by Dave Turner | May 23, 2017 | Industry News, People
We stopped by the Steelite Booth at the NRA 2017 Show to catch up with our old friends Martin Kastner of Crucial Detail and Bocuse d’Or Gold Medalist Matthew Peters (Team USA) to see how life, post-Bocuse, has changed for them. We also got a chance to talk a...
by Dave Turner | May 12, 2017 | People
Ron Mathews has been an experienced restaurant and tradeshow professional for more than 20 years. Most recently, Ron was Vice President at Urban Expositions and in charge of three major industry tradeshows – The International Restaurant and Foodservice Show of NY, the...
by Dave Turner | May 9, 2017 | People
Frances Bull looks after sales and marketing at one of the most ascendant names in tabletop: Studio William. The Stratford-upon-Avon company create and supply cutting-edge cutlery to Michelin-starred restaurants, five-star hotels, and even 10 Downing Street. Frances —...
by Dave Turner | Feb 2, 2017 | People
Buzz: all restaurants need it, very few have it. London’s Margot is one of the lucky ones. A restaurant with more buzz than a beekeeper’s eardrum. Since opening in Autumn 2016, the Central London restaurant has hosted all-manner of A-Listers and been the subject...
by Dave Turner | Dec 29, 2016 | People
With an insider’s knowledge of how the hospitality industry works and what it was missing from a supplier standpoint, Ranjan Salis started Renarte Hospitality Supply with a vision to be a reliable, one-stop resource for anyone who is setting up new hotels and...
by Dave Turner | Dec 28, 2016 | People
Having written for TabletopJournal for six months, Isaac Parham discusses what he has learnt so far. A year or two back I was asked in a job interview to predict the next big hospitality trend. Tableware was my answer; specifically, that more and more chefs and...