News For This Month: Supplies
Tips for Equipping Your Hotel Kitchen
Hotel food service is an entirely distinct area of the hospitality industry. It demands satisfying the needs of customers who are in most cases also checked in for at least a few hours. Clientele typically includes the family holidaymakers, the exhausted road trippers, and of course, the business professionals. The bar is substantially raised when there are expectations of exceptional room and customer service, along with entertainment and delightful hotel food.
Below are pointers to help ensure that you are well-equipped and prepared for the challenge of equipping your hotel kitchen:
Bar
Do you plan to take society to your hotel? As you wish! With all the necessary bar equipment, you can surely compete with the best. Basics include a bar cooler and keg coolers (for your beer), a glass washer (gotta keep those glasses sparklin’), ice bins, and sinks.
Cooking
What meals do you want your hotel to offer? Is it going to be a breakfast buffet or a continental breakfast? Maybe you need a heavy-duty commercial toaster. Or a steam table that is perfect for your buffet-style cafeteria. Irrespective of your needs are, your kitchen must be well-prepared with all the high-quality cooking equipment you need!
Food Preparation
With well-organized food prep lines, your operations can run hassle-free and your guests can get hold of their meals more quickly as well. Your food processors, work tables, scales, and all other important food prep equipment are the secret to an efficient hotel kitchen that is responsive to your guests’ needs.
Commercial Refrigeration
Having the right refrigeration equipment is basic to food safety and to extended food shelf life. Commercial kitchen refrigeration equipment includes, among others, coolers, freezers, display cases, and refrigerated prep tables.
Breakfast
People could be attracted to a hotel because of its breakfast offers, particularly if breakfast is part of the accommodation package. Be sure that when your guests rise up for a brand new day, they are welcomed by the mouth-watering aroma and comforts of a well-prepared breakfast bar. To help you with that, invest in top quality equipment and supplies like coffee and tea brewers and dispensers, syrups and accessories, toasters, utility carts and the rest.
Catering
If you have a reception hall or area in your hotel intended for special gatherings, you can venture into event catering, which is a great way to hike your sales and usher in new business. But of course, before you can enjoy the benefits of event catering, you have need to be ready by having the right catering and buffet equipment. This includes, but is not limited to, chafers, buffet steam tables, portable beverage coolers, and more. Lastly, you will also have to have a trained staff composed of servers and bartenders, a supervisor, an event manager and so on.