We had our daughter christened in June last year and we did the catering ourselves, we decided just to buy value plates. bowls etc as they seemed great value and as they only go in the bin there didn't seem much point spending more on them.

The plates cost us £1 for a packet of 50 plates and they are from the Tesco Value range of products, the plates were packaged in a thin see through plastic which just needed to be torn open to get to the plates. The front of the packaging was the usual Value logo in the bleu and red which makes it obvious that the product is Value.

The plates are white in colour and are about 25cm in diameter, the plates are slightly raised around the edges to help keep your food from rolling off the plate and the edges are slightly fluted. The plates tend top stick together a little when they are piled up but I got round this by turning them on their side and tapping gently on the work service to loosen them up.

The plates hold food well and even people with lareg amounts of party food on their plates didn't seem to have a problem. I did notice that where the pickled onions had been on the plates the plate was damp so I don't think they would hold wet food very well but after all they are paper plates so that isn't really a suprise.

I have plates left over from the christening and will use them for barbeques and picnics in the summer, they are cheap, pretty sturdy and save on the washing up! The plates are fantastic value and I would recommend them.