Advice on looking after fashionable glassware In the parts of East London where they like to set a trend rather than follow one, there’s a newfound love for a traditional pub favourite. Turns out that old-school beer jugs with dimpled glass are making a comeback. While this is great for the nostalgic, it’s not necessarily so good for bar staff.
Expand story >What makes a great KP? Winterhalter is looking for the Kitchen Porter of the Year and for 2014 there are £10,000-worth of prizes up for grabs. The winning KP gets £1,000 cash and a celebratory dinner for up to 12 guests, while his venue’s kitchen gets a new Winterhalter warewasher, worth over £8,000. Top chefs are supporting the competition. Marcus Wareing says, “We all know that the KP is probably one of the most important people in the kitchen and...
Expand story >Vision and Winterhalter managing directors go back to the kitchen floor to launch 2014 competition To promote the 2014 Kitchen Porter of the Year competition, Winterhalter managing director Stephen Kinkead persuaded Jack Sharkey, chair of CEDA and managing director of Vision Commercial Kitchens, to join him for a shift as a KP in one of London’s busiest restaurants, at Fortnum and Mason. There’s a video of their exploits on YouTube, but Jack’s plaintive cry halfway through his lunchtime ordeal, “When...
Expand story >Winterhalters are ‘Rolls Royce’ warewashers for Michel Roux Jr Le Gavroche recently re-opened after a total kitchen refurbishment, carried out by Eximius Projects. “The kitchen is sparkling and shiny and beautiful now, so it’s full speed ahead,” says Michel Roux Jr. To help keep things sparkling and shiny, and to help ensure service goes at full speed, three new Winterhalter warewashers have joined the kitchen’s brigade. The dishwasher at Le Gavroche is one of Winterhalter’s new PT passthrough machines. “Crockery...
Expand story >Free school meals: Winterhalter offers advice on making warewashing easy In a school, the main objective in terms of warewashing is to have clean, hygienic plates, glasses, cutlery and utensils. Paul Crowley, marketing manager of Winterhalter, warns that there’s more to planning a school warewash system than picking the machine – such as working out how to get the dirties to the wash area, then get them back to the service area when they’re clean. It’s about buying a system,...
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