July Catalogue - Hotel & Leisure Club Special

Issue 3 of our monthly catering equipment catalogue is now available. Request your copy here: Catalogue Request

This month’s edition is a whopping 95 pages! Our biggest “minilogue” yet!

Along with all the latest prices & special offers on our broad range of catering products, this months edition features a special 20 page feature on Hotel and Leisure Club.

Choose from a huge selection of guest amenities, hotel room products, cleaning &  room care equipment and much more…all at reduced prices! Hurry though, these offers are only available until the end of August.

When crockery is vitrified, the surface is made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous (or glassy) solution to it. This improves the strength and ability of the porcelain to maintain good presentation under heavy use over long periods of time.

You will notice vitrified crockery is of a higher quality than standard crockery by it’s smoother, flatter finish. This higher quality glaze finish also contributes to the dishwasher and metal marking resistance of the crockery.

In catering environments, this is especially important as presentation reflects the quality of your business in the eyes of your customers. Instead of wasting money on replacing chipped or damaged tableware you can concentrate on what really matters to your business.

We stock many vitrified ranges here on Alliance Online. Some examples include…

Plain White Crockery
Churchill Chefs Choice Crockery
Dudson Classic White Crockery

Our special Summer Essentials page features the following…

Cocktails, Sundaes & Pitchers – Keep the glasses full with these jugs and pitchers and a selection of cocktails glasses. There’s also a range of sundae dishes for ice creams and desserts.

Bar Essentials – We supply a massive range of bar equipment on the main site. Here we’ve picked out some of the bits of kit we think you’ll need in the summer. Choose from ice buckets, wine coolers, bottle skips and much more for all those summer catering events.

Cocktail Equipment – Everything you’ll need to create the perfect summer cocktails.

Plastic Glassware – Essential for outdoor catering, we supply a huge range of disposable and re-usable plastic glassware.

BBQs – No summer is complete without a BBQ! These Cinders brand bbq’s are lightweight and durable – see the Caterer Model for a top of the range choice.

Catering Disposables – Whether you’re looking to feed thousands of Festival goers or it’s for the Local Village Fete we’re stocked up on the Catering Disposables you’ll need!

We’ll be sending out more details on these great offers by e-mail later this week. If you haven’t already, click below to send us an e-mail and add yourself to our mailing list. Make sure you never miss out!

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See our main website for more great catering equipment deals.

Rational 20 Grid Electric Combi Oven

Combi ovens are essential pieces of kit in today’s commercial kitchen. They use little space and less energy and save time, allowing the chef to concentrate on creative cooking and leaving the combi to do the routine!

We felt the combination ovens section of our kitchen equipment range was growing a little bit out of control…which is a good thing, more choice for you!

So, to make the oven you’re after a little easier to find, we’ve now split this category in two.

• Rational Combi Ovens – Here you can find combination ovens from one of the leading manufacturers, Rational. Includes the Self Cook Centre and Combi-Master Ovens.
• Lainox Combi Ovens – Using the latest technology, these Dawson Lainox ovens are designed to get the best taste out of food.

We’ve also uploaded a Dawson Lainox Live Cooking Demo video. Enjoy!

Combi Ovens – Buy Online!

Here you will find cleaning equipment, customer courtesy products, health and safety kits and much more. Perfect for health clubs, holiday and adventure parks, schools, swimming pools, sauna’s and spa’s – we have everything covered.

Sections within this category include:

• Personal Care Products
• Paper Hygiene – Specifically for Leisure Clubs. See our main Paper Hygiene section for a much wider range.
• Sauna, Sunbed and Steam Room
• Cleaning Chemicals and Equipment – Again, these products are intended specifically for health clubs, schools etc. See our main cleaning chemical and janitorial equipment pages for more choices.
• Pool Chemicals and Testing Equipment
• Health and Safety

Leisure Club Equipment – view range

When glass breaks or shatters, which behind a bar happens quite frequently (unless you’re Tom Cruise). It shatters into really sharp, jagged shards, which can obviously be quite hazardous. Although toughened glass is not unbreakable it has a much greater impact resistance, which means it can last 10 to 50 times longer than ordinary glass. It also breaks into smaller, nearly blunt, pieces making it less likely to cause severe injury or deep lacerations. In the long run you’ll save money because you won’t have to replace your glassware as often and at the same time you’ll be creating a safer environment for your staff and customers alike.

