In restaurants, cafes and other commercial eateries, the cooking corners are central to all the money-churning activities and hence a great deal of planning and care go into assembling a fully equipped, functional kitchen. Chalking out a commercial kitchen layout is essentially teamwork.
Actually, commercial kitchens have more efficient and comfortable settings that provide a great working environment for the cooking teams while promising financial gains for the owners. With these aims to comply with, kitchen designers need active participation from the chefs and their assistants, as well as the catering operators to plan a productive commercial kitchen layout.
If you are planning to enter into the catering trade or are thinking of revamping your existing chain of restaurants, do not ever commit the mistake of giving a call to the interior designer; instead, contact a kitchen designer. There is no standard commercial kitchen layout as such; layouts are unit (rather kitchen) specific, depending on the cuisine being served by the eatery.
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After a visit to the site and a few round of discussions with kitchen and operation staff, the kitchen designer will be able to give you a rough sketch of the commercial kitchen layout, summing up for you all your equipment requirements and give you a fairly accurate idea of your budget.
This open approach not only gives you an approximation of your expenses, but the detailed planning and designing practices adopted as part of drawing a commercial kitchen layout saves a lot of unnecessary expenses on future readjustments. Effective space management part of the planning will make allowance for enough flexibility and you will hardly face any difficulty in introducing newer services or boosting up productivity in future.
- Kitchen Design Software -
If, however, you prefer self-help to professional assistance, you can turn to the many kitchen design software. Most of these CAD software guide you throughout – right from drawing commercial kitchen layout to finally incorporating each feature in the actual kitchen unit. The software allows you introduce your own touch to create an efficient and functional kitchen.
- Commercial Kitchen Layout, Energy Efficiency And Enhanced Productivity -
A vital aspect of commercial kitchen layout – the proper designing of exhaust ventilation system – essentially contributes to energy efficiency and environmental improvement. This is turn, heavily cuts back on operational costs, stepping up staff performance and productivity.
Most modern commercial kitchens are fitted with HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems that cut down energy costs to a large extent when compared to traditional ventilation hoods. The HVACs at the same time, contribute a lot to the comfort level of kitchen occupants by improving the kitchen environment.
Present-day kitchen designers are well conversant with the usefulness of such energy efficient exhaust ventilation systems and will never let you compromise with such an important aspect of kitchen planning. And they are not alone in granting importance to energy efficient ventilation systems! You will hardly come across a kitchen design software that does not highlight such systems as indispensable part of a commercial kitchen layout.
by Manuel Kupka
