 Elite Global Solutions new updated full line catalog is out and, once again, Elite has delivered a fun, colorful display of their new products. The new catalog is the "go-to" book for a comprehensive view of their stylish tabletop and buffetware lines. Between the display of each product line photo or even the playful photos including the employees of the company, Elite gives a unique perspective of their company values. With a name like " Elite Global
Solutions" you might expect that this would be a company run by IBM-type dark suits whose idea of having fun was wearing perfectly ironed tan slacks and blue bazers - with the mandatory sparkling white button down shirt - on Fridays only. And, of course, only in the summer months.
When you look at brand differentiation in the hospitality tabletop business....look at Elite. We mean - really - when was the last time you saw the word "groovalicious" used in a foodservice catalog?
Elite Global Solutions is a hospitality tabletop company that started in 2003, but has continued to differentiate themselves among the competition by displaying colorful, detailed images of their products. And, oh, by the way, they happen to have a great collection of products as well! (check out Greenovations and get some eco street cred!) Elite has been a company to keep an eye on and it looks like that trend will continue throughout 2013 and beyond. You can download their new catalog or see the entire line from Elite ( along with the surfing CEO, the motorcycle marketing mama....and the rest of the Elite gang) by going here: http://www.egsfoodservice.com/
Oneida's new product introductions at this year's NRA Show, including Schonwald's new CONNECT RADIAL dinnerware.
 Oneida, global leader in designing the dining experience, will showcase a new and extensive collection of banquetware pieces at the 2013 National Restaurant Show. “Our Oneida Banquetware collection is designed to enhance creative culinary presentations. This innovative new collection allows food and beverage teams more freedom to stage innovative events that include food storage, beverage dispensers, serving platforms, risers, pillars and bamboo accessories. Inspired by compelling design styles including a less-is-more Bauhaus positioning, and innovative geometric Art Deco shapes, the Oneida Buffet Collection is a compelling compliment to our tabletop portfolio”, stated Umberto Filice, Senior Vice President of North American Sales. New product introductions will also be featured in Drinkware, Dinnerware, and Flatware positioned effectively within the prevailing design, food and lifestyle trends in the market.
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FLAME™, new from Stölzle, features the fluid graceful profiles of fire. Emotional and organic, this lux shape delivers visual excitement. The pure tactile satisfaction of these dramatic tapers, with shear rims, maximizes the fine dining experience.
CELEBRATION™, new from Stölzle, is both sophisticated and mainstream. This elegant shape features a drawn stem, and sheer fire polished rim. Exceptional brilliance that is enhanced by seamless stems clearly distinguishes this classic.
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SAHARA™, new from Sant’Andrea focuses the culinary visual using textural terracing. Framing each piece with movement and organic texture, this fine porcelain shape speaks to culinary creativity with a voice that merges with our natural world.
CONNECT RADIAL™, new from Schönwald, captures a modern linear spirit. Concentric and crisp, the visual created inspires precision and radial perfection. Clearly upscale, with a range of clean and sleek shapes enhanced using subtle refinement of axis.
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New SAHARA from Sant ' Andrea is just one of the many new products form Oneida Foodservice.
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VERGE™ creates an aesthetic that draws from the folded surfaces of origami. Each gleamingly polished surface suggests jeweled facets of reflective energy. Unique and textural sculpture in 18/10, define creativity on the tabletop.
PERPETUA™ is clean and sleek, modern and understated. High-lux mirror polishing reminds us that flatware is jewelry for the table. Formed from solid 18/10 stainless steel of the highest quality, PERPETUA’s form follows its function.
While Turgla owner Huseyin Ozan discusses their Gural Porcelain line in the above video, we still like the way the Gural porcelain mixes with the fun - and colorful - Turgla glass plates and serving pieces show at the right. There’s also a synergistic approach with the colored glassware . “The whiteness of the porcelain, combined with the brilliant colors we do in our glassware make for really terrific table settings,” offered Ozan. “They really complement each other well.”U.S. based Turgla offers the hospitality industry a wide range of both high quality porcelain and rainbow of colors in their glass plates, serving pieces, and buffet items.With the trends towards eating more organically and naturally, combined with increasingly health-conscious menus more and more chefs have found Turgla's glass plates, bowls, and accessories the perfect solution for their guests. | | You can view the entire collection of Gural Porcelain and Turgla glass serving pieces, along with Turgla's extensive buffetware offering by going here: http://www.turgla.com/
 Another cool product that's hot from Service Ideas....their Flame-Free Thermo-Urn Ok. So, the new Service Ideas catalog for 2013 is out. Don't have it yet? Get it. And, here's why.....not only is it full of cool beverage service, buffet, and accessory products, it's got lots of great, helpful pieces of information. I mean...who even knew what "ETL Certification" was??? Plus, Service Idea shows off even more by using those fancy QR codes. Ok..ok....we already knew that Service Ideas was a pretty cool company, but now QR codes, too?! Love the QR codes, love the info ( did you know what "agion" is?), ...even love the product diagrams showing about all the replacement parts. Very cool.
