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First Marché restaurant in Asia builds on successful format
Marché VivoCity Singapore:
Franke Sinfonia sets the tone with coffee
Marché International opened its first own Marché market restaurant in Asia in March of this year.
Marché VivoCity is a Mövenpick Group enterprise located on the coast of the leisure island of Sentosa
in Singapore, driving the Group’s international expansion. The Franke Sinfonia is part of the team.
At least 1,000 guests daily enjoy the fresh cuisine à la
Marché in Singapore, even if it means queuing. After
all, you get to experience an unusual ambience for Singapore:
a 500-year-old chalet from the Bernese
Oberland, a nostalgic cable car from Saas-Fee and lots
of photographs bringing Swiss mountain atmosphere to
Singapore.
'Exotic made in Switzerland' operates in an area of 675
m2 in Singapore; five large market stalls with more
than ten stands offer classics such as pasta, vegetable,
McDonald’s Germany cultivates new target groups
Franke joins in celebration
of the 300 th McCafé in Cologne
In August 2007 McDonald’s Germany opened its 300th McCafé in Cologne, integrated in a restaurant completely
redesigned both internally and externally. This new flagship outlet was duly inaugurated with a press conference
and a big launch party. Franke had good reason to join in the celebration, with Franke Sinfonia coffee machines
in service in all 300 McCafés.
The opening of the 300 th
McCafé is another milestone
for McDonald’s in
its shop-in-shop concept:
"We are aiming at continued
growth with
McCafé in coming years,
cultivating new target
groups for McDonald’s",
says Bane Knezevic, CEO
of McDonald's Germany.
The two Franke Sinfonia
coffee machines, an important part of the concept and
tailored precisely to the requirements of McCafé, are to
be found in all 300 McCafés. The coffee is ground and
brewed fully automatically, but the milk is frothed by
hand. The steam tap incorporated in the Autosteam
function ensures consistent milk froth. A probe measures
the temperature of the milk in the frothing
pitcher. As soon as the frothing milk reaches a certain
temperature, the steam supply switches off automatically,
and the frothing process is complete.
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soup, grilled fish, bread and cake, and fresh pressed
juice. And the Franke Sinfonia is there again to provide
the best coffee. The same coffee machine has long
been in service with Marché in Switzerland, where it
has established its reputation with its high quality and
performance.
The operation in Asia builds on the same success
factors that have made Marché International the widely
acclaimed trendsetter in Europe. The products used are
of high quality, and market-fresh. The food is prepared
in the presence of the guests.
This Marché format is well received in Singapore too.
For example "Rösti", made of freshly boiled and peeled
potatoes, soon proved a hit, and now sells better than
in a Marché in Switzerland!
The opening of the 300th McCafé in Cologne was also
the premiere for Kraft Foods' exclusive 100% Arabica
espresso blend, bearing the quality seal of the Rainforest
Alliance for sustainable production. The seal with
the green frog certifies that the beans come only from
farms that meet high social, ecological and economic
standards.
Chief editor Natascha Widmer, Elke Oelkuch
Franke Kitchen Systems Peter Gnehm, Angelika Schmidle
Franke Foodservice Systems Dirk Friedlein
Franke Washroom Systems Waltraud Rüf
Franke Coffee Systems Jeannine Zumstein
Barista –
the espresso machine maestro
Coffee drinks are tastefully decorated with the frothed milk.
Christin Grundmann winner of the first German McCafé Barista Contest
with the Franke Sinfonia.
The barista (plural baristi (male) or bariste
(female)) is to coffee what the barkeeper is to
cocktails. He or she is an espresso machine
artist skilled in preparing and serving coffee.
"Barista" is the Italian word for bartender. The term
has been adopted in English, with a slight shift in
meaning. Whereas in Italy the barista serves drinks
of all kinds, in English the term barista relates to
people skilled in preparing and serving espressobased
drinks – mainly in coffee shops. "Barista"
is a long-established term in the world of coffee,
and is gaining ground in common parlance. In
America for example, every third person knows
what the word means.
The accomplished barista needs to know about
coffee blends, roasting, operating and maintaining
the espresso machines, frothing milk, etc, for
which training courses are available. The competent
barista is ably supported by the Franke
Sinfonia and Evolution machines, both equipped
with automated milk
frothing, ideal for preparing
the Latte Art
milk froth essential
for the perfect coffee.
This technical advance
ensures consistent
Latte Art quality, and
simplifies handling for
the barista, so he or
she can concentrate on
creating the perfect
cappuccino.
There are three basic
Latte Art techniques,
pouring (illustrated),
drawing and carving.
The final of the first German McCafé Barista Contest
was also held in the Franke Coffee Systems "Coffeerama"
in Aarburg in spring of this year. Christin
Grundmann of Oldenburg conjured up an exotic
creation of her own with the Franke Sinfonia,
adding chocolate and chilli. She outshone all
2,000 McCafé Baristi with her professional knowledge
and skill.