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The Silver Plate

Nestled within our City Campus overlooking the Sheffield skyline, The Sheffield College has a little culinary secret we would like to share with you – The Silver Plate Restaurant.

Craft Guild College Restaurant Of The Year 2024 and 2025.

The Silver Plate

Run by our fantastic Catering and Hospitality students under the supervision of our expert staff, the department holds many coveted food and hospitality accreditations and awards, including the prestigious accreditation from the Craft Guild of Chefs. Launched in 2020, The Craft Guild of Chefs College and University Accreditation scheme is a mark of the high standards achieved by the accredited sites.

Serving exquisite, varied, and locally sourced food throughout the week, the award-winning Silver Plate Restaurant allows students to showcase their talent as we host tasting menus, lunches, and evening meals as well as our sought-after wine and dine evenings to the public.

Lunch service

Our lunch menus are based on seasonal, fresh produce and change termly, so you're always in store for something delicious and new.

Served Tuesday - Friday during term time (please click here for term dates).

You can enjoy a table d'hote lunch menu:

  • Two courses: £16 per person
  • Three courses: £19 per person

Arrival time 12:00pm - 12:30pm for all lunch services.

How to book

For any general enquiries, please call us on 0114 260 2060 or email thesilverplate@sheffcol.ac.uk.

We wouldn’t want you to miss out on some of the finest food in Sheffield, so please book in advance to avoid disappointment.

Please note:

  • For lunch service, a deposit of £5 per person is required for bookings of 10 people or more
  • Deposits are non-refundable and we reserve the right to charge in full for any guests who do not arrive

If you have any type of food allergy or a special dietary requirement, please inform staff at the time of booking.

 

View our current menu
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"Welcoming and attentive staff and students, great service, sublime food and perfect wine."

Anne

The Silver Plate Customer

Wine and Dine evenings

Sample our fabulous gourmet tasting menu for just £32.50 per person, or for an additional £12.50 per head you can accompany your meal with a flight of specially selected wine to complement and enhance each course (100ml measures of red/white wine and a 50ml measure of dessert wine).

Please let us know at the time of booking if you would like to add the wine flight to your meal.

Please note, new dates will be released via our mailing list.

Arrival time 6:00pm - 6:30pm for all evening services.

Please note that we are now taking a deposit of £10 per head for all evening reservations. You can find all of our booking terms and conditions below.

In the event that an evening is fully booked and you would like to be added to the waiting list, please call the restaurant on 0114 260 2060 or email us at thesilverplate@sheffcol.ac.uk.

Guest chef evenings

On selected dates throughout the year, The Silver Plate plays host to some of the best chefs from across the country, many of whom have trained right here at The Sheffield College.

These sought-after dates include bespoke menus with incredible ingredients, created by award-winning chefs. Bookings are only available on a first-come first-served basis. 

Recent gourmet evenings have included bespoke menus by guest chefs such as Michelin starred Adam Smith from Coworth Park and Luke French from JORO.

Dinner service

Gourmet evenings

For just £32.50 per head you can experience a gourmet set menu inspired by Master Chefs from around the world; including canapes, three specially created courses and petit fours.

Please note, new dates will be released via our mailing list.

Arrival time 6:00pm - 6:30pm for all evening services.

Please note that we are now taking a deposit of £10 per head for all evening reservations. You can find all of our booking terms and conditions below.

In the event that an evening is fully booked and you would like to be added to the waiting list, please call the restaurant on 0114 260 2060 or email us at thesilverplate@sheffcol.ac.uk.

Top chefs

The Silver Plate has superb links with a range of top industry chefs, including Andrew Gravett (Executive Pastry Chef at The Langham hotel) and Ian Musgrave (Sous Chef at The Ritz). These chefs regularly provide our students with guest lectures and support them to provide our customers with the highest quality food and service.

Skilled students

It's not just our teaching staff who are outstanding in their field! Our Catering and Hospitality students regularly enter competitions to show off their technique and skills. These are just some of their recent accolades:

  • Our Catering students came away with second place in the prestigious Zest Quest Asia 2025 competition, winning a culinary trip to Lyon
  • Final year chef diploma students took part in a competition to celebrate the 140th anniversary of Henderson's Relish, with a poached pear pavlova winning first place

Hire The Silver Plate

Did you know you can hire The Silver Plate for your event?

We can offer an ideal venue for:

  • Private lunches
  • Private dinners

The Silver Plate team can offer a package tailored to suit your needs. For further information and enquiries, please call 0114 260 2060 or email thesilverplate@sheffcol.ac.uk.

Parking

Please note that on-site car parking spaces are limited to blue badge holders only and are subject to availability. On the day of booking any blue badge holder wishing to park should put their pass onto their dashboard when approaching the security gate. Please buzz the security team, let them know you are a restaurant customer and they will let you on-site to find a marked disabled bay.

For visitors who require non-disabled parking, there is both on-street parking and various pay and display parking available within walking distance of the college campus (you can find more details here).