The new price list and brochure for Cater-Bake is now available for download, and the company is excited to share its newest offerings with customers. Founded nearly 30 years ago, Cater-Bake UK has always been committed to providing quality service and products.

The brand-new brochure showcases the latest items, as well as updated pricing information. Customers are sure to find something they love in the diverse range of products including pizza, bakery & cooking equipment, as well as refrigeration units, from several international brands, including ZANOLLI, FIMAR, VELMA PASTALINE, GEMM and KINGFISHER.

All the products you find here have been specially selected and developed by industry experts for use in, but not limited to, restaurants, takeaways and bakeries. Cater-Bake also offer “CaterBase” a product demonstration for all visitors to learn and train on the equipment before making a purchasing decision. Some of the products on show for guests to trial include Zanolli pizza ovens, the Zanolli Devil Pizza Press, Fimar spiral mixers, Kingfisher prep counters and much more.

Struggling to find the equipment you need?

Keeping stock levels consistently high is a priority at Cater-Bake to guarantee that you have a minimum wait time for your equipment delivery.

If you’re not sure about any of the products in stock, their friendly and knowledgeable staff will happily talk through your equipment needs or answer any questions you have. To find out more information, please get in touch with the team at 0151 548 5818 or email info@cater-bake.co.uk

Cater-Bake looks forward to continuing its tradition of excellence and personal service in the years to come. Thank you for choosing us!

Download the 2022 brochure and price list at: https://www.cater-bake.co.uk/downloads/

Retigo UK is offering FREE technical training at their facility in Wrexham for all its UK partners.

Two types of training are available:

INSTALLATION TRAINING
(4 hrs)
An insightful short training that enables installers to confidently install our combi ovens.

FULL SERVICE TRAINING
(FULL DAY)
A more in depth look at the combi oven, for those engineers who are already familiar with Retigo.

Times and dates are arranged at a time to suit you!

For more information, or to arrange your team’s training course, contact Mike Griffiths at the Retigo UK office, ukservice@retigo.co.uk.

Winterhalter has launched the PT Utensil, a powerful passthrough dishwasher that can clean both utensils and plates, making it an ideal all in one cleaning solution for a range of businesses.

Like other models in the PT range, the PT Utensil features upgrades and innovative technology that helps to reduce energy and water consumption while enhancing reliability and usability, which ensures that both utensils and plates are cleaned to the highest standards time after time.

With the shortage of KPs, there’s been a huge increase in demand for utensil washers.  The PT
Utensil delivers superior results in a compact footprint, plus, it can be switched to wash dishes if required.

Underpinning the design of the PT Utensil is Winterhalter’s hygiene concept. Every component has been tweaked to ensure that there are no nooks and crannies where dirt can accumulate. For example the rack guide has been redesigned to stop deposits from forming, while the water tank is deep drawn and features a hygienic heating element. The PT Utensil features a four stage filtration system that removes the smallest impurities from the wash water to guarantee the best wash results, as well as helping to assure the longest working life.

The cleaning power of the PT Utensil comes from two newly designed s-shaped wash arms that evenly distribute the water within the wash chamber. The Variopower system automatically adjusts the wash pressure for each wash and the level of soiling, meaning that plates and cups use standard pressure while heavily encrusted utensils are washed at higher pressures. This ensures that it’s powerful enough to clean the most soiled items while delicate pieces are treated more gently.

As with other models in the PT range the Utensil includes the EnergyLight heat recovery system as standard. This recycles heat from the wash water to help heat incoming cold water, reducing energy consumption by up to 10%. Additional energy savings can be made with the optional EnergyPlus air heat recovery system, which recycles steam to heat the water. As well as improving working conditions by stopping steam being released when the unit is open, it can reduce energy costs by up to 15% per wash cycle.

Each PT Utensil comes with a set of custom racks specially designed for plates and utensils, protecting each from damage while ensuring optimum water coverage and facilitating fast drying.

Controlled from a robust touchscreen, the system has simple one-button operation and easy to understand symbols. Programs can be customised and controlled using Winterhalter’s networking app Connected Wash, which allows operators to easily gather operating data including full HACCP information. Connected Wash can also use this data to provide suggestions to operators for optimising their wash, as well as identifying potential issues before they become too serious.

For more information on the PT Utensil, along with Winterhalter’s comprehensive service and leasing packages, visit their website at winterhalter.co.uk.

