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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
Front of The House also extended its popular KILN collection, adding lots of new dinnerware and serving pieces, along with new KILN Ovenware . We love the focus on bowls of all colors, shapes, and sizes that matches up with so many of today's menu trends. To us, KILN is one of those great new dinnerware ideas that has something to offer for nearly everyone. It's hard to imagine a chef, food & beverage manager, or restaurateur that won't find an opportunity with this colorful collection to offer a differentiated - and fun - dining experience to their guests. Beyond dinnerware, Front of The House offered many other new collections like their RUSTIC CHIC crushed bamboo boards (above) that are designed to mix and match with so many of the other ceramic, glass, and metal pieces from FOH, along with handles making lifting and transporting these new bamboo boards a breeze.
More from their B3 BUFFET Collection....more ROOT ..... more PLATEWISE.....more EURO.....more DRINKWISE ...more promotions for buyers....more fun for guests - Front of The House keeps bringing more and more! If you'd like to learn more or get your own packet of Front of The House brochures and catalogs, go here: Front of The House: NRA Show Followup Brings More and More! - David James Rustic Chic: rus·tic \ˈrəs-tik\ ˈshēk\ - A collection from hospitality company Front Of The House that creates a new stylish, cool, bright, and unique presence on your restaurant tabletop for the guest dining experience. Front Of The House, never one to be subtle or plain with their tabletop offerings, launches its new Rustic collection featuring the ROOT and KILN lines. Alexia Rouquette, the new Director Of Marketing tells us in the video below what makes these new pieces of the FOH portfolio really stand out.
The just completed International Chef's Congress put on by StarChefs was the 9th edition and was held at the Brooklyn Expo Center. While, if not for Google's GPS, I might still be looking for the venue, I am certainly glad I found it. Celebrity chefs galore, incredible foods and beverages to sample, a great vibe....and, some interesting tabletop....all made it a trip very worthwhile. For foodies - both professional and non-professional, this had to be nirvana. With rockstar celebrity chefs like Grant Achatz and Food TV stars like Ted Allen roaming the floor, there was something for everyone who is into food in one way or another. There were also rockstar tabletop companies like Steelite, Front of The House, and Churchill there, as well. So, as we say.... something for everyone - even for the chef looking to take their guest dining experience to another level by improving their tabletop!
The artistry the we witnessed Chef Niki Nakayama from LA's N/Naka Restaurant do on the Catherine Hurand glass plates from Steelite was pure pleasure....especially when you watched the faces of each of guests she served.
So, while were not sure where next year's version of StarChef's International Chef's Congress is slated to take place, you can be sure it will be on our calendar. the question will then be....with all this - why isn't it on yours? 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!
To learn more about Front of The House and their many hospitality presentation ideas like SERVEWISE, go here: http://frontofthehouse.com/
Speaking of space saving ideas, Arcoroc's STACK UP collection of stackable barware seemed to be getting plenty of interest by operators looking for stylish, yet practical glassware. Brought to market by Cardinal Glass, these stack-friendly glasses come in both short tumbler and hi-ball sizes. The Rosenthal and Sambonet brands showed plenty of great products with both backstamps, with their Platinum SKIN Rosenthal dinnerware and the corresponding SKIN flatware from Sambonet getting plenty of love from the participating designers in the Tabletop Challenge competition.
Great video from a truly creative source. To learn more about FOH and their entire collection of fun and interesting tabletop items, go here: http://frontofthehouse.com/
Taking your buffet experience to new heights, Front of the House introduces its new collection of stylized buffet risers and display components. The new B3 by FOH BUFFET BUILDING BLOCKS Collection presents interchangeable, essential building blocks including many sizes, materials, shapes and colors that aid in creating powerful, dynamic displays in just a few easy steps. Front of The House (FOH) debuted the new collection during the just completed NRA show in Chicago. The B3 by FOH - BUFFET BUILDING BLOCKS Collection carries an array of pieces that when combined, result in streamlined, easy to configure displays. FOH makes the buffet building process easy by providing the buffet tools needed to easily set up a buffet presentation, tailored for any event, themeor decor. FOH takes it even a step further and does the thinking for you by actually providing the BUFFET BUILDING BLOCKS necessary for the most impressive display through their breakthrough step by step brochure that painlessly guides the builder through the process. “As a solution oriented company, FOH believes in developing items that surpass customer’s needs. B3 by FOH introduces to the industry, not just product but a new philosophy of BUFFET BUILDING BLOCKS, to make buffet building easy.” says Simone Mayer, CEO and Chief Creative Officer for FOH. “We encourage you to mix and match the varying pieces of the B3—BUFFET BUILDING BLOCKS Collection in order to create a memorable buffet display with amazing contrasts. Our new collections and BUFFET BUILDING BLOCKS Brochure allows one to take their display to the next level and create a powerhouse presentation!”
To learn more about Front of The House and its wide collection of tabletop, buffet, and presentation products for the hospitality industry, go here: http://frontofthehouse.com/
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