6 Things To Consider While Designing Your Commercial Kitchen

Are you looking to set up your own restaurant? Then a big chunk of your time has to be devoted to planning and setting up the commercial kitchen area as it is the most essential part of the restaurant. 

Here are 6 Factors That You Should Keep in Mind While Setting Up Your Kitchen:

1. What's Space and How Much Staff or Equipment Do Intend to Work With 

The first thing that is important for your commercial kitchen designing is the space that you have. All the other five points mentioned in this article will either directly or indirectly be influenced by the space of your kitchen. 

Inside a kitchen, your staff will be preparing so much food at a time and this requires them to work freely. Too much congested and things can turn into mayhem. More space is required when you work with more chefs and waiters. So also pay proper attention as to how many staff do you want inside your kitchen.

2. Consider What Types of Cooking Equipment to Be Bought 

There might be so many types of cooking equipment that you need to buy and place them accordingly in your commercial kitchen. Cooking equipment includes air fryer, baking ovens, toasters, heaters, grinding equipment, ovens, etc. 

Apart from this you also need to buy cleaning equipment too. For better efficiency consider making a budget for all of these and then go about buying them. It is also very important that you lace them at their ideal location to maximize the working space.

3. The Storage Space in Your Commercial Kitchen is Extremely Important 

Of course, there are lots of storage space required in a commercial kitchen. This includes all the cooking equipment and ingredients too like fruits, vegetables, masalas, and much much more. And while cooking the some of these will be required frequently. 

So you also need to pay proper attention to your storage space. What you can do is set up racks on top of the ovens where cooking is done for the most part. And you can have one big storage room where all the cooking items and ingredients are stored.

4. Where to Install Your Baking Oven and How Much Capacity Do You Want? 

Baking ovens are an important part of a commercial kitchen as there are so many types of recipes that are based on baking or even grilling. So installing the baking oven is highly important and so is to allocate a proper space inside the kitchen. You also need to buy a microwave oven depending on your customer orders and inflow. 

Consider installing the microwave away from the oven and near the refrigerators to ensure the maximum smooth workflow inside your kitchen. This also reduces the chances of a fire hazard inside the kitchen during peak hours.

5. How Big A Refrigerator Do You Want? 

A refrigerator is an essential part of any kitchen including a commercial kitchen. While buying a fridge you have to make sure that it is compatible with commercial uses. The capacity of the fridge is extremely important as you may need quite a large capacity fridge to keep all your essential and refrigerating items inside.

6. You Also Need a Separate Food Serving and Plating Table 

After the cooking is over you have to plate and serve it nicely before it is served to the customer. Consider having a separate serving and plating table to make sure it can be done in a hassle freeway. Plating nicely is an art and requires patience.

Final Verdict 

Installing a commercial kitchen will be done perfectly, only if the above factors are well accounted for. Planning and designing a kitchen is extremely important for chefs to work easily without causing chaos.