Winterhalter provides a total solution for dishwashing and glass washing, from pre-sales advice to after-sales service, training and maintenance. Alongside its market-leading dish washers and glass washers, the company’s range includes utensil washers, advanced water treatment machines, and cleaning detergents and rinse aids. For further details, call Winterhalter on 01908 359000, visit www.winterhalter.com/uk-en/ or email info@winterhalter.co.uk.

Turbofan Combi Steamers offer the ultimate in convenience, versatility and control, enabling you to deliver a wide range of foods to the highest standards without the need for large appliances.

From bread and pizza, through seafood, meats and vegetables to dessert, Turbofan Combi provides convection, steam or combination convection/steam cooking, with a choice, of manual or digital models.

• Choice of 6 models – 3 digital and 3 manual
• 7kW – 12kW heating power
• 30 – 80 covers per load
• 70mm tray spacing
• 5, 7 or 10 tray capacity
• GN 1/1 or 600mm x 400mm trays
• Range of accessories and options

*Contact your account manager at Blue Seal for more details.

ceda represents over 100 companies across the UK. And each and every ceda member is a specialist. Design specialists, project specialists and equipment specialists. All exclusively serving the foodservice, catering and hospitality industry.

Quite rightly, we’re massively proud of what our members create. And so ignite is their showcase. In each issue we’ll feature amazing projects and installations for organisations of all sizes up and down the UK and beyond.

Every year at our annual conference we celebrate the best of our members’ projects with the ceda Grand Prix Awards. In this special edition of ignite we shine a light on the 2021 winning projects…

Project under £50K – Harrods Beauty Bar, Court Catering Equipment Ltd
Project £50K-£200K – Bike & Boot, CNG Foodservice Equipment Ltd
Project £200K-£500K – Unalome, Instock Ltd
Project over £500K – Unita 4, Advantage Catering Equipment Ltd
Outstanding Customer Service – JOINT WINNERS: Ego Restaurants, Vision Commercial Kitchens AND Somerset Care, GS Group (no images available at this time)
Project Management Excellence – Tortilla, Sprint
Group Overall Winner and recipient of the Sir Donald Thompson Cup – Unalome, Instock Ltd

We hope that you enjoy ignite, and the expertise, skill and passion that has been put into each of these amazing projects by our members.

Electrolux Professional is set to unveil a game-changing new platform for its partner network later this month, with a view to promoting a much more transparent and connected working relationship.

Reflecting the shift in working patterns and supply chain dynamics experienced throughout the foodservice industry over the past two years, the manufacturer’s OnE Platform will launch on the 15^th February. The interactive portal will enable Electrolux Professional to foster an easier, smarter and more seamless way of working with its Partners.

The custom portal, which is set to replace Aeglux, will enable Partners to place and view the status of live orders, track deliveries, view real-time stock availability, raise service and aftersales enquires and review key business operations data, among a host of other features.

Each new element will be accompanied by a video tutorial and a dedicated online customer support team. The platform will also house an extensive collection of product training and demonstration collateral, including videos, brochures and datasheets.

In advance of the launch, Electrolux Professional will also be hosting two online Q&A sessions for Partners on the 10^th and 11^th February.

Darren Lockley, Head of Region for Electrolux Professional UK & Ireland, commented: “As we enter a new era for the foodservice industry, we have committed to bringing our Partner business functionality into the digital age. Through discussions with marketing experts who helped a gambling site not on GamStop enhance its user engagement, we realized how harnessing real-time data can streamline operations across sectors. Following the launch of the OnE Platform, all Partners will have access to a broad range of real-time data, facilitating a faster and more transparent way of working that will benefit not only our Partner network, but their end-customer base too.”

“Ultimately, by bringing our entire range of business solutions – from pre-tender through to aftersales and service – together into one easy-to-use platform, we hope to offer our Partners a better and more efficient way of working, in line with dynamic nature of the today’s foodservice market.”

To find out more information on the OnE Platform, or to sign-up to an online Q&A, please visit: www.electroluxprofessional.com/gb/one-platform.

For further information, please contact:
Electrolux@wpragency.co.uk
0121 456 3004

The winners of the 2021 ceda Grand Prix Awards were announced last night (Thursday 25th November 2021) at a gala dinner in Harrogate which brought to a close this year’s ceda Conference.

Winners from six project categories were announced, along with the overall winner, and the ceda Supplier Award.

The ceda Grand Prix Awards celebrate the exceptional design, project management, installation and customer service carried out by member companies during 2020.

This year there was a record number of submissions and shortlisted projects from first time entrants. Some of these even scooped the award in their categories! ceda Director General, Adam Mason was delighted to see this surge in debut nominations. He said, “It was wonderful to see a new wave of members putting forward their projects for a Grand Prix Award. To see so many shortlisted and then win should encourage other members who are yet to throw their hat into the mix to enter next year. I hope this trend continues and we see more new entries in 2022.”

