One design, every site
The same drawing and grade for each kitchen, so the plate looks the same everywhere.
Sector · hotel and restaurant groups
Moulds for hotel and restaurant groups.
When a group runs one dessert menu across several kitchens, the plate has to look the same in every one. Matched moulds are the simplest way to get there.
Why we work here
Moulds for hotel and restaurant groups.
Executive pastry chefs write the menu once; brigades in each kitchen bring it to life. The mould is the part of the recipe that does not depend on who is on shift.
We make matched sets of dessert, pastry and chocolate moulds for hotel and restaurant groups, sized to each site's equipment and kept on file so a new opening gets the same tools as the flagship.
Why buyers pick us
What matters at buyer level.
Sized site by site
Trays sized to the smallest common chiller shelf across the group.
Banqueting to à la carte
Individual portions for the pass and larger trays for banqueting.
Paperwork for procurement
Material declarations for each grade, supplied under our BRCGS Grade AA certification.
Typical work
The kinds of moulds we build for this sector.
01
Signature desserts
A group's hero dessert, matched across every kitchen.
02
Banqueting trays
Multi-cavity trays for large-cover events.
03
Petit fours
Small pastry and chocolate moulds for afternoon tea and coffee service.
04
Branded chocolates
Plaques and chocolates carrying the hotel's crest.
05
Frozen desserts
Single-serve frozen moulds plated straight from the freezer.
06
New-site kits
A full set of the group's moulds for a new opening, from file.
At a glance
The idea in a picture.
Solid pieces and shelled pieces
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Questions
What buyers in this sector ask.
Can every kitchen have identical moulds?
Yes. We make them from one drawing and one grade, and keep both on file.
Our kitchens have different chillers.
We design to the smallest common footprint, or make site-specific trays of the same cavity.
Can you put our crest on chocolate?
Yes, from a vector file, proofed on one cavity first.
Who do we deal with?
One engineer, from design to delivery, for the whole group.
Ready?
Talk to us about work in hotel and restaurant groups
Tell us the format, the depositor, the wash. We'll come back with a route.
Real people, a real workshop
You deal with the people who make it.
No call centre and no middlemen. When you contact TCI Culinary, you speak to the team who design, build and check your mould.
- A real Warwickshire workshopUnit 15, Waterloo Park, Bidford-on-Avon, Alcester B50 4JG.
- Real people on the phoneCall the team on 01789 224228, Monday to Friday.
- The same team on every jobDesign, production and aftercare come from the people you see here.
- BRCGS Grade AATechcraft Industries Culinary Ltd. See the certificate details.
Thomas LaneManaging Director
George PrestonDesign & Project Manager
Kelly BallingerHead of Partnerships
Jim AndertonProduction Manager
TheodoreEmployee Welfare