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Lenox offers a variety of popular dinnerware shapes designed especially for the hospitality industry. Made from high alumina clays and designed with reinforced edges, the Lenox hospitality shapes all have a glazed foot area and a low stack feature that reduces wear and tear in service and also is a great space-saver when stacking and storing. In addition to the dinnerware, Lenox also has a full line of high alumina accessories to complement their dinnerware shapes. Contemporary in design, unique in shape and remarkably durable, these accessories offer flexibility and flair to any dining experience. A complete range of bowls, platters, rectangular trays, square bowls, covered bowls and more....all contributing to a chef's great presentations and a better guest dining experience. All Lenox accessories mix perfectly with their high alumina dinnerware counterparts. Since 1889, the name Lenox has represented the highest standards of artistry and quality in dinnerware and tableware. The company has created The White House service for a variety of Presidents and for the hospitality industry Lenox brings that same attention to quality and detail. Whatever the restaurant style, the nature and scope of the menu or the size of the budget, Lenox offers a variety of styles and shapes to meet a chef's, a restaurateur's or a club's unique needs.
If you haven't considered Lenox for your restaurant, club, or hotel in a while, you might just want to take another look. With their 120-year-old heritage for quality products, superior customer service, unique designs, and ability to customize their patterns, the 2015 version of Lenox for the hospitality industry is impressive. To learn more about Lenox hospitality tabletop, go here: Lenox: Hi Alumina Dinnerware and Much More for The Hospitality Industry With Days 1 and 2 in the books at the International Restaurant & Foodservice Show of New York saw the aisles filled with attendees despite the predictions of another impending snow storm which....in the end, did not materialize. Show goers had no weather related problems either getting to or leaving the show on Sunday. This show held every March here in New York is generally considered to be more of a "local" show with restaurateurs and buyers from the tri-state area showing up in quantity to see new products of all types...and, to sample the many excellent food and beverage products on display. A number of tabletop companies exhibited, but most were showing existing products or were teamed up with their local representatives to insure they had a presence, but at the same timekeeping show costs under control.
Plus, now Eastern is becoming a major source for wood furniture pieces such as backbars, podiums, host stations, all the way on up to whole cafeterias and food courts. Another "new" launch at this show was the Pasabahce line of glassware being placed front and center and re-launched by its new North American hospitality partner Hospitality Glass Brands. Pasabahce is a major global glassware producer and with Hospitality Glass Brands as its partner, there can be no doubt that hospitality buyers in North America now have another world class choice for wineglasses and barware.
Perennial tabletop leaders such as Libbey, Arcoroc (Cardinal), Hollowick, and Service Ideas were among the other tabletop companies exhibiting and showcasing recent introductions. Other notable tabletop brands exhibiting were Oneida, Fortessa, and Lenox Commercial, along with Front of The House partnering with the team from M. Tucker. Always great seeing the top brands at the best shows!
Remember.....Tabletop Matters! Lenox, the venerable American brand, has launched a website for its Commercial Dinnerware line:
www.lenoxcommercial.com It's great to see the top dinnerware brand in terms of overall awareness in America continue its re-entry into the hospitality industry. Congratulations to Guy Hamrin and the team at Lenox. Could there be a better wedding reception china than Opal Innocence from Lenox Commercial China? Whether you like it gold or platinum banding....or like it plain or undecorated, this embossed shape makes the perfect wedding reception china in our opinion.
And caterers....one more point.....is there ANY future bride's mother that wouldn't be impressed with Lenox being used at her daughter's reception? Lenox Commercial China offers just the right balance of brand recognition to impress and commercial china functionality to be practical. With the showing of their new large booth at the recent NRA Show, the re-launch of the Lenox brand back into foodservice is complete. Lenox, the classic American tabletop brand, has rejoined the restaurant and hotel tabletop landscape and will certainly bring with it a new dynamic. Absent from direct participation in the restaurant segment for far too long, the commercial version of this venerable brand is guided by industry veteran Guy Hamrin, whose extensive dinnerware experience gives Lenox an instant high level of trade credibility. Lenox’s new tagline “American By Design” is apt, with the creative part of the Lenox equation being truly American in its inspiration and its development. And, while they utilize some off-shore production, Lenox is quick to assert itself as a North Carolina manufacturer of vitrified bone china. With classic shapes and pieces in a variety of body materials, Lenox also has the requisite squares, rectangles, and other odd shapes so prevalent on today’s restaurant tables. Lenox re-enters the foodservice market with three distinct body types: · the classic high-alumina body material; · a true, hard porcelain; · an American bone china body; Whether with its high-alumina shapes or its other classic materials, Lenox offers the perfect balance between innovative design and lasting durability. Whether for fine dining, casual, or traditional style restaurants or for cutting edge cuisine, Lenox provides aesthetically exciting platforms for displaying a chef’s creations. And, at the same time each of its shapes is proven resilient enough to withstand the most arduous daily usage, from banquets to buffets. Lenox offers five shapes in the high alumina body – El Paso, Del Rio, Milazzo, Salina, and Zamora…along with an extensive ( 50+ items) line of matching high alumina accessories to match. While they have been deliberate in preparing, this lineup of serious foodservice items and shapes speaks volumes of how important Lenox considers the hospitality industry. Whatever the style of restaurant, the nature and scope of a menu or the size of a budget, Lenox now has a wide array of shapes and items to coordinate with virtually any décor or menu concept. The Lenox Commercial Dinnerware portfolio also includes the Gorham fine dining dinnerware and flatware designs and the Dansk more casual dinnerware and flatware. Their catalog says “Full Line” on the cover and Lenox means it. In addition, Hamrin anticipates gaining inroads into the upper-end glassware business with Lenox’s non-lead, break resistant crystal. Leading with their Tuscany and their Napa Valley lines of stemware, Lenox has designed each stem to bring to life the individual personality of the wine – its color, its bouquet, and its flavor.
And, while many have thought of Lenox as not having been involved in the foodservice segment that would not necessarily be correct. Despite not having a dedicated foodservice organization, Lenox has been continuing to serve many foodservice customers in the executive dining, country club, and military/governmental parts of the business. So, the new, revitalized Lenox Commercial Division that Hamrin is leading is not exactly starting from scratch. And….being the best known tabletop brand in America shouldn’t hurt either. |
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