Have an insight into the innovative future of commercial catering equipment at The Catering Innovation Show at Business Design Centre, London.

The show brought together some of industry’s biggest brands, pioneering suppliers and the latest cutting-edge game-changing innovations, interactive demonstrations and catering equipment exploring the latest trends shaping the foodservice sector be it be pub, hotel, or restaurants. 

Catertherm offers a combined hot and cold plate, temperature ranging between -5°C and +140°C, giving an amazingly flexible foodservice counter that can keep food hot or keep food cold at different times. Hot and cold plate – topped with glass, Dekton or stainless steel, or as a Bain Marie.

The Hot or cold product range from GN1/1, 530mm x 330mm dimension, 240v, 850w  to GN2/1, 530mm x 660mm, 240v, 1520w.

Info@catertherm.com 01636 679415.

According to Alex from Wedlock, Buddha hand  Citrus Medica var. sarcodactylis, or the fingered citron, is a tropical rain forest fruit segmented into finger-like sections seen on representations of the Buddha, very popular in far east. The original of this kind of citron can be traced to East or South Asia, northern India or China. The small tree with long irregular branches covered in thorns, with oblong leaves and pale green and grow about four to six inches, with white flowers tinted purplish from the outside and grow in fragrant clusters. The fruit’s fingers contain only the white part of the fruit and can have acidic pulp. Buddha’s hand fruit is also a religious offering Buddhist temples, and are very fragrant and used predominantly in China and Japan for perfuming rooms and personal items such as clothing. In China the Buddha’s hand fruit is a symbol of happiness, longevity, and good fortune and an ideal New Year’s gift.

Coffee or tea cups with plastic lid could be the thing of the past as the innovators have come up with a fully recyclable cup without any plastic with a self closing lid.

A commercial air fryer  Air from Lincat could revolutionise the catering world slashing food cooking times.

Mechline came up with  hand wash tap operated on sensor without any water wastage

Picture and story by R Nair