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Ginspiration: make the most of the gin boom

Saturday 6th June has been classified as 'National Gin Day' on social media. This has prompted PFR to take a look at the UK gin marketplace and suggest some easy ways for pub, bar and restaurant operators to capitalise on the trend. The huge success of gin is a...

Summer Lights, a Team PFR curated collection of tabletop, buffet ware and bar supplies

As dining and drinking move outdoors, we have brought together some of our light equipment favourites to help operators and chefs to match their presentation with 2018 summer trends. This year natural materials and organic shapes are favoured, with monotone neutrals,...

New decorative lighting collection launched in the UK

Following the popularity and growth of Baselite Food Warming lamps in restaurants and bars, manufacturers’ representative group PFR is launching a collection of Baselite decorative lighting fixtures and shades.

CED (Catering Equipment Design) launches new grab ‘n’ go merchandiser

CED’s Money Maker chilled merchandisers are designed to offer an environmentally friendly solution to high volume grab ‘n’ go snack and drink retailers. Find out more and download price list.

New meat ageing cabinet, wine cooler, bottle coolers and Retro Refrigeration all set to take the stand

It’s all about front of house at the moment, grabbing the customer’s attention, gaining that point of difference. Precision’s new innovative front of house refrigeration includes a meat ageing cabinet, wine cooler, bottle coolers and the iconic Retro Refrigeration....

Visit PFR stand 2130 Hotelympia 2018

Pro Foodservice Reps will be showcasing new and innovative products at Hotelympia 2018 on stand 2130. Come and see Team PFR and representatives from manufacturing partners to view the latest tabletop, buffet, bar supplies, knives and utensils and pizza supplies from...

Revol Porcelaine celebrates 250 years making fine porcelain

The REVOL plant is a history handed down for 250 years, with each year bringing them a little closer to the chefs and their restaurant tables.

Revol – An exclusive and creative collaboration with Régis Marcon

It is thanks to this type of collaboration, and by accepting the numerous challenges set by artist and exceptional chef Régis Marcon, that Revol has been able to come up with tomorrow’s colours for its own creation, as well as refine the industrial processes required to create the enamel’s nuances and effects.

Big changes for Pro Foodservice Reps LTD (PFR) in 2018

The beginning of 2018 has already seen some big changes at Pro Foodservice Reps, the UK’s foremost manufacturers’ representative group.

Embark on a concerto of flavour with Revol Prestige

Revol’s famous and elegant Sphere plates have been reinvented in a new prestige collection with three new motifs.

Brighton’s zero waste restaurant, SILO, uses Unox green energy ovens.

Douglas is passionate about caring for the environment and as Unox ovens are produced using solar energy they were an obvious choice.

London Italian café Festa Sul Prato owner Martin Hoenle talks about Precision Refrigeration

Martin discusses the benefits Precision Refrigeration has brought to the restaurant and its unique space.

Read how UNOX keeps at the forefront of innovation and technology

Enrico Franzolin, his daughter Chiara Franzolin and son-in-law Nicola Michelon talk to Michael Jones of Foodservice Consultant magazine about keeping it simple.

Brad Carter of Michelin star restaurant Carters of Moseley talks about Induced Energy

Chef / Proprietor Brad Carter of Carters, Moseley installed 2 x CS3000QT induction hobs in his restaurant 2 years ago.

Viessmann Refrigeration’s eye-catching sales booster

Viessmann’s futuristic semi-vertical freezer, Iconic, has increased sales of frozen goods by 8 per cent in the first month following its introduction at the Edeka Schlemmer Markt Struve supermarket in Hamburg, Germany.

UNOX and Black Star Pastry

PHILOSOPHY OF BLACK STAR PASTRY. In 2008 Christopher Thé opened his own boutique patisserie Black Star Pastry, located in Sydney, which has flourished and garnered critical praise locally and internationally. Black Star Pastry is about real food. It works the old...

Baselite lights the way for London restaurant and coffee bar

World class law firm, Simmons & Simmons, located in the iconic City Point Building in 1 Ropemaker Street, London, EC2, has updated its look with Baselite FW500 copper heat lamps.

University of Oxford college reaps the benefits of Induced Energy induction hobs

Rev. Dr. Ralph Waller Principal, Harris Manchester College University of Oxford says “I cannot speak too highly of Induced Energy’s induction hobs; they have served the college well over the past decade”.

Popular beach restaurant delighted with the impact new Precision Refrigeration is having

Andy Norfolk of Little Duffy worked closely with Kandie Harrison of Precision to select and agree on the equipment required, which would include a number of bespoke and customised units.

CED equips British Car Auction’s restaurant at new Perry Barr site

Blending effortlessly within the restaurant’s candy stripe colour blocks of lime, tangerine and matt white, another classic CED servery makes itself at home – a high octane refuelling station undertaken for one of the UK’s most prolific kitchen consultants.

Hotelympia

Date: March 5 - 8, 2018 Location: Excel, London PFR stand no. 2130