwiches to your guests or for transporting a coffee mug and biscuits. This popular pattern is also found on the larger melamine Wrendale serving tray. Along with the classic patterns, the Wrendale Designs company frequently introduces new fun friendly animals, such as the fox with her cubs design which is now available on our site.
When buying Wrendale trays online we offer an easy return policy which is particularly helpful when you buy trays as a gift for friends and loved ones. The small scatter trays by Wrendale are an original and fun choice which can be left strategically around the home. This helps you to organise those everyday accessories such as coins and keys that can otherwise end up cluttering your surfaces.
Slate trays
Range of handled slate serving trays made out of natural slate that has been hand cut in Scotland into various sizes to create these modern and stylish serving trays. Each of these slate trays is finished with stainless steel handles and a protective layer of felt on the base.
Designed to be food safe and easy to clean the Selbrae House slate trays are also great for original gift ideas as they come supplied in an elegant black presentation box. These natural trays are the perfect choice as black slate fits in with a wide variety of decorative styles, from wooden or rustic décor through to a clean cut or modern type of home design.
Rectangular Sandwich food trays
Entertain your guests with fresh sandwiches served directly on a stylish food safe sandwich tray. These smaller types of oblong shaped serving tray are the ideal method for presenting your sandwiches or canapes in an elegant and tidy fashion. The size of these food trays is large enough to carry a meaningful number of items but without being overladen and becoming too heavy.
Made from lightweight but durable melamine and with shaped handles for easy carrying, the sandwich trays are a must-have accessory for any household. Safely buy sandwich trays online in a variety of floral and fun patterns from top UK brands. Comfortably carry a couple of teacups and a cake or biscuit when it’s time for a break with a reduced chance of spilling your coffee or tea onto the carpet. If anything spills over the teacup and onto the sandwich tray it can be easily wiped clean.
Elegant floral William Morris trays range
The classic designs by William Morris that are forever connected with the Arts & Crafts Movement of the 19th century and have been popular ever since. Available from Morris & Co in a selection of the most famous floral motifs, there are William Morris trays in the elegant Strawberry Thief, Pimpernel Bough and other flowery patterns.
These stylish William Morris tray designs can be found in a variety of sizes from the popular large melamine serving to the smaller sandwich version. Also included in the Morris & Co patterns are the useful cushioned lap tray, which has become more popular following the increase in people working from home. This more flexible work life is extended to a more relaxed dining experience where formal meals at set times are replaced by more casual snacks and dinners in the living room.
These floral William Morris lap trays are made in Scotland with a cushioned bean bag style of base include the Seaweed pattern and a Strawberry Thief motif which is darker than the red and blue melamine version of this pattern made by Portmeirion. All of the Morris & Co trays are made from food safe materials that are also easy to maintain.