Eau de Vie News

Fine Dining Bread and Water

Classeq Eau de Vie’s sustainable alternative to bottled mineral water, available at Bread Street Kitchen.

Bread Street Kitchen, Gordon Ramsay Holding’s new ‘relaxed dining experience’, serves a sustainable alternative to traditional branded mineral water, Eau de Vie system from Classeq. The system filters and chills mains water, offering still or sparkling variants that are served in upmarket, reusable bottles.

Eau de Vie is the exclusive water served at Bread Street Kitchen; a lively and exciting new restaurant and bar in the heart of the City. Bread Street Kitchen is home to a relaxed dining experience set in a large warehouse-style room that draws inspiration from the East London aesthetic surrounding it. (more…)

Water at the River Café

River Café installs sustainable Eau de Vie filtered water system

The River Café is renowned for its fine food and superb service. The rustic Italian-inspired menu features fresh seasonal produce, delicate fish dishes and exquisite desserts. It’s modern dining at its best, much visited by celebrities, politicians and lesser mortals. (more…)

Bottled Water On Tap At Hotelympia

Hotelympia New Product Alert

Classeq launches new products from Eau de Vie; plus latest ‘best in class’ British manufactured dish and glasswashers; plus Ice-O-Matic energy-saving ice makers.

Classeq will feature its radical new bottled water concept, Eau de Vie, with new models and bottles as well as a new, budget-friendly rental scheme. Also on show are the company’s British-manufactured glass and dishwashers, now including features normally associated only with top-end machines. Last but not least is a selection from the Ice-O-Matic range of ice machines, manufactured by Scotsman and distributed in the UK by Classeq. (more…)

Chilled, stylish and environmentally friendly – Eau de Vie fits the bill at Quo Vadis

Eau de Vie bottled water system cuts down on recycling at Quo Vadis, London

Located in Dean Street in London’s Soho, Quo Vadis serves modern British food from a menu which changes daily. Founded in 1926, Quo Vadis was acquired by restaurateur brothers Sam and Eddie Hart in 2008, and lovingly restored to its former glory. The stylish and elegant venue was named Tatler Restaurant of the Year in 2009.

In London, The Hart Group also operates renowned Spanish restaurant Fino, just off Charlotte Street in Fitzrovia, and tapas restaurant and bar Barrafina, in Frith Street in the heart of the West End. (more…)

“Doing great things”: Classeq Eau de Vie Water System Wins Prestigious Green Award

Green Apple ‘underlines the eco-credentials’ of alternative to conventional bottled waters

14 November: Classeq’s Eau de Vie bottled water system won a Green Apple Award in a presentation ceremony at the House of Commons. The awards, now in their 18^thyear, are run by The Green Organisation and are designed to celebrate environmental best practice and sustainable development.

The Awards cover a huge variety of activities – the 2011 winners included Volkswagen, Newham University Hospital Trust and Bolton Wanderers FC, covering everything from cars to training to programmes to protect honey bees. (more…)

Water saving!

Rental options from Eau de Vie

Offering customers on-site bottled, chilled and filtered mains water is an increasingly popular option for many catering and hospitality venues and is significantly cheaper and more convenient than buying in bottled mineral water. Classeq’s Eau de Vie on-site bottled water system provides an affordable and reliable solution, and is now also available to rent from as little as £18 per week. (more…)

Stop Press! Tip Top Tap Water Plus The Automatic Bottle Washer

Classeq on Stand K51, Restaurant Show, Earls Court 2, London, 10 – 12 October 2011.

Classeq will show the latest Eau de Vie water system, which turns mains water into a profitable and eco-friendly alternative to bottled mineral water. The system filters and chills the mains supply, taking out impurities, to produce either still or sparkling water that can be dispensed into stylish Eau de Vie branded bottles. (more…)

Table Top Water System

Classeq introduces a table top model of the Eau de Vie still and sparkling water system

Classeq has launched a table top version of its Eau de Vie fresh filtered still and sparkling water system. The compact EDV-TT is designed for use in bars, restaurants, hotels and conference facilities where space is limited but chilled premium quality water is a must-have item. (more…)

Classeq’s Eau de Vie bottled water system gets Green Apple Award

Eau de Vie, an environmentally-friendly system for producing filtered, chilled bottled water from mains water, has won a Green Apple Award to be presented at the House of Commons in November. The Green Apple Awards, organised by The Green Organisation, began in 1994 and have become established as the country’s major recognition for environmental endeavour among companies, councils, communities and countries.

The Eau de Vie range offers a complete, branded package, from the stylish and attractive ‘front of house’ water dispensers, bottles and flasks to the backroom wash racks, carriers and rack dollies. The Eau de Vie system is becoming popular in restaurants, cafes and conference venues as a sustainable alternative to buying in bottled mineral water. (more…)

Twenty Five Clean Bottles…

Classeq Eau de Vie launches bottle cleaning rack for use in glasswashers

Eau de Vie Rack and Bottles

A problem with most restaurants using mains water bottling systems is cleaning the bottles between use. Now Eau de Vie, the premium brand, on-site chilled filtered water system, has launched a bottle-cleaning rack designed to work in a standard glass washer. Classeq, which markets Eau de Vie in the UK, says it is a simple idea that will help enhance hygiene in the increasing number of outlets offering on-site, filtered mains water as an alternative to bottled mineral water. (more…)