Swiss Totem

Swiss Totem
French Design

A husband and wife team - Christoph Kuhn and Isabelle Thibeault - have teamed up to become the sole North American distributors of a unique European furniture piece. Though mostly intended for catering, bars or restaurants, it could also be used at a private house settings: in a living room or by a swimming pool. They decided to name this unique serving table in English a Swiss Totem, although in French it was originally called l'Arbre à fondue, or a Fondue Tree. This serving table was first conceived in France as an attractive and practical way to serve Swiss fondue, hence the Swiss Totem name that was chosen for it.

Today, this unique serving table was presented to Quebec restaurateurs as well as travel personnel. The event was held at the Auberge Saint Gabriel in Old Montreal, on its upper most floor reserved for special events. The Swiss Totem event started a bit slowly, but later those present learned to appreciate the new design of the serving table when the most delicious cheese fondue was served by S.O.S. Fondue.

Shortly after Swiss Totem was designed and manufactured in France, it was discovered that it could be used for a variety of other foods beside fondue, even for sushi. For that, an additional round table surface can be filled with water and then put into the fridge to freeze. This frozen round top would then keep the food cool for a long stretch of time even in a very hot weather.

Because so many varieties of foods would benefit by being served using Swiss Totem, this is why the table no longer has the word "fondue" in its name, as it did at first.

Visit the Swiss Totem website for more information and to place an order.

http://swisstotem.com