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British fine bone china manufacturer, Royal Crown Derby, has extended its reach into the hospitality market with an exciting new partnership with iconic British tearoom and craft bakery, Bettys, (https://www.bettys.co.uk/) based in Yorkshire, England. The Derby, England-based company, which offers a personal bespoke service to high-end brand hotel and food service establishments, has supplied the world-renowned purveyor of afternoon tea with an exclusive tableware collection for its new reservation-only ‘Lady Betty Afternoon Tea’.
Christopher Oakes, Sales & Marketing Director of Royal Crown Derby commented: “With our shared British heritage, focus on artisanship and mission to deliver the experience of luxury and indulgence to our customers, there is a clear synergy between our two, established brands. Bettys is known and loved the world over and we are honoured to have been selected to provide the fine bone china collection for its exquisite ‘Lady Betty Afternoon Tea’. We worked closely with the team at Bettys throughout our bespoke programme, from design consultation and pattern development, to durability testing in our in-house laboratory. We are extremely proud of this new union between two established British heritage brands, whose foundations are rooted in skilled craftsmanship and look forward to developing this blossoming relationship.” The 3,300 piece order was produced at Royal Crown Derby's Osmaston Road factory in Derby, using techniques largely unchanged for centuries ensuring the very highest quality materials. Paula Kaye, Bettys Retail and Catering Operations Director, said: “When we were looking for a British manufacturer to produce a bespoke set of fine bone china for our new Lady Betty Afternoon Tea, one name stood out: Royal Crown Derby. Like Bettys, Royal Crown Derby have a long tradition of the finest craftsmanship and attention to detail in creating things of real beauty.” Kaye continued, “The stunning new design, commissioned especially for the Lady Bettys Afternoon Tea, was created by Bettys Creative Manager, Georgina O'Conner, and Royal Crown Derby Creative Director, Andrew Klimecki, inspired by archives from 1919, the year Bettys opened its first Cafe Tea Rooms.” So, if you are considering upgrading your afternoon tea service, Royal Crown Derby has a variety of creative solutions and the heritage of quality and design to help you achieve the proper tea experience for your guests. To learn more about Royal Crown Derby and its fine bone china service for restaurants and hotels, go here: Royal Crown Derby Creates A Better Afternoon Tea Service for Famed Bettys Magisso Ltd. is the celebrated Finnish brand that solves problems of the home and kitchen. When it wanted to enter the North American hospitality market it chose to partner with food & beverage service experts at Service Ideas. “Magisso is a young growing organization moving into the hospitality arena. Service Ideas has a proven track record of solid long-term collaboration with their customers, partners, vendors, reps, and employees,” states Sue Pregartner, Magisso Ltd.’s COO & Chief Customer Officer, for The Americas. “Tina Brandt and her team have a clear vision, a healthy imagination for new ideas, and a desire to always treat the customer #1!! For Magisso, this is a perfect combo for success,” Magisso, pronounced “mag-ee-so,” is a design company based in Helsinki, Finland and noted as an award-winning design brand – design with a difference. Established in 2008 by Juhani Sirén, their defining focus is simple: solving problems with easy to use beautiful designs. Magisso’s line of award-winning products created by known designers is impressive. From their self-cooling ceramic barware, to their revolutionary teacup design, to their standout range of serving pieces, their products are as beautiful & modern as they are functional. All items within the Magisso line are made from food grade materials: glass reinforced BPA Free plastics, 18/8 stainless steel and black coated terra cotta ceramics, making them commercially practical.
For more on the the partnership and products of Magisso Ltd. and Service Ideas, go here:
Magisso Ltd. & Service Ideas: Kindred Spirits in Hospitality Innovation and Service
To learn more about FINUM and all the great beverage service products from Service Ideas, go here:
Service Ideas FINUM HOT GLASS
During the just completed IHMRS Show in New York, TabletopJournal was pleased to host a variety of educational presentations titled "The Beverage Experience". These sessions, all staged in the very beautiful Bella Bar from Cafe Bellas, featured experts in the areas of a variety of beverages, all with the purpose of showcasing how to: 1) elevate the guest experience with respect to that particular beverage; and 2) provide information to restaurant operators on how to increase their profitability when serving those beverages. Sponsored by Steelite and their Royal Crown Derby brand, our sessions on teas were presented by Jason Walker from Kronen Tea, who provided great information on how to create a better tea experience in a variety of ways during each of his three days of presenting. The above video is footage from Part 1 from Jason. If you are a hotel or restaurant operator who is looking to provide a better tea experience to your guests and make more profit when you do it, you are definitely going to want to hear what Jason has to say. For more information on Kronen Tea, go here: http://kronentea.com/
All, right on the show floor. All, right in the middle of the Tabletop section.
