From our workshop to the world

Italian pottery in the world's finest restaurants

From Paris to New York   ·   Where Italian food meets Italian craft
Hand-painted dinnerware from Deruta since 1965

"A plate is never just a plate.
It is the stage on which food becomes memory."

Over the past years, an increasing number of Italian restaurant groups have been choosing hand-painted Deruta majolica to dress their tables. What began with the Big Mamma Group in Paris has grown into a quiet movement: authentic Italian cuisine deserves an authentic Italian stage — and nothing tells that story better than ceramics painted one brushstroke at a time in our Umbrian workshop.

Chapter One

When the Plate Becomes Part of the Dish

Chefs and restaurant owners around the world increasingly understand that the tableware is not a detail — it is the frame of the experience. A hand-painted Deruta plate carries five centuries of tradition into every service: no two pieces are identical, each bears the mark of the artisan who painted it, and the imperfections of the human hand are precisely what gives the table its soul.

This is why Italian restaurant groups committed to authenticity choose MOD Deruta ceramics. They are not simply buying dinnerware — they are bringing the made in Italy story onto every table, every day, in every city where their guests sit down.

Chapter Two

A Growing Movement of Authentic Italian Tables

After the pioneering work of the Big Mamma Group — which brought the sound, flavor, and look of true Italian cuisine to Paris and London — other restaurant groups have followed the same philosophy: true Italian food needs true Italian ceramics. It is no longer enough to serve a perfect pasta on an anonymous plate; the plate, too, must speak of where the food comes from.

For our family at MOD Ceramics, being part of this movement is more than a business satisfaction — it is a way to carry Deruta as a name, a place, and a tradition into thousands of dining rooms we will never personally see.

Chapter Three

What We Make for Restaurants

Our workshop can produce both full restaurant services and bespoke custom pieces. Each commission is painted entirely by hand by our master decorators:

In closing

Good Luck to Everyone Who Serves Italian Food Right

To every restaurateur, chef, and owner who chooses to tell the story of Italy not just through the plate's contents but through the plate itself — thank you, and good luck. From our family workshop in Deruta, it is a genuine honor to be part of your daily service, one hand-painted piece at a time.