HoReCa News Narumi debuts Milano in HoReCa – after 50 years on the retail market Narumi’s flagship Milano collection is now available to HoReCa customers – 50 years after it first hit retail. To celebrate the collection’s 50th anniversary, Narumi has opened the iconic Milano up to hospitality. The collection, which debuted in 1972 as a dinnerware assortment for home use, features a refined dynasty-style form with a graceful blue pattern. The plum flower, which has long been cherished as an auspicious flower in Japan, is expressed in shades of indigo blue. It has become a standard of Western tableware in Japan that combines elegance and luxury. The total production of the collection since its launch has exceeded 14 million pieces, and it has gained a strong fan base not only in Japan but also in Europe, America and Asia. Originally launched as a Western tableware for Japanese households, Milano is designed to fit both Western and Asian cuisines. The 50-year history of Milano now enters the new phase in the HoReCa industry, Narumi says.
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Milano first debuted in 1972 for Narumi.
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Clean, simple lines make Amefa’s Soprano stands out for its modernity. Made of high gloss 18/0 stainless steel, Soprano brings a contemporary look to the table. Amefa tells us Soprano combines “elegance and style with a unique design that is very pleasant to hold and therefore eat with”.
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Sambonet has launched Infinity, an exclusive capsule collection designed to inspire chefs. The Infinity project features a range of functional and design-oriented elements – a collection of tools and accessories which Sambonet says they have conceived to amaze guests and create unique experiences at the table. The collection is aimed at restaurants and settings who consider hospitality “the highest expression of taste, sight and smell, providing a refined alternative to traditional tools”. Think table pliers – shaped like a design-oriented compass – to be used by anyone from the chef to the waiter to the diner. Then the double canapé spoon is an alternative to the classic spoon with two different uses, a flatter bowl to hold solid single portions, and its more concave side to hold sauces. The wine cooler, meanwhile, boasts a conical shape cleverly calculated to hold the bottle – or half-bottle – even when in use. There is also a cloche, in various sizes, ideal for flat or soup plates along with stands designed to create unique panoramas both at the table and for the buffet. The combinations of objects, mixed in styles and heights, unleash the collection’s full aesthetic and decorative potential. All Infinity novelties are available in the mirror stainless steel version and in the bright PVD gold-coloured versions.
As one of their launches for 2022 – the year they celebrate their 150-year anniversary – Zwiesel Glas gives us Perspective. Barware done right! The three tumblers in the Perspective range, with their chessboard pattern on the base, let golden hues of whisky and classic highball drinks like gin and tonic or a Moscow mule shine. They sit well in the hand thanks to their chunky weight. Made in Germany from Tritan crystal glass, they are break resistant yet dishwashersafe, so truly rugged.
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