Setting up a commercial kitchen? Are you perplexed about what all you require for a commercial kitchen? Don’t worry, Grydle & Sync is at your service with a guide on commercial kitchens that will help you learn the A-Z facets of setting up a commercial eatery.
When setting up a commercial kitchen, there are many factors of concern: right from the equipment to the people. If you are new to this and want to run a restaurant chain, you are in the right place!
From getting the perfect commercial kitchen equipment to manage the kitchen on a large scale, handling customers, finding a suitable place, it’s a long yet cumbersome journey towards owning a restaurant. Let’s take this walk together step by step!
Before discussing the challenges around machinery, let’s discuss the factors you need to consider before setting up an actual kitchen.
1. Maintain proper hygiene conditions
If there is one thing that this pandemic has taught us, it is that maintaining proper hygiene in a kitchen is a crucial task. One should maintain sanitation at micro levels to ensure completely clean conditions for food preparation.
Ensure the use of glass sterilizers and knife sterilizers before preparing food. Any other commercial kitchen equipment to be used in the preparation should be thoroughly sanitized too. The kitchen should be fumigated after the optimum time to curb the build up of germs and other unhygienic agents. The kitchen working platform and preparation unit area should be kept clean throughout the day. The people involved in the kitchen should sanitize themselves at regular intervals.
2. Find a space according to your plan
Before setting up a proper plan, come up with firm idea of the capacity you would be serving. Your capacity would determine the place you would need. Do not plan to accommodate more people in less space and end up setting up a poorly planned and poorly aired eatery with no comfort for customers.
Find a space to keep in mind the size of the kitchen and the operational capacity of your restaurant.
3. Source the commercial kitchen equipment
The equipment in the kitchen should be sourced according to your need and your requirements. The quality and specifications of coffee machines, pizza ovens and everything else in the kitchen would be decided based on the customer segment you intend to target.
4. Know the customer peak hours
How busy will your restaurant be at different hours? If you haven’t asked this question before setting up a restaurant, you are missing one important factor! Knowing when you expect your lean hours will help you plan your sanitization breaks for the kitchen and your accommodation strategies
Lets now move to factors you need to consider before buying commercial kitchen equipment for your kitchen.
1. Budget
There is an immense variety of kitchen equipment available in the market. One needs to shortlist the type of machines as per the demand- both in terms of quantity and quality. Set the customer expectations according to your budget and functionality you need.
2. Desired output
If you have a budget constraint, choose your commercial kitchen equipment wisely. A bit of research can save you from squandering money unnecessarily.
As we know, there is an immense variety of machines available, even pizza make lines can have a different type of models as per the functionality. Research well on choosing a perfect machine or talk to our experts for assistance.
3. Type of equipment
One can get a basic commercial kitchen machine to serve a few dozen customers or even an advanced one for a 5-star hotel chain operating large volumes of orders in a day. You have to get yourself a machine with the functionality you need.
4. Management
As difficult as it is to set up a commercial kitchen, it is tough to maintain it. It should be properly designed, managed, the kitchen equipment should get service on a periodic basis to maintain machines and platforms, the preparation units should be maintained at optimum hygiene levels.
The chefs and complete kitchen staff involved should be well directed to maintain hygiene inside the kitchen and keep it in proper condition.
So, now as you are ready with your handbook of tips for setting up a commercial kitchen, we hope you get your perfect space and equipment
Grydle & Sync is here for your commercial kitchen equipment needs and deals in every type of equipment at the best prices through our online portal.
