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Now, with the additions of the SAGEBRUSH and AGAVE designs to the collection, chefs and operators have lighter colored hue options to present their culinary creations, while still retaining the rustic, handcrafted look that the original ARTISAN brought to hospitality tabletop so successfully. Each piece of ARTISAN collection dinnerware looks and feels as if it was hand-thrown, creating a rustic and unique presentation. The lush, vibrant glazes of ARTISAN react differently with each firing, so every piece is truly an original. The wide range of available colors and items in Tuxton's ARTISAN collection give chefs more flexibility in their menu presentations, while the product's durability, backed by company's chip warranty, means not having to worry about back-of-the-house practicality issues.
Tuxton China, Inc. is a family-owned and operated company based in the USA and in China. Started in 1999 by the Lam family, Tuxton has become a leading wholesaler of high-quality dinnerware and oven ware products for the foodservice industry.
For nearly two decades, Tuxton has been anchored by its core values of passionate dedication to customer service, excellence in product quality, high integrity, embracing innovation, and last but not least, a positive and humble attitude. These values, along with Tuxton’s dedication to its employees and customers, continue to drive the company today. For more information on the ARTISAN collection from Tuxton or any of their other wide range of hospitality dinnerware options, go here: Tuxton China: ARTISAN Collection Adds Texture to the Hospitality Tabletop Recently, TabletopJournal sat for a conversation with the creators of Odd Standard, one of our industry’s most creative hospitality tabletop design firms. In a tabletop design world world where much looks the same, Odd Standard is a company that definitely has taken the road less traveled. Our video interview is above. The ambition at Norwegian design firm Odd Standard is to make great products for chefs and restaurants; exploring different materials, old craft techniques and modern technology. Some odd and some standard, the products are meant to come in limited numbers, from their own workshop and from their portfolio of very skilled collaborative craftspeople. Who is Odd Standard? Constance Gaard Kristiansen and Tonje Sandberg, are two Norwegian product designers with extensive background from development and production of tableware. They worked together in Figgjo for many years, and while working alongside one another, found a common fascination for the experience of eating, and how tableware products could enhance this experience. Wanting to explore all the possibilities that different materials and techniques offer, they started the firm Odd Standard in June 2014.
Here is the finale of this 3-part series of the panel discussion held at the recently completed HX2015 show in New york's Javits Center. Included is the audience Q&A.
Having Front of The House continuing to take such a leadership role at HX2015 speaks volumes about this company's current success - and about their belief in the hospitality business. No doubt they will be continuing their trend of mixing ceramic, stainless steel, disposables...and, even textiles to keep the bar high for hospitality tabletop fun!
To learn more about Front of The House and their wide range of tabletop collections for hospitality, go here: Front of the House® Mixes It Up In Typical Trendsetting Style at HX2015
Food-service clients emerged, Dudson in the UK and then Oneida where we are responsible for ranges such as Botticelli and Nexus. Queensbury Hunt’s present preoccupation, having a broad familiarity with the technology of ceramics (not only the famous materials like porcelain) is helping to introduce, into manufacturing, new materials and ‘new looks’. The ambition is that in food-service, the wonderful materials used by the studio potter should also be available in quantity production.
Mexico's Anfora and Steelite International have teamed up again with another winning tabletop design for the hospitality industry with new DENALI GRAY. Handcrafted and restaurant-ready. Anfora’s DENALI GRAY is a new and exciting approach to artisan style glazing. The beautiful, semi-transparent blue/gray glaze is accented with a shadow rim, enhancing a very farm-to-table appeal. The hand-crafted glaze application ensures a collection where no two pieces are exactly alike, making each plate, platter or bowl one-of-a-kind. The contemporary assortment of shapes will bring a sense of timeliness to any presentation.
For more information on DENALI GRAY or any of the other wide range of hospitality products from the Steelite/Anfora combination, go here:
Steelite and Anfora Team Up to Bring New Handcrafted DENALI GRAY With lots of innovative dinnerware products at the just completed Host Milano 2015, few were more interesting than Italy's Royale and their SU MISURA collection. In a market which favors standardized products, Royale decided to focus on a unique “Made to Measure” collection inspired by emotions and feelings. SU MISURA is their collection of handmade tableware of pure Italian porcelain and decorated by hand. Royale is alos the Italian agent for the famed UK dinnerware brand Dudson. Royale is a global tabletop company, 100% Made in Italy, of oven-proof and buffet porcelain items. An idea born in 1986 when it was felt that what was missing a source able to satisfy also the small and peculiar requests of a more demanding customers, more and more exigent and attentive to cooking and table presentation of the product. At the beginning, the production was limited to a range of big- sized items, created exclusively for specific clients; in 1990, the growth of the Royale brand name in the Italian market allowed the definitive launch of the Royale oven-proof porcelains, along with the construction of a new building equipped with the latest manufacturing machines.
With a complete line of their own products, along with the Dudson range, Royale covers the tabletop for restaurants at all price points and levels. For more information on Royale and their collection of tabletop and buffetware products, go here:
Italy's Royale: New SU MISURA Dinnerware Brings Handcrafted Emotion to Restaurant Tables
The creative hand of Hamburg-based designer Mikaela Dörfel and her team is behind RAK's new cutlery collection and its innovative design. Designer Dörfel, who was born in Finland, gets her inspiration from various sources such as architecture or nature. Dörfel does her original sketches in 2D then her team turns them into 3D. According to Dörfel, "The change in volume allows us to observe how it works ergonomically and we see the harmony of the shape. It's exciting."
At the Host Milano show, the majority of all the products on display in the RAK Porcelain stand were all new or at leaast very recent introductions. However, none of these new products may ultimately be more impactful to the guest dining experience than these new cutlery designs.
For more information on RAK's new cutlery or any of their wide range of hospitality tabletop dinnerware designs, go here: RAK: New Cutlery Collection - Very Creative, Very Complementary.... and Very Cool
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