Serving tongs Hendi 171721

These red Hendi serving tongs are marked for professional gastronomy. Their overall length gives staff reach when transferring food from serving dishes, and the red colour makes the utensil easy to distinguish during service.

Where it is used

At a buffet or plated-service station, use the tongs to grip and transfer food from serving dishes. Their reach lets staff work at the dish while keeping their hands back from its contents. The HACCP marking identifies the tongs for professional gastronomy, making them a suitable choice for service in a kitchen organised around HACCP procedures.

The red colour provides a visible cue among utensils in other colours. Staff can spot the tongs quickly when selecting and returning tools during a busy service, which helps keep the station organised. Where the kitchen uses a colour-organised utensil workflow, the red handle makes this pair recognisable within that system.

Care

These tongs are not suitable for washing in a dishwasher. Keep them out of the dishwasher workflow and clean them by another method before returning them to service. This affects how the utensil is handled at the end of a shift: staff need to account for it separately from tools being loaded for machine washing.

Once cleaned, the red handle remains a useful visual cue when the tongs are returned to the serving area. Staff can identify the pair among differently coloured utensils without relying on its position in storage.

How to choose

Use the overall length to assess the reach needed for food transfer at your station and whether there is room to handle and store the tongs. Compare it with the serving dishes and the working space around them; this helps match the utensil to the task without relying on colour alone.

Choose the red version when a distinct colour cue helps staff recognise a utensil within the kitchen’s work organisation. The HACCP marking also identifies the tongs for professional gastronomy, while their length guides the practical decision about reach at the service station.