With the current trend in hotel industry tableware as well as glassware plays equally important role to enhance the dining experience for the guests. 

The tableware and glassware industry, once perceived as a realm of tradition and conventionally, is experiencing a remarkable wave of transformation and innovation.

Apart from the traditional practice of selection of tableware & glassware, now one should also draw his focus on following parameters which is in trend now a days.

Smart Table ware: – Technology has found its way onto dining table with the advent smart tableware (Plate) which can show a short clip video on importance of food & how its is being prepared/process till the time meals are being prepared by chef.

As now a days it being overserved just because of fast life style people does not hold their horses while waiting for food in a restaurant, this way guest will not feel like he is being waited & enjoy the knowledgeable video till the time dish is being prepared in kitchen.

Customization & Personalization: – With the rice of customization trends across various industries, tableware manufactures are also offering personalized options whether its engraved cutlery, customizable design & size of dinnerware sets to create unique dining experience.

Sustainable Materials: – One of the most notable shift in the tableware industry is the widespread adoption of the sustainable materials.

Traditional plastic and single use items are being replaces with eco-friendly alternatives like bio degradable plastic, bamboo & sugarcane fibres, as aligning with growing demands of sustainability initiatives taken by many hotels & restaurants around the world.

Sumit Sahu, Sous Chef, Food Production, Taj Usha Kiran Palace, Gwalior

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