Service Ideas 2013 Catalog. Get it. |  2013 Service Ideas catalog |
 International Tableware Incorporated's new DRESDEN bright white porcelain dinnerware comes with a delicate embossment reminescent of dinnerware that costs far more. International Tableware Incorporated (ITI) is a company that is rapidly becoming a household name among certain segments of the hospitality tabletop industry. With a product line that continues to expand and upgrade in terms of design and quality, ITI has opened smart buyers’ eyes. | At the recent NAFEM Show, ITI had attendees spending time in their booth learning about many new products such as its new DRESDEN porcelain, with its bright white embossment stylish design and its new colorful ELITE HARVEST squares and rectangles (shown at right) – perfect for bring color and fun to any menu concept. New TORINO and PACIFIC are porcelain dinnerware shapes with a touch of their own style, as well.
Color in dinnerware has been coming back to healthcare for some time, but now we are seeing that same trend in other casual dining concepts, as well. ELITE HARVEST is available in four natural, organic-looking colors - Rhubarb, Butternut, Blueberry, and BlaRhubarb, Butternut, Blueberry, and Blackberry. |  Color in dinnerware has been coming back to healthcare for some time, but now we are seeing that same trend in other casual dining concepts, as well. ELITE HARVEST comes in Rhubarb, Butternut, Blueberry, and Blackberry colors. | Known for its dinnerware high-value standards such as HAMPTON with its American White body color and fluted rim and GRANADA brown speckle designs….the new International Tableware is much, much more. From its affordable cutlery and flatware to its full wineglass and barware range, this is a company that will make hospitality buyers take a second look. ITI has been building its lineup of buffet serving items, along with adding to its already full complement of healthcare tabletop products.
| International Tableware Incorporated is a division of the Marck Group of companies, founded in 1986. Marck and Associates has ownership in two ceramic factories in Shandong Province in China, a region long known for its skill in producing high quality, high value dinnerware of all levels. Partnerships with other manufacturers around the globe insures both quality and service for ITI.
ITI’s goal is to bring to the hospitality and foodservice industry the most comprehensive tabletop assortment while still adhering to the expectations they are recognized for…..the value of working directly with the manufacturer and for their superior customer service.
While International Tableware has been widely known for their performance and value, TabletopJournal thinks that, with some of their newer products, ITI will soon be adding design and style to their hospitality tabletop reputation, as well.
|  ARCTIC GLACIER comes in blue and clear, a wide variety of items in rectangles and squares....another example of ITI's design DNA and their creative approach to today's hospitality tabletop. | To see the entire collection of hospitality tabletop products from International Tableware Inc. and get a copy of their new, nearly 100 page catalog, go here: http://www.internationaltableware.com/
Tafelstern and WMF .... the finest in German quality and style for your tabletop.....and your buffet. Tafelstern. WMF. Few Rules.....Many Rewards.
With Craig Bahl, designer and founder of the Steelforme line on hand, Service Ideas made a great impression at the recent NAFEM Show with multiple new Steelforme pieces. With pieces designed for bar, table, buffet & beverage service, Steelforme from Service Ideas offers a unique look and feel that makes their items great as companion pieces to existing tableware or a wonderful mix & match collection to revamp your serviceware. With new products and a new catalog on the way for 2013, Service Ideas keeps it's brand evolution on the move forward. | | If you are looking for the unique...yet practical....serving solution for either beverage or food, check out Service Ideas as they probably have it! Great people....with great products!
 While still a leader in plate covers and pizza pans, American Metalcraft is evolving into a premier tabletop supplier for all types of creative products in metal, melamine, porcelain, cast iron and more.. At TabletopJournal, we like to celebrate companies that are forward thinking and staying relevant within the tabletop category. Probably no company is changing quite as much as American Metalcraft. Just a few years ago they were known primarily as a back-of-the-house provider of plate covers and pizza pans. Not any more. While they still are a top supplier for those categories, American Metalcraft has definitely moved to also a premier supplier to the front of the house, as well. With nearly 200 exciting new products added to their line in 2013, American Metalcraft now has more than 3,000 creative foodservice presentation items, making them one of the most innovative tabletop suppliers in the world. |  For more than 60 years, American Metalcraft has been a creative source for serving up foodservice value for operators of all types. |  American Metalcraft 's Prestige Porcelain Collection has a wide variety of serivng pieces for portions of all sizes. |  With a huge range of Mini Colanders, Milk Cans, Pails, Baskets and more, American Metalcraft has the metal serving piece area fully covered, as well. |  Looking for that "hammered metal" look? American Metalcraft has your products. With complete and wide-ranging lines of tabletop and buffet, bar supplies, ....and, yes, kitchen and pizza supplies, along with perhaps the industry's widest selection of plate covers, American Metalcraft has become a great "go-to" source for a whole range of products that can help differentiate the dining experience. From metal to melamine, from porcelain to cast iron....and from buffet to bamboo.... American Metalcraft is a complete source for creative serving ideas.
