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The name Arcoroc® is known throughout the world as a premium resource for glassware, glass serveware, and dinnerware for the hospitality industry….and increasingly, it’s also becoming known as a quality flatware resource with a wide variety of both contemporary and classic designs available.
Arcoroc stands behind their flatware collections. We have created them specifically for commercial foodservice use by using the finest quality materials and meticulous craftsmanship. Arcoroc® - a name that is synonymous around the world with dependability and reliability – continues that with its flatware as they back all their cutlery patterns with a 10-year guarantee.
Global customers can learn more about Arcoroc flatware patterns by going here:
http://www.arcoroc.com
Q: Why did you decide to use such unusual serving pieces – that some people might consider formal - for casual, finger foods? A: I always talk about the balance between the content and the container. Several times, if the container, which is the utensil, is too flashy you might fall victim of the ridiculous and viceversa. Finger food doesn’t happen by chance in haute cousine. There’s an elaboration work behind. Q: What kind of feeling or emotion are you striving for your guests when your server delivers the snack foods on such unusual pieces? A: The most beautiful thing is when the guest doesn’t perceive the beauty of the object at first sight but eats the finger food instead and then lays bare the inner beauty of the utensil afterwards. Q: How do you decide what serving pieces to use with each menu item? A: The problem is that the large amount of changes due to the product ‘s seasonality forces us to reuse the crockery that we already have. I’d love to have new crockery for each new dish we elaborate but for that I would need two things: time and money. Q: Where - and, more importantly, how - do you find such unusual and unique pieces….are they made especially for 41˚? A: In two ways: by looking on the Market and the other one I do them myself by working with different artisans. Unique serving pieces help to add to the total overall guest experience at 41º ExperienceSommelier Cristina Losada, who is in charge of celler and provides the Experience menu harmonies at 41ºalso happened to have studied and attained a Bachelor´s Degree in Fine Arts in Basque Country University. but when she went to Barcelona decided to become a sommelier. Experienced in top restaurants such as Comerç24, Bravo 24, and Routa, Losada has also contributed to Albert’s restaurant new opening, the Peruvian-Japanese restaurant Pakta and the vermouth bar Bodega1900, creating the wines, sake and tea menus. Cristina is currently in charge of the cellar and provides the Experience menu harmonies at 41º and collaborates with her friends’s restaurants in the Barcelona area. Q: You also serve sake, and we’ve learned that you have help to create the serving pieces for the sake, along with the coffee and tea sets….how did that come to happen? A: Since I was in charge of wine, sake & tea's menu so first I asked to myself about the restaurant. "What are we offering in a Peruvian Japanese restaurant? What sake am I going to include in the menu? Do we want to sell by the glass, per bottles, half bottles? I decided to sell by the glass and tokkuri (flask 180ml, 1/4 bottle of 720 ml. The best sake is served in a glass of wine, but the warm is served in ochoko (ceramic cilindric cups). So I contacted Carme Balada, ceramic craftswoman who I know since I worked in Comerç 24, a few years ago. I chose the designed and she created sake set, tokkuri and ochoko. About the tea, we only offer Japanese tea and herbal tea made with Japanese ingredients. Sencha green tea, Genmaicha green tea with toasted rice, sakura, ginger & lime. I focused on the best way to enjoy a cup of tea and I concluded that a chawan (tea bowl used in Asia) provides warmth in its texture and preserves the temperature. It can be argued that few regions of the world have influenced the dining out experience like Spain has in the past few years. And the name Adrià is attached to much of that change.
To make your reservation and get the famed 41º Experience yourself, go here:http://en.bcn50.org/ In addition, Constructing Albert, the Albert Adrià documentary produced by Trueday Films, which premiered on November 20 at the IDFA Forum in Amsterdam. This documentary explains the life of a chef who wanted to be a footballer or filmmaker, and has revolutionized global cuisine, with his brother Ferran Adrià.
Many business owners equate branding with marketing. However, as Jeff Bezos once said, “Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room.” Therefore, it is not only a marketing concern, but can have legal implications, as well. Here are a few do’s and don’ts when it comes to designing your brand.
Thanks to Marty O'Neill from The Alternative Board for sharing. The Alternative Board® (TAB) is an exclusive, membership-based organization that helps business owners achieve more – more profitability, productivity, and personal fulfillment – through an unmatched combination of peer to peer insight, private coaching with TAB-certified coaches and TAB proprietary tools, and resources that connect business owners to thousands of their peers around the world. You can reach Marty here: [email protected]
To complete here winning design, Delia used the following products from these top tabletop companies:
Oval Server Dish – Jono Pandolfi Nick & Nora Cocktail Glass – Steelite Welsh Slate – Steelite Twist Flatware – Sambonet Table Lighting - Norex White Sedona Sidedish – Steelite Branch Style Bowl – Eastern Tabletop Bormioli Rocco Water Glasses - Steelite Sticky Bricks – Eastern Tabletop Platinum "Skin" B&B Plate - Rosenthal
On the occasion of its 65th anniversary, the brand Guy Degrenne shows it still has more than one trick up his sleeve! Its amazing collection called ILLUSIONS, changes color in contact with heat. As if by magic, these cups and mugs made by Guy Degrenne from fine china designed by the creator Sylvain Dubuisson, turn color from the heat of the tea or coffee served to create a spectacle on the table. Here's the video showing you what happens: http://vimeo.com/78053981 ILLUSIONS is the ultimate way to surprise your guests at a glance. To view the entire range of hospitality tabletop products available from Guy Degrenne, go here: http://www.guydegrenne-hotel.com/ We still say that the Guy Degrenne is one of the most under-valued hospitality tabletop brands in North America! ILLUSIONS is just one more reason why!
To learn more about Eastern Tabletop's old world craftmanship and its creative new products for both tabletop and buffet, go here:http://www.easterntabletop.com/
So, with new products, a brand new 130+ page catalog, and ...yes, even a new website.....North American readers will want to give Tableware Solutions a strong look. You can find out more about the entire range of hospitality tabletop products by going here:
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