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.
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.
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, lunch, and evening meals as well as our sought-after wine and dine evenings to the public.
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:
Arrival time 12:00pm - 12:30pm for all lunch services.
For reservations, booking for events or 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:
If you have any type of food allergy or a special dietary requirements, please inform staff at the time of booking.
View our current menu
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The Silver Plate Customer
Sample our fabulous gourmet tasting menu for just £31.50 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.
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.
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, Luke French from JORO and Dan Ashmore from ASKR.
For just £31.50 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.
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.
We had an incredible response to our Christmas fayre this year and all our Christmas lunch and dinner services for 2024 are now fully booked.
We are in the process of contacting all our guests that have already booked in to provide this year’s menu, pre order form and information about payment. If you haven’t received this information and have a Christmas booking with us, please get in touch.
Christmas payments need to be paid on or before Friday 25th October. Payment can be made over the phone, in person or by cheque made payable to The Sheffield College.
Christmas lunch pre orders need to be back to us by Friday 8th November. This can be emailed to us at thesilverplate@sheffcol.ac.uk or send to us in the post via the address below:
The Silver Plate Restaurant, The Sheffield College, Granville Road, Sheffield, S2 2RL
For our Christmas lunch services, we ask guests to arrive between 12:00 pm and 12:30pm.
For our Christmas dinner services we ask guests to arrive between 6:00 pm and 6:30pm.
Our evening Christmas service is a set menu so there is no need to pre-order.
You can access our Christmas menu's below:
The Silver Plate has superb links with a range of top industry chefs, including Dan Ashmore (Chef patron at Askr restaurant) 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.
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:
L2 Catering students Beth Brewster, Phoebe Stringer and Joe Defies were crowned the champions of Zest Quest Asia 2024. The team of students won an educational trip-of-a-lifetime to India thanks to the expert execution of their Vietnamese-inspired menu
L2 Catering student Ben Drew, and L3 Chef Diploma students Skie Collins, Tanayah Williams- Warren were crowned the UK Young Restaurant Team of the Year 2024 at this years Young Restaurant team competition. The team will be heading to Paris in October for an awe inspiring trip which will see them visiting The Ritz and eating a fine dining meal in the Eiffel Tower
L3 Chef diploma student Shannon Cairns got through to the finals of the Young Risotto chef of the year competition creating a stunning dish of Chorizo, kale and wild mushroom
Our L1/L2 and L3 Catering students attended the HRC competition in London and took place in a range of cooking competitions, winning Bronze, Silver and Gold prizes
15 of The Sheffield College FE and HE Bakery Students participated in The Alliance of Bakery Students and Trainees Conference and National competitions at Alton Towers, winning in a variety of categories
Did you know you can hire The Silver Plate for your event?
We can offer an ideal venue for:
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.
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).
