Catering equipment is as diverse as the hospitality businesses it is designed to work for. When we talk about catering equipment most people think of fryers or microwaves or even food preparation machinery. But catering equipment can be contract furniture for restaurants and pubs or glassware and crockery for bistros and coffee shops. It can even be clothing and footwear for chefs and waiting staff. Catering equipment is anything that is used day to day in catering.  http://www.caterfor.co.uk

Large catering equipment is essential to keeping a commercial catering kitchen running day to day. A good professional kitchen needs industrial cooking machines, prep tables and labour saving devices. Stainless steel tables and sinks give a professional image, whilst offering an industrial area for preparing food, washing pots and keeping clean. The prep tables or benches are great for ensuring that food regulations and hygiene are met. They offer a sturdy and modular solution to enable you to plan around the room you have.

Large catering equipment also encompasses ovens, kitchen ranges and commercial refrigeration fridges and freezers for restaurants, canteens and diners. Whilst dishwashers or glass washers for pubs, bars and bistros are essential equipment as are bottle chillers or beer fridges.

Smaller catering equipment includes tabletop items such as linen, crockery and glassware and may also cover utensils, cookware pans and pest control. It's the little things that count and what the customer sees and measures your business by.

Cleaning supplies and janitorial items are an essential for any hospitality or catering business. With cloakroom supplies, cleaning products and hardware being the mainstay of keeping the premises looking inviting and presentable to customers.

Catering equipment can be used universally for all catering kitchens or in a more specific and unique catering environment. