Why A Good Chef Needs The Best Tools

If you have employed a good chef the least you can do is to supply him with top commercial catering equipment so that he can prepare
dishes for your diners efficiently.

Good equipment rarely breaks down and that is the last thing that you want to happen at a crucial moment in food preparation.  All equipment is important from cookers to good knives that can cut through meat swiftly.  For vegetable preparation different knives are necessary to chop vegetables fast.

Of course you need to know what kind of foods you are going to serve before you go and spend money.  It helps to know what the chef’s real passion is in the kind of food he is preparing.  If he is a fast food kind of person you will need different equipment than if you are going to serve up ethnic foods.

If you should engage a professional kitchen supply company, they will, apart from design, also be able to supply you with everything that you should need.  This includes appliances, restaurant furniture, crockery, cutlery and, of course, other kitchen equipment such as utensils and pans.

It makes sense to buy all you need from one supplier.  Many appliances have various moving parts and if anything goes wrong with your machinery you only have to deal with one company who will have engineers to hand to deal with the problem as a matter of urgency.

These companies do provide an after sale maintenance service which you are urged to sign up to.  

Equipment that is serviced every year is less likely to break down as potential problems are detected early before an appliance ceases to work.

If you have a limited budget it is sensible to buy fewer items, but what you do buy should be the best.  To this end it is a good idea to make a list of what you absolutely cannot do without and what you would have liked, but can add at a later date.

Another way to save on money is to consider a set menu every day.