One of our most popular products for use in pubs and bars is the Conical Toughened Beer Glass - available line governement stamped here in packs of 48 for just £29.99 (ex VAT)

Glassware – Buy Online

Photograph by Steve Strawn

Hoteliers looking to capitalise on the nationwide publicity surrounding British Food Fortnight are already starting to rethink menus, promote local produce and make guests aware of the renewed focus on homegrown food.

An increasing number of caterers across the UK are expected to maximise their profile and boost sales, through their association with the event.

Scheduled for the last two weeks of September and now in its eighth year, British Food Fortnight is the biggest, national celebration of local produce.

TV Pair Opens New Restaurant

Michelle English & Russell Clement - Winners of BBC's The Restaurant

Michele English and Russell Clement, winners of BBC TV’s The Restaurant, are opening their new outlet The Cheerful Soul in the Hare & Hounds, in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, in mid-June. 

For the duo, backed by the TVhost and legendary chef Raymond Blanc, it is more than a restaurant launch – it is the first steps to fullfilling a dream as one of nine couples who competed in the second TV series.

Since winning, Michele and Russell have been training with the teams behind Brasserie Blanc restaurants, learning the foundations of successful business, from food costing and accounting to staff recruitment and legal duties.

Mitchell’s Goes Back To School

Award-winning chefs from Mitchell’s of Lancaster have teamed up with local schools in Morecambe to run cookery master classes, teaching children the importance of eating healthy food and introducing them to catering as a future career option.

Catering development manager, Harvey Jones, said: “This is a fantastic way of working with the students and giving them a tastier session on what it’s like to work in the industry. We want to show them that cooking can be fun and that food doesn’t have to be full of sugar or fat to taste nice.”

• Choosing items that are dishwasher safe is a definate advantage to ensure quick and easy cleaning.
• Pick the right size crockery pieces if storage is an issue.
• All tableware needs to be versatile enough to cope with a variety of different dishes, whether it is desserts, cheeses, a pizza or mixed grill.
• Caterers should consider how resistant to heat and potential staining their tableware is, as well as how durable it is.

 The tableware you choose should be able to last for service after service. Please contact us to discuss your needs – let us suggest the right catering crockery for your business.

Alliance Online offers a choice of over 5,000 tableware products from leading manufacturers that allow you to achieve that balance and build perfect place settings of Crockery, Cutlery, Glassware, Napkins and Tablecovers for every breakfast, lunch and dinner service, whatever your size, style, or budget.

If price is your major concern, why not try our Plain White Porcelain ranges from Utopia or the stylish new ‘Art de Cuisine’ Menu range of crockery from Churchill China together with Saxon or Imperial glassware from Utopia, and popular parish cutlery patterns such as Bead or Harley.

For premium whiteware look no further than our superb value Churchill and Dudson super vitrified ranges – surely the best performing crockery for any serious restaurant business – which include the new Chef’s Choice range from Churchill. Just add Teardrop or Maldive glassware, and the stylish new Mascagni or Mercury cutlery ranges from Oneida to bring it all together beautifully.

And if fine dining is what you offer, the reputation of Alchemy fine china speaks for itself. Or how about the stunning Dudson Neo or Elements ranges for those special signature dishes. Teamed up with Reserva or Fiore glassware and stylish Adagio or Monteverdi cutlery they really do make the perfect place setting.

To complete the picture Alliance has a complete range of Swan and Duni napkins and table covers, including the superb Swansoft and Dunilin linen replacement ranges, all at really great prices.

Alliance is the UK’s leading supplier of catering equipment to the hotel sector. It has built its reputation on service, quality and value, and its customer list includes national groups such as Thistle Guoman, Von Essen, Ramada Jarvis, and Best Western, and leading independent hotels such as the Old Course Hotel at St. Andrews, Crieff Hydro, The Langham, and Browns, as well as several thousand small hotels and B&B businesses.

Robot Coupe Musso Piccolo Ice Cream / Sorbet Machine

With the summer months approaching and the weather (hopefully) getting warmer, more people (including myself) will be enjoying an ice cream in the sun.

Here at Alliance Online, we stock a range of ice cream making machines from Robot Coupe. The popular ‘Musso’ machines are renowned for their ease of operation, versatility and reliability.

Perfect for any catering establishment – choose from the tabletop ice cream units or the larger floor standing models which offer a larger production volume per cycle. Simply add your own ingredients, sweet or savoury, and Musso does the rest.

These machines allow preparation of 1.5 to 12 litres of ice cream, sorbet or gelato per hour – instantly making them a highly profitable addition to your catering equipment.

Robot Coupe Ice Cream Machines – Buy online