York is forged in stainless steel and shaped through a distinctive distribution of material. The handle narrows through the centre before gaining weight again at the end, creating a dynamic and balanced profile.
A forged pattern with a narrowed centre and a pronounced distribution of weight along the handle.
When designing for the table, the focus is balance, restraint and the feeling of holding something that already belongs in your hand.
Robert Berking
The 30-piece set extends six place settings with six cake forks, taking York beyond the main course and into a lighter scale. The collection’s characteristic changes in thickness remain, but compressed into a smaller piece, making the transition from dinner to dessert feel like a new expression of the same design language.
Because the design becomes concentrated. York’s identity comes from the way the forged steel changes in volume along the handle, and on the smaller cake fork those shifts are experienced at a more intimate scale. The result makes Robert Berking’s control of proportion especially easy to notice.
Yes, because York’s sense of substance comes from construction rather than ornament. The pieces have physical presence, but their silhouette remains controlled and precise. At dessert, that balance becomes particularly interesting: a strong object meeting a course that is often lighter, smaller and more detailed.
By the time dessert arrives, the table has usually become quieter. Larger plates and serving pieces have been cleared, conversation slows, and fewer objects remain in front of the guest. That gives the cake fork an unusual moment of attention — and allows York’s forged profile and changing thickness to become more visible.
The six cake forks. The 24-piece set concentrates on the essential place setting, while the 30-piece version follows six guests into dessert and coffee. It is a small numerical difference, but an important editorial one: York remains on the table for the part of the meal when the pace changes.
