Hospitality Connect lists 176 Andre Verdier lines, covering table cutlery, cheese knives, steak knives, kitchen knives and knife sets. The range takes in the Laguiole and Debutant styles, in ivory, black and the Omnicolour finishes, available loose and in sets.
The decision here is usually loose pieces versus sets. Loose pieces suit venues replacing breakages and building numbers over time in an existing pattern, and they let you order in exactly the quantities the room needs. Sets suit a new fit-out, a gift or retail line, or a cheese service where the pieces are meant to be presented together. Steak knives are chosen on blade type and how they sit in the setting. Cheese knives are chosen on the cheeses served, since a soft cheese blade and a hard cheese blade do different jobs.
