We analysed the Amazon.co.uk subcategory Spoon Rests and kept only products with at least 200 reviews and 4.3 stars. Ranked by estimated monthly revenue, eight of the ten entries are the same Le Creuset stoneware oval at the same £10.20 — Amazon lists every colourway as its own product, so the ranking is really a chart of which glaze sells.
The colourway that outsells the rest by a distance: 615 of the identical £10.20 oval a month, in an off-white glaze.
Check the price on AmazonThe colourway that outsells the rest by a distance: 615 of the identical £10.20 oval a month, in an off-white glaze.
The cheapest entry here at £6.67 and the only alternative to Le Creuset in the top six — 105 mm across, so a small footprint beside the hob.
The same oval in Flint, a warm grey — under a third of the Meringue volume at exactly the same price.
The signature orange of the brand, and the point at which this ranking is plainly measuring colour preference rather than product.
Matte black rather than a gloss glaze, at the same £10.20 as every other Le Creuset colour on this page.
A soft yellow glaze, and by this rank the price has not moved for six consecutive entries — £10.20 in every case.
The most expensive and the most reviewed entry here: a £19.24 stainless steel design piece with 2,022 ratings and no glaze to chip.
A pale blue glaze, £10.20, and the same 1,912 shared reviews as the other seven Le Creuset entries on this page.
Deep teal at £10.20, and the colour with the sharpest discount of the eight — down 38% during the observed period.
The slowest-selling Le Creuset colour that still reaches this top ten, at 87 units a month against 615 for the Meringue.
| Product | Score | Stars | Reviews | Feature | Material | Price | Offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01. Le Creuset Stoneware Spoon Rest, Meringue Best seller LE CREUSET · LE CREUSET |
9.7 | 4.8 ★ | 1,912 | stoneware · meringue | Stoneware | £10.20 | Amazon › |
| 02. Cole & Mason Duxford Ceramic Spoon Rest Lowest price Cole & Mason · Cole & Mason |
9.1 | 4.6 ★ | 822 | ceramic · 105 mm | Ceramic | £6.67 | Amazon › |
| 03. Le Creuset Stoneware Spoon Rest, Flint Top rated LE CREUSET · LE CREUSET |
9.7 | 4.8 ★ | 1,912 | stoneware · flint | Stoneware | £10.20 | Amazon › |
| 04. Le Creuset Stoneware Spoon Rest, Volcanic Top rated LE CREUSET · LE CREUSET |
9.7 | 4.8 ★ | 1,912 | stoneware · volcanic | Stoneware | £10.20 | Amazon › |
| 05. Le Creuset Spoon Rest, Matte Black Top rated LE CREUSET · LE CREUSET |
9.7 | 4.8 ★ | 1,912 | stoneware · black | Stoneware | £10.20 | Amazon › |
| 06. Le Creuset Stoneware Spoon Rest, Bamboo Top rated LE CREUSET · LE CREUSET |
9.7 | 4.8 ★ | 1,912 | stoneware · bamboo | Stoneware | £10.20 | Amazon › |
| 07. Alessi Blip Stainless Steel Spoon Rest Alessi · Alessi |
9.6 | 4.7 ★ | 2,022 | stainless steel | Stainless steel | £19.24 | Amazon › |
| 08. Le Creuset Spoon Rest, Chambray Top rated LE CREUSET · LE CREUSET |
9.7 | 4.8 ★ | 1,912 | stoneware · chambray | Stoneware | £10.20 | Amazon › |
| 09. Le Creuset Spoon Rest, Deep Teal Top rated LE CREUSET · LE CREUSET |
9.7 | 4.8 ★ | 1,912 | stoneware · teal | Stoneware | £10.20 | Amazon › |
| 10. Le Creuset Stoneware Spoon Rest, Azure Top rated LE CREUSET · LE CREUSET |
9.7 | 4.8 ★ | 1,912 | stoneware · azure | Stoneware | £10.20 | Amazon › |
The Cole & Mason round is 105 mm across, the Le Creuset ovals noticeably longer. Measure the gap between the hob edge and the wall or the worktop trim first, because a rest that has to be moved every time you slide a pan gets put back in the drawer.
What separates a spoon rest from a saucer is a raised edge that keeps what runs off the ladle from reaching the worktop. The stoneware ovals here are moulded with that lip; a flat metal blade shape looks better on a photograph and moves the drip somewhere else.
Glazed stoneware and ceramic are heavy enough to stay put when you drop a spoon on them and wipe clean, but they chip if they hit the floor. Stainless steel does not chip or stain, though it is lighter and slides on a polished worktop.
Everything in this top ten is sized for a single spoon. If you routinely have three pans going and a spatula, a ladle and a wooden spoon to park, look at length rather than at the finish — this subcategory simply does not offer much of it.
Eight of these ten exist purely because Le Creuset makes the same oval in twelve glazes and Amazon lists each as its own product. All of them cost the same £10.20, so the choice is free — but check the shade against the pot you already own, since Volcanic, Flint and Chambray read very differently in daylight.
Every Le Creuset colourway on this page fell between 24% and 38% during the observed period, while the two non-Le Creuset entries barely moved. A spoon rest is never urgent, so the colour you want will very likely come round again on offer.
Because Amazon gives each Le Creuset colourway its own ASIN. All eight are the same stoneware oval at the same £10.20 and they share one pool of 1,912 reviews between twelve variants. We show them as Amazon publishes them rather than merging the listings, which is also why the star rating is identical down the page.
It is a different object rather than a better one. The Alessi is 18/10 stainless steel, has no glaze to chip and is sold as a piece of design; the Le Creuset is heavier, sits still and matches the pans. The review counts are close, so neither is the safer buy on the data.
A saucer does most of the job. What a purpose-made rest adds is a raised rim to catch what runs off the spoon, a glazed surface that wipes rather than stains, and enough weight to stay where you put it. At £6.67 to £10.20 that is a small enough decision.
The products are ordered by estimated monthly revenue per ASIN, not by star rating and not by bestseller rank. Only products with at least 200 reviews and an average of 4.3 stars were included. Here that produces an unusual result: the order is essentially a chart of which Le Creuset glaze people buy, since eight entries are physically the same product at the same price.
The score is not our own hands-on test. It is calculated transparently from public Amazon data: 75% from the average star rating and 25% from the number of reviews, weighted logarithmically. The ranking order itself comes from estimated monthly revenue per ASIN. Prices, ratings and review counts were retrieved from Amazon.co.uk on 22 July 2026 and can change at any time.
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