American Metalcraft was incorporated in 1947 by Archer Kahn. In 1961, Herbert Kahn succeeded his father as President, and in 1995 David Kahn and Susan Kahn Bank took over the business, marking the transition to a third generation of family leadership. In over 57 years of family ownership, the company has expanded from 6,000 square foot in Chicago to over 120,000 square foot in west suburban Melrose Park, Illinois, and from a handful of employees to almost 100. American Metalcraft began with a limited product line and a local customer base to a company with customers in all 50 states and over 75 countries around the world. The company has evolved from job shop to a company that manufactures over 2000 items in house for its own product line. To learn more about this f ascinating and evolving company, go here:http://www.amnow.com/ | |
Attendees say seeing new products and developments at The NAFEM Show is their #1 reason for attending.
The NAFEM Show made the foodservice tabletop innovations easy to find at the WHAT’S HOT! WHAT’S COOL!® new product gallery. This high-traffic area of the show floor is visited by nearly 80% of attendees historically and our impression was that trend was no different in 2013.
Hot tabletop products at The NAFEM Show were: Strahl Drinkware
Strahl is a high quality beverageware that combines the strength of polycarbonate, with the elegant look and feel of glass. Strahl's newest collection is CapellaStack, a new collection that is stackable and is crystal clear with the look and feel of glass. CapellaStack is safe for commercial dishwahers and is available in five distinct sizes. | | | | Steelite InternationalSteelite's new CRAFT Collection is inspired by hand-crafted, simple county wares made by generations of potters over hundreds of years. The range embodies the beauty of rich, lustrous glazes applied by hand, and celebrates chance effects and reactions which occur naturally in the kiln. The gem-like glazes married to simple forms and shapes produce a unique and individual appearance, giving CRAFT a rustic "joie de vivre". Manufactured in an evironmentally-friendly process that recycles clay waste, CRAFT production has save 350 metric tons since July 2007. | Eastern TabletopEastern Tabletop's new ZAPFLAME is the innovative perfect solution for adjustable heat with countless advantages. Chefs will enjoy the ease of transition from standard gel fuel cans as they control the ZAPFLAME from small to large to create the perfect temperature for their dish.It has the capability to be used for grilling, cooking, warming as the ZAPFLAME easily adjusts from low to high. All in addition to the cost savings of wasted, half used, gel fuel cans. Save and refill as needed.ZAPFLAME is designed so that the used can shut off the flame when an event is over and turn it back on for the next event, making it eco-friendly, as well. | | | | LibbeyWith the growing popularity of craft and premium beer, Libbey continues to innovate by offering creative new beer glassware products to provide the perfect beer presentation. With its new contemporary verticla design and quality heavy sham, Libbey's new ALTITUDE tall beer glass offers restaurateurs the opportunity to differentiate the beer experience and elevate the beer experience. Offered in Sheer Rim of Fine Edge, ALTITUDE is available at a price point to maximize profit per serving. Designed to fit naturally in the hand, the tall stature and slender figure of ALTITUDE provide impeccable balance, while the inward tapering top captures aromas, enhancing the beer tasting experience. ALTITUDE is available in 14 oz., 16 oz, and 20 oz. capacities and is the ideal investment for any establishment seeking to upgrade their beer service. | HollowickHollowick's Smart Candle TRUFLAME LED Wax Pillars create the most realistic flame colors and flicker available in LED. The products are made of unscented real wax pillars and feature a smooth finish. With three timer settings and a remote control (that is included), you can control the ambiance of your environment with ease. Safe and durable, these flameless wax pillars are designed for many years of continuous use. TRUFLAME flameless wax pillars from Hollowick run on four AA alkaline batteries (not included) and feature up to 400 hours run time. Candles operate by remote control or with a built-in three-stage timer. Hollowick's TRUFLAME flameless LED Wax Pillars are available in 5 sizes. | |
Eastern Tabletop's new REVO collection of buffet tools seem incredibly versatile considering that they come with 3 tops: a grill, a grate top, and a board meant to make a carving table. Lightweight and small enough to travel easily, the REVO collection comes in both a 20 inch long rectangular shape and a 15 inch diameter round shape - both made from a polished, high quality 18-10 stainless steel. And we love the idea of being able to flip the REVO unit over and use it as a chiller .... all you have to do is fill with ice. The 18-10 stainless makes cleaning the REVO units easy and its swirl-polished design prevents fingerprints and other grease stains. Eastern Tabletop has been doing things right in both the tabletop and the buffet area since 1950. To learn more and see their entire collection of hopistality products, go here: http://www.easterntabletop.com/default.asp | |
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