Starting a catering business? Here is the equipment you need

Professional kitchen equipment helps establish a successful catering business. Its quality and functionality contribute to the speed of service and the quality of the meals, which is particularly appreciated in the service sector. Good kitchen equipment also contributes to staff efficiency and time management. In addition, by choosing quality kitchen equipment, you use less energy, generate less food waste and create a more environment-friendly business. If you want to know what is the best equipment to start your catering business with, read our recommendations.

PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR RESTAURANTS

We recommend that you start thinking about restaurant equipment once you have a business concept and know the layout of the premises. The catering business is strictly regulated by various laws (which we’ve talked about in this article) to ensure the freshness and quality of the food, so it’s worth familiarising yourself with them before you start your preparations.

Most often, the search for kitchen equipment for any restaurant starts with refrigeration equipment. This includes industrial refrigerators and industrial freezers, as well as blast freezers. Also bar fridges, wine fridges, refrigerated display cabinets, refrigerated tables and ice machines. Another part of a professional kitchen is the food preparation equipment. Restaurant kitchens benefit from potato peelers, cutters and vegetable slicers to speed up work, vacuum packaging machines for freshness, industrial meat mincers for fast meat preparation, planetary mixers and spiral mixers for delicious bakery products. And professional juicers, sorbet makers and ice machines to keep your customers satisfied with your drinks menu.

Depending on the specifics of your restaurant, you might consider convection ovens, industrial ovens, gas ovens or induction ovens for cooking and heating. Many restaurants are also equipped with grills, industrial fryers, cooking surfaces, lava stone grills, salamanders and professional microwaves.

Finally, industrial dishwashers will help keep your restaurant clean and tidy. Restaurant owners usually purchase them based on the number of dishes, the sustainability standard they want to achieve and, of course, finances. Our range includes undercounter glass dishwashers, undercounter dishwashers, potwashers and tunnel dishwashers, and we’ll be happy to tell you about their differences.

If you are about to start a pizzeria or a street food restaurant, read on for an overview of the equipment needed for these facilities.

PROFESSIONAL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT FOR PIZZERIA

Once you’ve perfected your pizza recipes and selected quality ingredients, you’ll have to equip your pizzeria’s kitchen with a pizza oven and dough mixing, kneading and rolling equipment.

Spiral dough mixers and dough rollers will help you to produce quality and efficient dough. The dough mixers ensure precise dough preparation and the stainless steel dough rollers make it quick and easy to shape the pizza base to the desired size and thickness.

Without a doubt, the pizza ovens are the highlight of every pizzeria. When choosing a pizza oven, pay attention to the most important features – temperature, heat distribution, safety of use and complexity of maintenance.

We also recommend that you obtain other equipment for your pizzeria. The most popular pizza tables are made of stainless steel. They are easy to maintain, hygienic and durable.

And if you ask about manufacturers, we’ll recommend both the most trusted and the most popular. Italy is the home of pizza, so we invite you to take a look around the range of Italian producers such as Cuppone, GGF and PizzaGroup.

PROFESSIONAL KEBAB EQUIPMENT

If you are planning to cook fast food and open a kebab shop, your basic set of kitchen equipment will consist of three essential pieces of equipment: kebab grills, kebab knives and vegetable slicers.

There are three types of grills needed for kebab shops: gas kebab grills, electric kebab grills and kebab robots. The most important criteria for kebab shop owners are power output, energy consumption and consistent and high quality cooking of the meat. When looking for a grill, we recommend that you consider the simplicity of maintenance, i.e., whether you can clean it quickly.

Kebab knives are usually electric – either rechargeable or plugged into the mains. They are safe for employees to use and the blades make it easy to control the thickness of the slice.

Vegetable slicers are particularly useful for seasoning kebabs and for efficient preparation of side dishes. With a professional slicer, your staff can get ready for work in the kitchen much faster. When choosing such a device, it is worth considering the dimensions of the slicer, its power, capacity, volume, noise level, speed and what kind of vegetables the device’s blades/openings are designed to slice.

HOW TO CHOOSE?

We know that price is important for every start-up, but so is a reliable manufacturer and a supplier that takes your needs into account. AUDORES not only supplies only professional kitchen equipment, but also provides consultancy, implements individual catering business projects, organises training on the use of kitchen equipment and takes care of the maintenance of purchased equipment.

If you are currently looking for equipment, we recommend that you assess your business needs as accurately as possible and check with manufacturers. The reliability of your investment and the durability of your equipment will be ensured by leading manufacturers in the professional kitchen industry such as Palux, Asber, Tefcold, Venix, Winterhalter and others.