Types of Hotel Kitchen Equipment

• Kitchen Equipment
• Serving Equipment
• Refrigeration and food storage
• Storage Equipment
• Safety Equipment

Kitchen Equipment

• Oven
• Grill
• Deep fryer
• Griddle
• Frying pans

There are so many ways to cook food and your needs will change depending on what you serve. Ovens, grills, and hobs are essential in all kitchens. Deep fryers, salamander broilers, steam tables, and griddles are very popular but not always needed in every kitchen. However, there is some kitchen equipment that will only be required for specialist dishes. If you’re serving pizza, for example, you may want a pizza oven – this wouldn’t be required in another kitchen. Having a professional toaster and a juicer may be necessary if you serve breakfast. You’ll also need a variety of tools you’ll use to cook the food in or on.

Serving Equipment

• A range of crockery
• Cutlery

Once your food has been made, you will need something to serve it on. This kind of crockery you use will depend on the foods that you serve and your brand identity. But as with everything else, it is good to have a wide range and a high volume. Opt for a variety of plate and bowl sizes to suit whatever is on your menu. If you serve coffee and hot drinks, different-sized and shaped mugs are important – you wouldn’t serve espresso in the same vessel as a latte. The same rule of thumb applies to cutlery. It depends on the food you make, but if steak is on the menu, then the customers will need sharper knives to eat with.

Refrigeration and food storage

• Refrigerator
• Freezer
• Ice machine

Making sure your food is properly stored and chilled in a kitchen is crucial for both efficiency and sanitary reasons. Every kitchen needs a refrigerator, but you can choose the model. Walk-in, counter and cabinet refrigerators are all available, depending on your needs. You will also need a blaster chiller or freezer in your kitchen and may want an ice machine.

Storage Equipment

• Commercial shelving
• Storage containers and labels

Food storage ranges from shelving to containers. You’ll need shelving in cabinet refrigerators or walk-in coolers as well as all across the kitchen, whether it’s mounted to the wall or comes in the form of utility carts and sheet pan racks. Drying racks are also required in kitchens – even if you have a dishwasher, it is likely that some items in the kitchen will get washed by hand. Your kitchen should also be equipped with storage containers for your food, and labels to easily identify the contents.

Safety equipment

• Rubber floor mats
• First aid kit
• Fire extinguisher

There are a number of things you will need in a kitchen to ensure it is a safe environment. Considering all the dangerous hazards in the room – knives, cookers, hot oil, etc. – a first aid kit is crucial. You should ensure you have rubber floor mats and that staff wears non-slip shoes. When anything has been spilled or the floor has been mopped, there should also be a wet floor sign. Every industrial kitchen needs to have a fire extinguisher.