Serving spoon (5)
I believe the answer is:
ladle
'serving spoon' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for ladle that I've seen before include "Scoop" , "Soup or sauce server" , "Soup-server" , "Spoon - a dell (anag)" , "It's used to serve soup" .)