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Gourmet Housewares Show Moves To New York In 2011

GLM, LLC, owner of the Gourmet Housewares Show, has announced that the show is moving to New York in January, 2011. No Gourmet Housewares Show will be held in 2010. In January, 2011, the Gourmet Housewares Show will be co-located within the New York International Gift Fair. GLM is hoping that some of the 150 new exhibitors it expects at NYIGF as a result of the move will also exhibit in the fall NYIGF show.

New Warehouse for Wüsthof

Congratulations to Wüsthof-Trident of America on their new U.S. Headquarters and Distribution Center, which they officially opened last week in Norwalk, Connecticut.

More than 50 guests showed up to celebrate, including Wüsthof family members, students from the Connecticut Culinary Institute and public officials.

The Connecticut Culinary Institute received a $5,000 scholarship check from Wusthoff during the celebration. The students brought a cake in the shape of Connecticut, decorated with moldings of Wüsthof knives, a Wüsthof sharpening steel and a Wüsthof chef’s carrying case. [Perhaps not the most important part of the story – but, I love cake, and it’s my blog posting.]

The opening of the new 45,000 square foot warehouse with Wüsthof’s 45 employees in the U.S.  division is encouraging news in  a year when so much focus has been on store closings and layoffs.