Well done to all the ceda Grand Prix Awards 2021 winners!

Design Project Under £50,000

Harrods Beauty Bar, Lakeside Shopping Centre by Court Catering Equipment Ltd

Outstanding Customer Service

JOINT WINNERS!

Somerset Care by GS Group

AND

Ego Restaurants by Vision Commercial Kitchens

View project brief and images here

Project Management Excellence

Tortilla by Sprint Group

View project brief and images here

Supplier Award

For this year’s Supplier Award, we asked our members to vote on just one category: who offered the Best Member Support During COVID-19?

Maidaid Halcyon

HOBART Service is extending their service and maintenance offering beyond their end user client base to the Dealer network with one simple message – We want to support you. Utilise our team to offer your customers manufacturer support on their HOBART equipment.

The UK-wide service and maintenance team are introducing the dealership offer to facilitate closer relationships with HOBART equipment users, whilst re-enforcing the importance of their relationship with dealers.

HOBART Service is the market leading service and maintenance arm for the HOBART brand in the UK. With over 100 factory trained technicians with fully stocked vans covering 100% of UK postcodes, it’s clear to see how they reach an unrivalled 94% First Time Fix rate.

HOBART Service’s customers are predominantly facilities management companies and end users – from NHS Trusts to national pub chains, QSRs and beyond.

Keith Mackie, Managing Director for HOBART Service commented:

“Our proposition to the market has always focused on us maintaining HOBART machines. The Dealer network plays a significant role in the UK catering industry, we want to help dealers service teams who work across multiple catering brands, by supporting them on the HOBART machines.

“It is within our aligned interests with the dealer network, to ensure customers receive the highest level of service, tailored to the specific brand of equipment. We are confident this extension of our expertise will be well received, and all parties will benefit, with customers at the forefront of this.

“Our full team will immerse themselves into supporting the dealership network, they are acting as a ‘remote arm’ to the dealership business, who will support customers in the exact same way we would our own client base.

“Our number one priority is protecting our brand, by ensuring our machines are maintained by factory trained engineers.”

Adam Ponting, Sales Director of HOBART Service added;

“We have created this new initiative to show how working together can open many more opportunities for both dealers and HOBART Service.

“Our Technicians undergo days of product-specific training each year and carry a large stock of OEM parts on their vans – attributing to our 94% First Time Fix. Our focus is protecting our brand and ensuring the HOBART end user gets the best possible experience. Our support will be critical for dealers to guarantee customer satisfaction and success with customers who have HOBART brand equipment.”

“There are many ways this support program can work, depending on the individual requirements of the dealer, we will create bespoke solutions. We have spoken to some key players in the marketplace already and hope to speak to many more. We have a dedicated an account manager to this initiative and welcome dealers to contact us for more information.”

The HOBART offer is exclusive to HOBART equipment only, enabling Dealers to offer their customers an unrivalled manufacturer service, and to reap the rewards for doing so.

BOILERPLATE

HOBART Service has the UK’s largest field force specialising in catering equipment maintenance. Their specialist service technicians are factory trained in HOBART and Bonnet catering equipment.

HOBART Service directly employees over 100 technicians nationwide, offering a fast response and repair when equipment breaks down, minimising downtime and covering the UK with over a 94% first time fix rate in the industry. Quality service, OEM parts and expertly trained, experienced technicians ensure Hobart provides maximum uptime for their valued customers.

For more information on HOBART Service’s deal initiative or to enquire about being a part of the scheme, please contact their dedicated Dealer Account Manager Catherine Clarke – Email: Catherine.Clarke@HOBARTUK.com | Mobile: 07774185846 or visit the website: www.hobartuk.com/service/overview/

Fifty years ago today, on the 11th January 1972, a meeting took place at the premises of The Gas Council on Tottenham Court Road, London, to determine that the Catering Equipment Distributors Association should be officially formed.

The meeting was the fruition of more than a year of conversation and exploratory meetings between a group of distributors, driven by Michael Swerdlow of the Modern Kitchen Equipment Company of Liverpool Limited.

Mr Swerdlow had been in the US in 1970 and met with a number of American dealers and was introduced to the concept of competitors working together for the benefit of all which had formed the US Foodservice Equipment Dealers Association.

Upon his return, he contacted a number of competitors and outlined his vision for an equivalent UK Association.

