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1. Maldon Salt Maldon Sea Salt Flakes

To mark its 140th anniversary, Maldon Salt has revealed a striking new packaging design, which respects the brand’s heritage whilst embracing the future with a look and feel to inspire new audiences. The new pattern features different shades of green in a geometric style and nods to the brand’s previous packaging designs. For four generations, Maldon Salt has been hand harvesting its pyramid-shaped flakes using simple and time-honoured techniques. A family-run business, based in the coastal town of Maldon in Essex, the Osborne family are custodians of an ancient culinary tradition and creators of a globally recognised brand that is a favourite of chefs around the world. www.maldonsalt.com

2. DiFens Hand Wipes

DiFens is a new busines offering handwrapped biodegradable alcohol hand wipes. Made of 70% alcohol, which is proven to kill bacteria and viruses, the hand wipes are engineered from natural, plant-based fibres and are recyclable. Offered in three scents of mandarin, lemon and lavender, DiFens are available in bespoke packaging, making them an attractive proposition for hotels. Based in London, DiFens was born out of the pandemic when founders Dale Atkinson and Mahir Muderrisoglu found that many of the hand wipes on the market did not meet the recommendations of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and were not environmentally friendly. www.di-fens.com

2. Sunkist Commerical Juicer

The Sunkist Sectionizer and the Sectionizer Jr. make quick work of wedging, slicing, coring or halving fruits and vegetables into uniform pieces. Featuring a unique metal strainer and extracting bulbs, operators can easily extract between 20-25 gallons of juice per hour using pre-cut citrus. Meanwhile, the Pro Series Juicer is able to extract up to 10 gallon of juice per hour. The Sectionizer was launched alongside the Sunkist Commercial Juicer – recognised as one of the most reliable commercial citrus juicers on the market – it features a heavy duty, high-torque motor that extracts the maximum amount of juice from the pulp. www.sunkistequipment.com

4. Lasvit Circle Glass

Lasvit has expanded its Circle Glass collection to include a new tumbler and carafe. The mouth-blown and handcrafted glass pieces have been designed for the brand by German artisan glass designer Milena Kling and feature delicate linear engravings that are the result of a unique manufacturing process in fine, pleated copper sheets. “The flexible copper mould allows the fluid glass to form its distinct shape of freeflowing circles,” explains Kling. Each piece is designed with the idea of almost holding the liquid in the palm and coming closer to the essence. The Tumbler, Carafe and the classic Water Glasses are crafted in one design and sold in a set of two or four. www.lasvit.com

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1. Craster Tilt Brass Frames

Craster provides high-end presentation products that are both stylish and functional, helping food and beverage professionals create unique and memorable displays. The brand’s dynamic Tilt collection – a unique, flexible buffet system with a mixture of angles, heights and materials – has recently been updated to include brass frames. Featuring precision-fitted rubber gaskets, the gleaming brass frames are available in four heights and provide any bowl or plinth within the collection a platform for display with elegance and poise. The Tilt range offers many possibilities for creativity and its interoperability is ideal for cuisine choreography. www.craster.com

2. IHS Rack Cube

IHS had collaborated with some of the world’s very best hotels and chefs for over thirty years, leading to the development of products for buffets, conferences and banquets, as well as in-room dining and live cooking. With interchangeable shelves, mobile battery operation and the ability to change the ambience and interaction within a space in seconds, the Rack Cube has become a staple in some of the most renowned dining venues. Offering the ability to create unique layouts by linking towers to go from buffet to live-cooking to beverage in an instant, IHS’s modular catering system can adapt to a variety of food and beverage operations. www.ihs-design.com

3. Dometic MoBar

Professionally graded and showcasing a state-of-the-art patented design, the Dometic MoBar does not compromise style for functionality or convenience. The fully mobile product offers convenience to guests dining in premium hotels, restaurants and bars. Thanks to its timeless yet robust stainless-steel design and mood enhancing lighting, the Dometic MoBar range is an ideal mobile beverage centre for catering to the requirements of outdoor events. Developed in collaboration with professional bartenders, it features detachable speed rails and optional crushed ice and garnish containers for smart storage, ice and utensils. www.dometic.com

4. Modbar Modbar AV

Modbar – the original undercounter brewing system – is committed to offering a stylish alternative to countertop coffee equipment, allowing for a different kind of coffee brewing experience. Short for modular brewing system, the inner workings of espresso machines are found beneath the counter, allowing the taps to be neatly displayed on the countertop thus eliminating the barrier between barista and customer. Today, the brand offers two types of configuration: Modbar AV (Auto-Volumetric) and Modbar EP (Electronic Paddle), both providing reliability, performance and temperature stability, and are available in a variety of chrome and matte colour finishes. www.modbar.com

Sola – The Netherlands The Rebrand

For almost a century, Sola – The Netherlands has produced and distributed stainless steel cutlery and serveware of the highest quality to more than 90 countries worldwide. Since 1922, the family-owned business has committed itself to sustainability and conformity to its principles and in that cause has succeeded in dominating the international catering and hospitality industry for cutlery and serviceware with unique design solutions, whilst also developing and engineering new products that address an increasingly complex and demanding market. As the supplier of quality cutlery to the world’s very best hotels, Sola – The Netherlands is primarily a design house working closely with its customers and also within its own design studio to maintain its position at the forefront of innovation, practicality and style. The company also supplies to the retail, airline, cruise and rail sectors, providing invaluable expertise and insight to its loyal customer base with its understanding and knowledge of the opportunities and challenges facing the hospitality industry today. A great deal has changed since its formation and in the spirit of change and evolution, the business has announced a new look, with an updated company logo that creates uniformity across the markets and an upgrade to a contemporary and forward-thinking appearance and approach. “The pandemic has given us the time to sit and re-think our strategy going forward” says Robert Gerritsen, Vice President of Sales at Sola – The Netherlands. “We need to get the message out about who we are and what we do out there for the new emerging markets as we begin to come out of this unprecedented situation.” The new look is an indication to all customers of the cross-pollination of markets that a company such as Sola is well qualified to build upon. Going forward the business will continue to lead in the industry and as hotels and restaurants prepare for a return to pre-pandemic dining, Sola is ready with its new look and a variety of products and services that will flourish in this dynamic and fast-paced marketplace. www.sola-cutlery.com

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