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The Third Annual Tabletop Challenge Design Competition was held at the newly rebranded IHMRS, nowHX: The Hotel Experience–Rooms to Restaurants in New York City. And, for the first time, the annual event featured 2 competitions – one for designers and a separate one for chefs. This year’s winners were Kendall Fleisher from the design firm Stonehill Taylor and Adam Foti, chef at Schenectady County Community College. With the winning designs incorporating products from sponsor companies such as Oneida Foodservice, Steelite International, VerTerra Dinnerware andMADHOUSE by Michael Aram, the 2015 Tabletop Challenge once again showed that you can never have too many great tabletop products on your table. The Tabletop Challenge event was co-presented by HX: The Hotel Experience and TabletopJournal.com and was hosted by TabletopJournal’s Editor Dave Turner. According to Turner, “This year’s Tabletop Challenge Design Competition was incredibly exciting…with a great crowd of spectators and lots of cheerleading for their favorite designer. Always a fun event, this year’s competitions were particularly raucous and – evidently it helped and we saw some of the best tabletop designs we have seen yet!” The Tabletop Challenge consists of teams of designers and chefs, using tabletop items provided by sponsoring hospitality tabletop companies, as well as additional “mystery” props, having 20 minutes to build their perfect tabletop. The “People’s Choice” vote was taken for each competition during the show. Winners will be recognized on the HX: The Hotel Experienceand TabletopJournal media outlets. About Stonehill Taylor Stonehill & Taylor is an architecture and interior design firm established in New York City in 1986 as the successor firm of Lundquist and Stonehill, founded in 1963. Their international staff brings a breadth of design experience in new building construction, additions, renovations, and interior design. For more information on Stonehill Taylor, go here:http://www.stonehilltaylor.com/ About Schenectady County Community College Schenectady County Community College, established in 1967, is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. The College emphasizes high quality academic programs, broad access for students, and responsiveness to the needs of the community. SCCC offers a wide range of transfer degree, career degree and certificate programs, including an extensive culinary arts, hotel, and tourism program. For more information on Schenectady County Community College, go here:http://www.sunysccc.edu/ About HX
HX: The Hotel Experience takes the best of 100 years from The International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show® (IHMRS) forward for the next hundred years. HX is North America’s largest trade event for hotel and foodservice owners, executives, directors, and GMs from across the hospitality spectrum, and manufacturers and marketers of all things hospitality. It is held annually in November in New York City. HX is sponsored by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the Hotel Association of New York City, Inc. (HANYC), and the New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association (NYSH&TA) and is managed by Hospitality Media Group (HMG). HX: The Hotel Experience, rooms to restaurants, will feature three full days of exhibits from Sunday, November 13, through Tuesday, November 15. HX is co-located with the 7th annual Boutique Design New York (BDNY), a trade fair tailored exclusively to hospitality design professionals and for presenting manufacturers of furniture, lighting, wall coverings, fabric, seating, accessories, artwork, carpet and flooring, materials, and bath and spa for hospitality on November 13 and 14. Collectively, the two shows will present 900 exhibitors and attract some 18,000-industry professionals. For more information visit the website at www.thehotelexperience.us The Designer Showdown potion of the 2015 edition of the Tabletop Challenge was held today and ....wow! It was another unique...and fantastic event. Paul Kuzina, VP -Marketing and Product Development for Steelite Americas gives his thoughts....
Sunday, Nov 9th at High Noon.
Booth #1851. Javits Center. Be there. The 2nd Annual Tabletop Challenge is set. The venue....New York's Javits Center....IHMRS Show. Sunday, November 9th.....5 top designers gather to work their magic on the world's best hospitality tabletop products. Steelite....Rosenthal....Sambonet....Eastern Tabletop......Norex Lighting.......and more........ Be there.....
To learn about sponsorship opportunities and for more information on the 2014 Tabletop Challenge event, go here:
2014 Tabletop Challenge After an unexpected and brief hiatus at year-end, we'd like to start 2014 of with a big thank you to all of you readers who helped us continue to grow and be so successful during the past year. With your help, TabletopJournal page views grew +72% and unique visitors surged another +57% versus 2012. Hard to imagine that a little publication begun in mid-2011 would now have well over a half million page views during the past year, with readers coming from all corners of the culinary and hospitality world. We remain grateful for your readership and assure you that we will continue to work hard every day to continue to earn your strong support. Through timely articles on the coolest tabletop products in hospitality, along with news on the hottest companies, people, and places, TabletopJournal will keep working hard to be your "go-to" place for all the best of hospitality tabletop. And.... while 2013 was an incredibly strong year for TabletopJournal, we can assure you that we have a number of plans to insure the momentum continues, beginning with a great Q&A with noted designer Joemy Vega (right) that will appear in the next few days. Vega competed in our first ever Tabletop Challenge at the recent IHMRS Show in New York. So, thank you for your support and best wishes to each of you for a very successful and prosperous 2014. And, always remember......Tabletop Matters!
Products used by designer Gustavo Bonet:Anfora Sedona Dinnerware – Steelite
Craft Dinnerware sideplate and small round bowl – Steelite Forum Glass Ambler Tumbler – Hospitality Glass Table Lighting – Norex Nendoo Salt & Pepper – Rosenthal Bora Flatware – Arcoroc/Cardinal Crucial Detail Pitchers – Steelite Sticky Bricks – Eastern Tabletop
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
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 Congratulations to Tina and Gustavo and all the Tabletop Challenge competitors!
Designers Lesley Hughes Wyman and Tamara Ainsworth (right) from Matchline Design Group and Kevin McGrinder from McGrinder Associates during the heated competition of the First Annual Tabletop Challenge at New York's IHMRS Show
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