Tongs Hendi 171806

These Hendi serving tongs are made from stainless steel and have a versatile food-serving purpose. Stainless steel resists corrosion in damp kitchen conditions, while its surface is easy to keep clean. That combination suits an utensil used repeatedly around food: staff can return it to service after cleaning, without limiting it to one type of serving task.

Where it is used

At a buffet or hotel breakfast station, use the tongs to pick up food from a shared serving dish and transfer it to a plate. The overall length provides reach beyond the hand position, helping staff work into a dish without placing a hand directly over the food. This is useful when several diners serve themselves from the same vessel.

At a kitchen pass, keep the tongs with the serving equipment for moving food from a dish during plating. Their universal serving purpose suits different food-transfer tasks, so the same tool can support varied service work rather than being confined to one particular dish. Staff can use them where the job is to grip and transfer food from serving ware to a plate.

Care

Stainless steel is corrosion resistant, which suits repeated use in a damp kitchen environment. Its surface is easy to keep clean, supporting routine cleaning between food-service tasks and helping staff return the tongs to serving work without carrying residues from one task to the next.

The material is appropriate for an utensil used around food and handled repeatedly during service. Keep the tongs with the serving equipment after cleaning so they are ready for the next transfer task; their versatile purpose allows them to return to varied food-serving work.

How to choose

Consider the overall length in relation to the serving dishes used at the station. The reach lets staff access food beyond the hand position, which is useful when a dish is deep enough that reaching directly with a hand would bring it close to the food. It can also help when transferring food from a serving vessel positioned on a buffet or pass.

The tongs’ universal serving purpose makes them a practical choice where staff need to grip and move food during service rather than carry out a single specialised task. Stainless steel adds a separate selection consideration for a damp kitchen: its corrosion resistance suits repeated use around wet cleaning, while the surface is easy to keep clean between serving operations.