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Outdoor Dining with Elegant Melamine Dishes

Photo: Outdoor Kitchen, De Soto, KS

Pool and patio season is here, and with it comes opportunities for outdoor entertaining and family meals served under the shade of the backyard umbrella. Outdoor kitchens are all over the place these days, ranging from the impeccably-appointed to modular and modern. Cooking outside gives us the opportunity to bask in the gorgeous outdoors as well as helps avoid overtaxing your air conditioner and dishwasher, since the heat stays out of the indoor kitchen.  Also, more grilling usually means less cleanup.

No matter how beautifully designed and executed your outdoor dining space is, however, there's still one key element you may have overlooked: your outdoor tableware. Sure, there are lots of nice paper plates and napkins available in your local discount store, but that doesn't quite fit the bill when you're entertaining guests or hosting a special family dinner, does it? Then again, you don't want to bring your good stoneware, ceramic,  or porcelain outside; it's unwieldy, and it can get broken if dropped on a concrete patio or poolside (watch your feet!).

Enter Le Cadeaux melamine dinnerware and polycarbonate drinkware. Le Cadeaux tableware is sturdy enough to use at every meal, and beautiful enough for the most elegant outdoor feasts. This European-inspired tableware looks just like your favorite stoneware, with rustic accents and charming detail to give your outdoor entertaining the finishing touch.

And this is not your Grandma's melmac, either. In addition to being beautiful, Le Cadeaux is some of the strongest, most substantial melamine on the market today. The polycarbonate drinkware is virtually unbreakable. The entire collection is dishwasher safe and BPA-free.

You could feature a monochromatic table setting that coordinates with your chair cushions and landscaping, or a mix-and-match combo that is decidedly more bohemian (we love the Benidorm Blue for this...so chic). Le Cadeaux polycarbonate beverage service is just as elegant and resilient: with so many styles and colors to choose from, the perfect setting for your table is just a click away.

Le Cadeaux Dinnerware - Perfect for the Summer...and Yachts, of Course!

Le Cadeaux dinnerware is different, but you will not notice what makes it unique simply by looking at it. The first time you see Le Cadeaux it looks like elegant and classy Italian pottery or French porcelain.  You would never believe us if we told you it is made of triple-weight melamine, but it is.  The first time we saw it in a showroom we were convinced we were looking at a large collection of pottery or earthenware dishes, but to our amazement we picked up one of the plates and tapped on it and learned that the entire collection on display was made of melamine. In this case, seeing was not believing!  Le Cadeaux melamine dishes soon made it into our warehouse and we haven't looked back since taking on the line. 

Le Cadeaux melamine dishes are a perennial favorite and top selling  line, especially during the Summer.  Our customers love the strength, the stylish looks and the versaitility of this large collection of melamine dishes. To our surprise, we have learned from our customers that Le Cadeaux makes the perfect dishes for yachts and cabin cruisers.  A number of Yacht manufacturers and yacht decorators buy the durable melamine dishes for use on yachts because they resist breaking and look fabulous.  The dishes offer the luxurious style and look yacht owners want, but without the breakage that often happens on rough seas that toss dishes to the floor of the boat breaking them.

Of course, we know that most of our customers do not own yachts.  Most customers are purchasing melamine plates, bowls, platters and more for outdoor barbecues, parties, picnics, for their children and for vacation homes or the RV.  Le Cadeaux works.  The entire collection is dishwasher safe and virtually unbreakable. While many may use paper or plastic disposable plates when entertaining their guests, we have found that many of our customers want something more. They want substantial melamine plates with current designs and styling that are very difficult to break. On a personal note, we use Le Cadeaux in my home for everyday use.  The kids have not broken a piece yet and all pieces are dishwasher safe.  The only drawback is that melamine is not microwave safe.

Le Cadeaux offers around 25 patterns from which to choose.  From solids to French Chic chinoiserie to the look of rustic Italian dinnerware, Le Cadeaux has a pattern that you will be thrilled to own and use.  If you like to entertain, if you are a designer or if you want solid and virtually unbreakable dinnerware for your kids or barbecuing, we suggest you look at Le Cadeaux.  It is stronger than almost all other melamine dishes on the market and offers elegant patterns that aren't over the top with cheeky or cheesy designs and outrageous colors. Also, Le Cadeaux melamine is completely safe.