{"id":1260,"date":"2021-01-15T12:12:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T11:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philodex.com\/kitchen-set-up\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T12:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:50:20","slug":"kitchen-set-up","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.philodex.com\/en\/kitchen-set-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Set Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is highly advisable to consult an experienced professional Kitchen Planner, as your operation depends heavily on the kitchen running smoothly, which will affect not only guest satisfaction but also your turnover and profits.<\/p>\n<p>Example: A Fully Loaded Kitchen for a 400 Seater High-class restaurant with a Caf\u00e9-Bar, MICE, Breakfast, Room Service, and Spa would require 30-50 Staff and would probably run 24\/7.<\/p>\n<p>This is a plan for a fully fledged kitchen with all essential areas for a kitchen of this size and an operation as I have just specified. However, depending on the type of operation, to plan a smooth kitchen workflow, you need to cover many areas and aspects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Sample Kitchen &#8211; Core<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_7200\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7200\" class=\"wp-image-7200 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.philodex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kitchen-Plan-Core-2001-2-kl.png\" alt=\"Musterk\u00fcche\" width=\"700\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.philodex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kitchen-Plan-Core-2001-2-kl.png 700w, https:\/\/www.philodex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kitchen-Plan-Core-2001-2-kl-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kitchen Core<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Sample of a fully fledged kitchen<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_7202\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7202\" class=\"wp-image-7202 size-full\" title=\"Fully Fledged Kitchen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.philodex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kitchen-Plan-TTL-2001-kl.png\" alt=\"Musterk\u00fcche\" width=\"700\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.philodex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kitchen-Plan-TTL-2001-kl.png 700w, https:\/\/www.philodex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kitchen-Plan-TTL-2001-kl-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fully Fledged Kitchen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kitchen office<\/li>\n<li>Purchasing<\/li>\n<li>Goods receiving<\/li>\n<li>Manipulation area for food handling<\/li>\n<li>Cold stores, fridges and freezers<\/li>\n<li>Dry storage, linen storage, china and glassware and others<\/li>\n<li>Food preparation &#8211; the impure (unrein) area of the kitchen<\/li>\n<li>Preparation and completion of the dishes &#8211; the pure (rein) area of the kitchen<\/li>\n<li>Plate set up, pass, serving<\/li>\n<li>Clearing station<\/li>\n<li>Dish washing area (scullery)<\/li>\n<li>Pot wash<\/li>\n<li>Garbage and disposal rooms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>The Kitchen Set Up depends next to others on:<\/h4>\n<p>Type of Restaurant, Service Style, Size, Seats, Staff, Opening Hours, Level of Guests, Budget, &#8230;<\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h4>And there are many types of kitchens<\/h4>\n<p>Preparatory kitchen, Conventional kitchen (mixed kitchen), Production kitchen, Manufacturing kitchen, Fast food kitchen, Satellite kitchens, Show kitchen, View kitchens, Kitchen for communal catering, Industrial kitchen, &#8230;<\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h4>KITCHEN \u2013 FF&amp;E for the smooth running of the kitchen<\/h4>\n<p>The smooth route of the goods through the kitchen, from receiving the goods to the guest, should be the logical and optimal template for kitchen planning<\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h4>Kitchen Gear<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Broilers and Salamanders &#8211; a grill characterised by very high temperature overhead electric or gas heating elements<\/li>\n<li>Deep Fryer &#8211; a heated vessel for frying food by immersing in hot fat or oil, as opposed to shallow frying in a frying pan<\/li>\n<li>Tilt Skillet &#8211; a versatile restaurant appliance that holds 30 gallons and can be used to simmer, steam, braise, roast, saut\u00e9, fry, boil or broil<\/li>\n<li>Other Kitchen Gear &#8211; kettles, cookers, mixers, blender, food processors, slicers, vacuum sealer, cutting boards, sinks, cooling drawers, microwave, heating bridges, bain marie, Kitchen Display System<\/li>\n<li>Storage racks<\/li>\n<li>Shelving<\/li>\n<li>Safety equipment<\/li>\n<li>Freezers and refrigerators<\/li>\n<li>Food preparation counters<\/li>\n<li>Work surfaces<\/li>\n<li>Clearing stations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Next to the needed gear, you need to plan the fittings<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Technical requirements and installation<\/li>\n<li>Ventilation technology<\/li>\n<li>Lighting, electricity, water supplies, drainage, exhaust<\/li>\n<li>Work surfaces &#8211; measurements<\/li>\n<li>Work surfaces like marble top (slab) &#8211; patisserie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>As an example, just the oven requires a lot of considerations:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Range top &#8211; Stove with 4, 6 or 8 burners, a device commonly used for cookery which is commonly found in kitchens, powered by gas or electricity<\/li>\n<li>Induction Cooktop &#8211; a stove where your pan is heated by a magnetic field<\/li>\n<li>Flattop, Griddle, Grill &#8211; unlike a griddle, a flat top doesn\u2019t have a grate. A grill has a metal framework used for cooking food over an open fire with a grid-iron<\/li>\n<li>Conventional Oven &#8211; an oven that uses radiant heat and does not use a fan to recirculate heated air<\/li>\n<li>Convection Oven &#8211; an oven that has a fan with a heating element around it<\/li>\n<li>Combi Oven &#8211; an oven with three functions: convection, steam, and combination cooking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>And then there is the Kitchen Maintenance<\/h4>\n<p>It should come as no surprise that maintaining the restaurant\u2019s kitchen equipment is essential to running a smooth operation. An unforeseen equipment failure can shut down an entire restaurant on a busy Friday night. Even worse, an unexpected fire could close an establishment for several days or weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The solution to preventing unexpected shutdowns and subsequent costly emergency repairs is to organise a restaurant maintenance program.<\/p>\n<p>Such a system will prioritise routine maintenance tasks, provide clear completion guidelines, track equipment history, and hold workers accountable.<\/p>\n<p>It is like changing the oil in your car; it can drastically increase the lifespan of the equipment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Discover<\/span><\/h5>\n<div id=\"attachment_6977\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"https:\/\/www.px-ebook.com\/en\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.px-ebook.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6977\" class=\"wp-image-6977 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.philodex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PX-eBoox-Shop-Logo-201-kl.png\" alt=\"PX-eBook.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PX-eBook.com, FnB Specialist Literatur<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is highly advisable to consult an experienced professional Kitchen Planner, as your operation depends heavily on the kitchen running smoothly, which will affect not only guest satisfaction but also your turnover and profits. 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