Yes....#TabletopMatters. To learn more about Cafe Bellas' new BELLA BAR, go here: http://www.cafebellas.com/home This year's IHMRS Show will feature The Beverage Experience, a series of informative sessions to showcase how an improved and elevated beverage experience for the hotel or restaurant guest can lead to higher guest satisfaction - and to higher profits - for the restaurant or hotel operator. Utilizing the new and innovative Bella Bar as the stage, The Beverage Experience will be held on the show floor in the middle of the tabletop section of the show, highlighting the importance that having the proper glassware, cups and saucers, etc. plays in the beverage experience for the guest. TabletopJournal will be hosting The Beverage Experience. Featuring guest speakers such as Mezcal et Koch's CEO Carlos Moreno, Kronen Tea's Jason Walker, Vlad Garcia, Restaurant Depot's wine & spirits guru, and former Kraft/Sara Lee coffee marketer Greg Kirrish,....The Beverage Experience will conduct sessions on improving the guest experience with coffee, tea, craft beer, high-end spirits, and wine. Each session will be sponsored by a tabletop manufacturer who will also be showing why tabletop matters in the providing the guest a quality beverage experience. The Beverage Experience is especially pleased to have Warren Bobrow, author of Apothecary Cocktails and the just released Whiskey Cocktails, which discusses the latest trends with whiskey and craft cocktails. Warren will be speaking on how operators can improve the high-end spirits experience on Monday, November 10th. You won't want to miss his presentation! The Beverage Experience event will be "must-attend" sessions for food & beverage managers, bar managers, restaurant owners and anyone who is interested in increasing both guest satisfaction and overall profitibility of the beverage service whether it be with coffee, tea, craftbeer, high-end spirits or wine.
For more information on IHMRS Show and The Beverage Experience, go here: http://www.ihmrs.com/ The new tea range, THEO by Stelton, has all you need for an authentic tea ceremony. A classic Scandinavian feel is created with the teapot in rustic, blackish-brown, stoneware with a cast-iron finish. To add a touch of Asian tea culture, the lid and handle are made of bamboo. The simplicity of the teapot and its clean lines are restful to the eye, making room for reflection and relaxation in your personal tea ritual. ´I wanted to take the best of the Danish design tradition and merge it with the best of Eastern tea culture, to create the basis for your own tea ritual at home. Theo’s design should offer you the same visual cues of serenity, indulgence and calmness as drinking your tea does’, says designer Francis Cayouette. The new tea mugs from Stelton's THEO range are restful to the eye and the soul. They are also made of blackish-brown stoneware, in the same style as the simple, Scandinavian, clean lines of the teapot. The mug has a bamboo coaster, which adds a warm, tranquil touch. Avoid cup rings on the table with this sustainable, Asian bamboo coaster. The tea mug to match the THEO teapot by Stelton combines Scandinavian design with Asian tea culture in a sophisticated way. Enjoy a moment of calm with your favorite tea. Designer of THEO, Francis Cayouette has a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design from the University of Montreal, and 20 years of experience in product design. His past work in Canada provided much valuable experience in all aspects of the design development process—setting the foundation for his “hands-on approach” approach. Since establishing himself in the Nordic region in 1999, Francis has set himself apart by fusing a fresh new perspective with the established conventions of Scandinavian simplicity, humanism and functionality.
To learn more about designer Cayouette, go here: http://www.unit10design.dk/ Stelton is a Danish design company, founded in 1958, with a long story of the Nordic design tradition. Innovation was the key from day one and the design house was first with cylindric design produced in just one piece of steel. Many Stelton design objects have been awarded and quickly risen to an iconic status’ world wide. To learnmore about Stelton, go here: http://www.stelton.com/
At last week’s Fancy Food show, they were several interesting discoveries…. one of which is the colorful and fun ForLife Designs. This Caifornia-based company brings style, function, and certainly color, to your coffee or tea service. The design philosophy of ForLife is simplicity with function. They believe products must have good meaning and good use for our everyday living, bringing with them a strong dose of the practicality required by coffee shops and restaurants. Therefore, the design task at ForLife is to create something that will last for a long time, and something that will stay beautiful and fresh for a lifetime. And, that is precisely where their name comes from: ForLife - products for life. One example of a practical item is ForLife’s Brew-in-Mug Extra-fine Tea Infuser that turns your coffee mugs into the perfect tea mug! Complete with an easy grip silicon rimmed stainless-steel lid, this infuser gives you a perfect even brew every time, and enables you to brew everything fine teas such as Rooibos tea to large whole-leaf teas like Oolong tea. On the practical side, ForLife's the Brew-In-Mug Tea Infuser fits perfectly in American standard-size mugs. Flip the lid and it works as an infuser holder. With this infuser, brewing your guests’ favorite cup of tea is now easier than ever! ForLife's BOLA glass teapot (right) comes in both a 25 oz. and a 38 oz. size and comes with infuser.....and, of course, in a variety of lid colors. The BOLA teapot is also very versatile - brew loose leaf tea using the infuser or without for flowering tea or tea bag. BOLA is made of high quality borosilicate glass, insuring the teapot is durable. To learn more about ForLife and its wide variety of serving products for your coffee or tea service (not to mention their virtual rainbow of colors) go here: http://www.forlifedesign.com/ |
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