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Clifton Food Range® was delighted to take part in this year’s FHA2012 International Food and Hotel Asia exhibition, the largest of its kind in Asia. The show was held in Singapore, between 17^th – 20^th April.

Clifton Food Range® shared a section of the Sia Huat booth with Besser Vacuum, an Italian manufacturer of vacuum packing machines. Sia Huat is one of the largest foodservice suppliers in Asia. They have recently become the Clifton Food Range distributor for Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Melvin Dickson, Managing Director of Clifton Food Range®, comments: “We are really pleased with our relationship with Sia Huat and have been very impressed with their service, support and interest in our products. Sia Huat is a 3^rdgeneration family business just like Clifton Food Range®.”

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Clifton Food Range® was delighted to support Chef Magazine and Will Holland on the sous vide fish cookery day at La Bécasse in Ludlow.

The event was held for a group of chefs from a mixture of fine dining, gastro pubs, restaurants and trade. Will began the day treating everyone to home made muffins and cakes, before giving an in-depth 90 minute sous vide cookery demonstration using the Clifton water baths. Will talked the group through the benefits of sous vide and the textures and flavours that can be achieved with the technique. (more…)

Clifton Food Range® and CHEF® have joined forces to bring together the latest culinary food trends and cutting edge equipment, through demonstration events throughout the year, in different parts of the UK.

The first event was held at Weston College, Weston-super-Mare and explored the theme ‘The Best of British’ a trend that Chef® has identified as ruling globally in 2012. Events such as the Olympics and Queen’s Jubilee play a significant part in this trend, which are expected to ignite national pride and interest in all things British. (more…)

Clifton Food Range® opened their doors to chefs and food enthusiasts last month for their first official sous vide event in the Clifton kitchen, Weston-super-Mare.

The free event was a chance for people to learn more about sous vide cooking in an informal, relaxed atmosphere and to gain an understanding of how the water baths work. Visitors also had a tour of the on site factory to see where the water baths are manufactured. (more…)

Casamia opens the doors to its brand new development kitchen called ‘apt.’, the new birthplace of Jonray and Peter Sanchez-Iglesias’ innovative and ingenious culinary creations. Clifton Food Range® is delighted to be supporting Jonray and Peter with this new and exciting venture. Using the latest equipment fused together with their inspired ideas, the brothers can experiment, create and develop even more radical recipes to add to the Casamia menu.

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Clifton Food Range® was delighted to watch as Frederick Forster, Head Chef at Nuovo Restaurant, Buckhurst Hill, gained the well deserved title of National Chef of the Year 2011. The competition was held at The Restaurant Show, Earls Court 2 on 11th October and was followed by the awards presentation.

Frederick is a valued Clifton Food Range® customer and has been using Clifton water baths for a number of years.

Melvin Dickson, Managing Director of Clifton Food Range® comments: “It was great to see the award go to such a determined, creative and hard working chef who presented a well thought out and innovative menu using our sous vide baths to his advantage”

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Clifton Food Range® takes great pleasure in introducing their new 14 litre digital Duobath™, which is designed for sous vide and low temperature cooking in the professional kitchen. This latest model has two 14 litre chambers, built specifically to operate at two different temperatures simultaneously and with two different liquids e.g water in one side and oil in the other.

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Clifton Food Range® takes great pleasure in introducing their new range of chefs’ Tweezers designed for aiding the cooking, dressing and presentation of dishes.

These tweezers are fast becoming an indispensable piece of equipment for chefs who rely on working quickly with precision. They allow the chef to assemble intricate compositions on the plate with ease and consistency every time. (more…)

Clifton Food Range® has introduced a range of double ended chefs’ Tasting Spoons as part of their new chefs’ accessories range. The spoons are ideal for sampling sauces, glazes and purees. They are also ideal for stirring, saucing plates and forming quenelles out of sorbets.

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