Why Commercial Kitchen Design & Installation is important?

By Seo Nwds Kitchen Kitchen Equipment 21st March 2022

A commercial kitchen is the heart of any food outlet. And the quality and timing of what comes out of the kitchen is essential to a successful food service company. That’s why our commercial kitchen design & installation services always begin with a plan for the kitchen’s layout. As this will determine how smoothly the food service and restaurant functions.

As a result of partnering with commercial kitchen designers, you get the peace of mind that your kitchen is designed well. To enable your chefs and food preparation teams work efficiently and always produce high-quality meals

How do I design a commercial kitchen?

We can’t stress enough that a badly planned kitchen will have a negative impact on your business. Whether, this be space, which causes kitchen staff bumping into each other. Or layout which causes the hazardous moving of food around the kitchen.

As a result, a badly planned kitchen will often be found with food on the floor or worse slips, trips, and falls.

Commercial kitchen design specialists help improve service all-round

For this reason, our commercial kitchen designers will always plan to make your kitchens layout easy to use. In addition to meet the restaurant’s needs and enables your service staff to deliver an amazing restaurant experience.

Whether you’re building a catering business from scratch or renovating your existing kitchen. Our commercial kitchen design specialists will always provide you with a workable plan for your food outlet to succeed.

Which Commercial Kitchen Layout is Right for Your Restaurant?

Now that we’ve explained the importance a functional kitchen our commercial kitchen design specialist will begin the layout for your commercial kitchen project. And we, will usually take inspiration from the most popular commercial kitchen layouts.

Our commercial kitchen design services will incorporate a layout that allows ample space to make your catering kitchen function smoothly. And our starting point would be to look at how the top 5 commercial kitchen layout types could be accommodated:

1. Assembly Line Commercial Kitchen Layout

The assembly line kitchen configuration usually consists of a central row or island that allows ingredients to move seamlessly from a food prep station. Then, through to cooking, and finally, a service area with a completed item that is ready to be taken to be served.

This kitchen layout is great as it accommodates multiple workers at once, each focusing on an individual task. And it’s ideal for high-volume, quick service restaurants with menu items that require systematic preparation

As it provides seamless flow of ingredients from one station to the next which creates kitchen efficiencies that allow for a faster service.

2. Island Commercial Kitchen Layout

Another popular commercial kitchen layout is the island layout. In this configuration, all the kitchens cooking equipment, such as ovens, ranges, and fryers, are all central position, in an island-like setup.

In an island layout, all the non-cooking stations, are pushed up against the perimeter of the kitchen. Therefore, making the cooking process the visual and functional heart of the kitchen. Additionally, the circular flow of the kitchen allows chefs to congregate and communicate.

An island layout can also be easier to clean and is often said to be the best layout for a kitchen that has ample space for cooks to move around.

3. Zone Style Commercial Kitchen Layout

If you opt for a zone-style layout your catering kitchen will be divided into separate areas for different activity. For instance, food prep, dishwashing, cooking, etc.

Additionally, food preparation zones can be incorporated that allows many different types of dishes to be prepared at the same time. So, in this type of kitchen configuration you will often find salad and entrees, grill or fry station, or pastry station.

Which is the perfect fit for restaurants with diverse menus and a wide variety of items that need to be prepared. On the other hand, this restaurant kitchen layout is not a good option for smaller kitchens because it doesn’t offer the best strategy for multi-tasking.

4. Galley Commercial Kitchen Layout

In this commercial kitchen layout, all stations and equipment are on the perimeter of the kitchen. It is a very tight space, kitchen equipment is placed along only parallel two walls.

In smaller kitchens, the galley layout makes the most of the limited space available. Then, incorporates all the different stations and kitchen equipment you will need.

Thus, making the galley layout the best for option for a venue with a small restaurant kitchen or food truck.

5. Open kitchen layout

Finally, we come to the open kitchen layout, which lets customers see the action that usually takes place behind the scenes. Here, you can install any commercial kitchen layout and literally remove the wall, so diners can see the chefs in action.

An open kitchen is great for entertaining guests and can maximize a small space. You can create chef’s table seating by placing bar stools by the kitchen. But, with safety always in mind a glass partition between the service area and guest seating is a smart choice to protect the guests and the food.

Open layout kitchens are often seen at high-end restaurants, where watching the cooks prepare technical dishes becomes an integral part of the dining experience.

What factors determine Commercial Kitchen Design & Installation?

Before designing a commercial kitchen space, it’s important to plan for the needs that the kitchen must fulfil, and the equipment associated to deliver a great food service.

When you know what components need to fit into the space from the beginning of the design process. You will be able to design your commercial kitchen layout more effectively.

So, the 5 key components of any commercial kitchen to think about are:

Storage
Washing station
Food preparation
Cooking station
Service area

NWCE are here for Kitchen Designs

Our commercial kitchen project and design team are committed to providing quality designs and workmanship which adheres to all current health and safety requirements. And aim to surpass the expectations of our customers in respect of commercial kitchen design and installation.