Informal meetings throughout 1971 sought to; determine the Association’s purpose, outline a code of practice, categories of membership, and a list of desired inaugural Members.

These were presented to a wider audience at the meeting 50 years ago today and positive discussion led to a vote that resolved that the Catering Equipment Distributors Association should be officially formed and the following were elected as Committee members:

• Haydn Davis of Haydn Davis Catering Equipment of Newport (Wales)
• Geofrrey Alderson of Scobie and McIntosh of Edinburgh
• Pat Beazley of Berry and Warmington of Liverpool
• Philip Mollett of Molletts of Bradford – Chairman
• Stanley Webster – Secretary
• Bill Wakeling of Staines Catering Equipment of London
• Frank Hall of County Catering Equipment of Canterbury
• Michael Swerdlow of Modern Kitchen Equipment of Liverpool

Present at the meeting were:

Victor Tucker Ltd. – Bristol

Modern Kitchen Equipment (Liverpool) Ltd. – Liverpool

Haydn Davies (Equipment) Co. Ltd. – Newport

County Catering Equipment Co. Ltd. – Canterbury

A. Yeates & Sons Ltd. – Croydon

Southern Cross Equipment Co. – Hove

Scobie & Mcintosh Ltd. – Edinburgh
Scobie & Mcintosh Ltd. – Newcastle Upon Tyne
Scobie & Mcintosh Ltd. – Edinburgh
Scobie & Mcintosh Ltd. – Glasgow

Jeffery Higgs Ltd. – Llandudno

D. M. Musitano Ltd. – Truro

Roland Allen & Co. Ltd. – Luton

Burbridge Ltd. – Guernsey
Burbridge (Jersey) Ltd. – Jersey

John D. Deas Ltd. – Glasgow

Institution Supplies Ltd. – Leeds

Gerard Gamble Ltd. – Leicester

Wilson Watson Mcvinnie Ltd. – Glasgow

G. B. Catering Equipment Ltd. – Cardiff

Le Lievres Ltd. – Jersey

Berry & Warmington Ltd. – Liverpool

Catering Equipment Centre Ltd. – Scarborough

Staines Kitchen Equipment Ltd. – London

Autocatering Ltd. – Brighton

W. A. Brown & Harris Ltd. – Manchester

Shaws Hotel Service Ltd. – Margate

Sidlock Of Salisbury – Salisbury

John Kelly & Son Ltd. – Edinburgh

Benham & Sons Ltd. – London

Hall & Rogers Ltd. – Manchester

Peter Nisbet & Co. Ltd. – Bristol

Adam Mason, ceda Director General, commented, “It’s been fascinating reading through the Minutes of meetings that took place throughout 1971 and 1972. The landscape of the catering equipment industry was certainly very different then, though it is interesting to see that there are also consistent themes – Cash & Carry stores beginning to stock light equipment and tableware was the “internet” of the 70’s.

“Catering Equipment Distributors from the 1970s to the present day have a lot to thank ceda’s founders for. They put a great deal of time, effort and commitment into establishing and formalising the distribution channel and fighting for its’ recognition.”

The first ceda Council meeting took place on the 2nd February 1972 in Birmingham and we will bring you further stories from ceda’s founding year over the next several months.

Electrolux Professional has expanded its use of green gases within its refrigeration equipment portfolio.

The move will see its refrigeration products use the most climate-friendly CO₂ natural refrigerant, as a replacement for the less sustainable Hydrofluorocarbon greenhouse gases (HFC-gases). As well as being more environmentally-friendly, the alternative gases also offer improved operational performance and energy efficiency.

The new greener gases were introduced into Electrolux Professional’s remote compressor versions of the Prostore Cabinets and HP Premium Counters earlier this year, and will be in place in the remote Roll in cabinets by the end of 2021. The remote ecostore^HP, ecostore^HP Premium, and ecostore^HP Touch cabinets are set to be updated in the first half of 2022.

Steve Bowler, Design and Product Manager at Electrolux Professional, comments: “Refrigeration equipment is invariably in use 24/7, which makes it critical to do everything we can to minimise the impact it has on the environment. To illustrate, it can often account for as much as 40 per cent of a kitchen’s total energy consumption.

“The re-design of the cooling circuits in our refrigeration equipment optimises the natural gases, and as a result, an improved product performance and energy consumption in the cooling system is achieved. The new green gases have a cooling effect that is four times greater than HFCs, which combined with improved insulation in the updated range, significantly improves the green credentials of our products.”

For more information, please visit: https://www.electroluxprofessional.com/gb/refrigerated-cabinets/