Celebrating the World of Hospitality Tabletop Products, Places, and People.

Thanks for your comments on our evolving format changes for our BULLETIN newsletter. Like most things in life, its a work in progress...all with the goal of keeping it fresh, interesting, and easy to read.

You may have also noticed our content changes where we are profiling creative smaller hospitality tabletop suppliers and restaurant photographers. We hope to bring you more of both on a regular basis. Along with some other changes we're working on, we're excited as we can be about 2015. We hope you are, as well.

Looking forward to seeing you at the upcoming Ambiente show in Frankfurt and NAFEM in California. Make sure you to say hello.

Thanks for continuing to make us the "go-to" place for hospitality tabletop information. We appreciate your readership and your support.

Always remember....

#TabletopMatters !

Cheers!

Dave Turner

TabletopJournal

www.tabletopjournal.com

Corby Hall Expands Popular Saturno Dinnerware Line

Corby Hall, long known as a premium supplier of flatware and hollowware to the hotel and restaurant industry, has expanded one its most popular line of porcelain dinnerware - Saturno - with the addition of a new collection of oval platters. "These sleek platters are what chefs are telling us they've been looking for to help elevate their food presentation," says Corby Hall President Adrian Millward. "The multiple sizes available make these Saturno platters perfect for salad & dessert, entree and contemporary family-style entr�e presentations."

For more information on Corby Hall foodservice and hospitality tabletop products, go here.....

Neal Santos And His Full-Circle Approach to Tabletop Photography

Neal Santos is a professional photographer that calls Philadelphia home. While he refers to himself as a "local guy" with clients such as Fork and High Street, Neal's work has been seen in Food & Wine, Edible, and for the beer company, Stella Artois. When he isn't working on a local photo assignment, or traveling around the U.S. covering events such as the Kentucky Derby or Sundance Film Festival, Neal is getting his hands dirty with his own urban farming experience, Farm 51.

Find out about Neal's all encompassing career, go here.....

Villeroy & Boch's new JANDA Dinnerware - Evolution On Your Table

Launched this week at The Hospitality Show in Birmingham, new Janda dinnerware from Villeroy & Boch's Hotel & Restaurant Division is a multifunctional and extremely robust dinnerware series that has been designed with food presentation in mind, featuring attractive floral and geometric motifs in a delicate pistachio hue.

To read more about this great new line, go here.....

American Metalcraft: Hospitality Tabletop - Fun, Practical, and Easy

American Metalcraft exemplifies a lot of what we think the hospitality tabletop segment is all about these days. Using a wide variety of materials, making fun shapes, creating multiple-use items.....all done in a way that speaks to the practicality needed by today's hospitality operator.

A couple of great examples of that are American Metalcraft's new Translucence collection (shown above). With a range that includes bowls, platters, pitchers and more, Translucence is made in a marble-like resin making it fit the needs of even the most hardworking restaurant or catering operation. Artistic design elements also enhance this collection of hand-crafted durable resin.

To learn more about American Metalcraft's fun and practical products, go here.....

Arc International Announces the Presentation of a €60 million Investment Plan to Finance its Turnaround and Growth Strategy

On Wednesday 24th December, the management of Arc International presented to the works council a takeover proposal and investment plan led by Peaked Hill Partners LLC ("PHP"). This proposal concerns the entire Group and would aim at strengthening the Arques site while preserving productive employment in France..

Find out all the details of Arc International's new strategy, go here.....

Issue #61

Make Sure It's RAK!

for more information, go here:

http://www.rakporcelain.eu/

Hokar�

Table Lighting

French
Designed and Engineered

For more information, go here:

www.hokare.com

Maham Anjum Brings Color to Top London Restaurant Tabletops

London's Maham Anjum is serving up colorful terra cotta dinnerware and serving pieces to some of that city's finest restaurants with a unique blend of design, ingenuity, and creative production.

Learn more about this fascinating young talent and how she does it, go here.....

Chilewich : Innovative, Green Tabletop Textiles That Are Easy On The Eye

With the launch of their 2015 line, Chilewich is looking to follow up a year that included Ambiente, the largest home consumer tradeshow in the world, awarding Chilewich's Spring|Summer 2014 "Ribbon" design its highly prestigious Design Plus Award. Her new collection features the designs, "Glassweave", "Scribble", "Pebble", and "Gold with Silver".

To find out more about Chilewich's great innovative products

go here.....

Bauscher Hepp Inc. Opens New Chicago Showroom Location

It's a growing trend these days....Bauscher Hepp, Inc. is now announcing the opening of their new showroom in Chicago's booming Fulton Market Innovation District.

Their new showroom has been created in partnership with The Hode Group, a manufacturer representative company providing products & services to catering, healthcare, hotel, and restaurant professionals, as well as Chef Works, a uniform company for the hospitality industry.

Find out all the great details of Bauscher Hepp's new showroom, go here.....

"People like consistency. Whether it's a store or a restaurant, they want to come in

and see what you are famous for."

- Millard "Mickey" Drexler

CEO - J. Crew Group

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