Lockhart Catering Equipment

Lockhart Catering Equipment: a UK supplier for professional kitchens and table service

Lockhart Catering Equipment is a UK-based supplier of catering equipment and tableware. Its online catalogue covers tableware and crockery, cutlery, glassware and barware, table service and buffet display, kitchen equipment, clothing and PPE, cleaning and safety, refrigeration, appliances, trolleys, fabrication and storage, warewashing and furniture. The company presents itself as a source for the UK's leading brands and also offers exclusive ranges.

Tableware, cutlery and glassware

The tableware and crockery section is organised by type (plates, bowls, cups and mugs, saucers, dishes, jugs, platters, trays, tea and coffee pots, ramekins, lids and soup dishes) and by brand. Brands listed include Arcoroc, Churchill, Creative, Dalebrook, Denby, Elia, Genware, Surrey Ceramics, Harfield, Kitchencraft, Ornamin, Pordamsa, RAK Porcelain, Revol, Steelite, Utopia, Villeroy & Boch, Wade and Wedgwood, among others. Lockhart also highlights exclusive tableware brands such as Ariane, Artisan, Astera, Creme, G. Benedikt, Great White, Mirage and SuperWHITE.

Cutlery is grouped by brand (Abert, Amefa, Arthur Price, Artis, Chef & Sommelier, Comas, Couzon, Elia, Folio, Grunwerg, Hepp, Lou Laguiole, Sambonet, Sola, Tramontina, Utopia and Villeroy & Boch, among others) and by grade, with 18/0 and 18/10 options. Lockhart's own cutlery lines include Lockhart Cutlery, Signature Style Cutlery and Twentyeight Cutlery.

Glassware and barware covers beer, brandy, champagne, cocktail, dessert, hi-ball and tumbler, jugs and carafes, old fashioned and whisky, plastic drinkware, sherry, port and liqueur, shot, tea and coffee and wine glasses. Barware includes blenders, bar mats, bottle openers, cocktail shakers, ice buckets, measures and pourers, speed rails and wine coolers. Brands listed in this area include Arcoroc, Artis, Barfly, Beaumont, Bormioli Rocco, Cambro, Chef & Sommelier, Genware, Glacial and Libbey.

Kitchen equipment and food preparation

The kitchen equipment range includes chef's knives from brands such as Prepara, Giesser, Global, Gustav Emil Ern, Mercer, Sabatier, Samual Staniforth, Samura, Victorinox and Wusthof. Cooking and bakeware covers baking sheets, pans and tins, balti pans, cake and pastry equipment, dredgers and shakers, egg fryers and poachers, oven dishes, pizza pans and utensils, pots and pans, pudding basins and sleeves, and steamer units. Food storage and labelling includes bags, clingfilm, foil and greaseproof paper, dunnage racks, food storage bins and containers, gastronorm containers, labelling and storage canisters and jars. Kitchen utensils include butchers' accessories, can openers, chopping boards, cook and serve utensils, gadgets, knife sharpeners, mandolins, measuring jugs and scoops, mixing bowls and whisks, plating tools, scales, scissors, skimmers and shovels, slicers, chippers and graters, thermometers, triturators, chinois and strainers, and blenders.

Under appliances, the catalogue lists cooking equipment (barbecues, chargrills, combi ovens, convection ovens, fryers, griddles, high-speed ovens, induction hobs, microwave ovens, ranges, salamanders, thermal blenders and toasters), food preparation machines (food mixers, food processors, mincers, pasta machines, slicers, stick blenders, vegetable preparation machines, dehydrators and crustacean preparation), beverage machines (beverage blenders, coffee machines, juicers and water boilers), food service equipment (merchandisers, food carriers and delivery, holding cabinets and hotcupboards) and trolleys (cleaning and laundry, cutlery, dishwash, gastronorm, general and utility, goods-in and security, platform, restaurant and tray trolleys).

Refrigeration, warewashing and furniture

Refrigeration is divided into fridges (banquet trolley, base unit, counter, mini bar, pan chiller, prep counter, preparation well, undercounter, upright and wine), freezers (chest, countertop, undercounter and upright), merchandisers (anti griddle, assisted service, cake display, drop in, ice cream, multi deck, refrigerated self service, undercounter and upright) and other refrigeration (blast chillers, bottle coolers, drinks dispensers, ice machines and multi decks). Warewashing includes dishwashers, glasswashers, wash racks and baskets and utensil washers. Fabrication and storage covers sinks, lockers and cupboards, shelving and tabling. The furniture section includes a Fine Dine range.

Clothing, cleaning and safety

Clothing and PPE includes aprons and tabards, footwear, headwear, jackets, neckerchieves, personal protective equipment, shirts, polos and T-shirts, skirts and trousers. Cleaning and safety covers cleaning equipment and consumables, COVID-19 essentials, brooms, brushes and dustpans, griddle and grill cleaners, hand washing and toilet roll, mops, buckets and squeegees, plate storage, rinsing baskets, scrubber dryers, steam and pressure washers and vacuum cleaners. Health and safety includes first aid kits and accident reports, gloves and ovencloths, insect control, safety equipment, spillage kits, stepstools, kickstools and ladders, and sterilisers. Signs and notices cover catering safety packs, COVID-19 essentials, information signs, kitchen food safety, safety signs, sanitisation, sanitiser stations, social distancing and warning signs. Waste management includes ashtrays, nappy bins, plastic bag holders, push lid bins, recycling bins, roll top bins, sack holders, sanitary bins, step-on bins, storage bins, swing lid bins and waste bins.

Buffet concepts and tabletop trends

Lockhart presents Arena, a buffet concept that brings together four exclusive brands — Podium, Midas, Rafters and Mirage — under a single roof. According to the company, Arena is designed as a holistic solution for operators in hotels, cafes, conference centres, education, healthcare, travel and catering operations. The site also highlights Aspire Fine Dine Tableware, developed through years of work with some of the UK's leading chefs, and the Continental Chef Supplies (CCS) fine-dine tableware collection, which can be ordered online through the Lockhart website.

Discounts and product updates

The site maintains a Latest Discounts section with Mega Deals on overstocked lines and Monthly Discounts described as monthly web-exclusive offers from UK brands. It also provides a Sustainability Portal, Digital Catalogues and a New Products section. At the time of writing this profile, the site carried a notice that exceptionally high demand could cause some deliveries to take slightly longer than usual.