Brook

Brook Food & Bakery Equipment, distributor of machinery for the food sector in the United Kingdom, has finalised the agreement to exclusively represent Waterjet Corporation’s Gourmet Line on the British market. This strategic choice has highlighted the great application potential of Waterjet technology in the Food industry and, in particular, of the Delicia model that the distributor has decided to launch on the occasion of the prestigious Foodex fair, the central trade fair for the food sector in the United Kingdom.

“The fact that a distributor like Brook Food, which is the backbone of the British market, has included Delicia in its catalogue indicates the existence of an important potential demand made up of customers willing to invest in this machine” comments Daniele Portoso, who spoke as a guest at the Brook food stand at Foodex last April.

The collaboration between Brook Food and Waterjet Corporation originated during the Sigep fair in Rimini, where Waterjet Corporation presented the range of waterjet cutting machines for food, including Delicia.

It is precisely in that context that the decision was born to collaborate exclusively for the British market, recognising the value and capabilities of Waterjet machines in the food sector.
Brook Food participated in the Foodex fair in Birmingham, which took place from 24 to 26 April, and invited Daniele Portoso of Waterjet to participate, to present and form a sales network on the countless potentials offered by Delicia. Brook Food’s sales representatives were particularly impressed by the extraordinary capabilities of this cutting machine in the patisserie world.

In the patisserie sector at a professional level, there are currently two cutting technologies: the manual cutter-type machine for soft mass products and ultrasonic technology where the ultrasonic vibration of the blade allows only longitudinal cutting.

While the manual machine is cheap but less precise, ultrasonic technology is a step forward, but it can be limited in the context of complex artistic works. If, however, in ultrasonic cutting it is possible to portion a food only according to pre-established geometric shapes, such as wedges or rectangles, thanks to water jet technology we can obtain artistic shapes and geometries with curvatures, in addition to parametrised “standard” geometric shapes.

The water cut, like the one offered by the Waterjet Delicia, offers exceptional versatility and responds to the creative demands of modern confectionery, while ensuring high productivity.

The Waterjet Delicia is therefore positioned as a revolutionary option in the patisserie sector, allowing precise and creative cuts on a wide range of food materials, as well as chocolate and frozen and hard mass products also with inserts of dried fruit and various grains. The interest shown by Brook Food in representing only Waterjet machines suggests an important potential for this new range of versatile Waterjet machines, precise and able to meet the needs of modern pastry chefs.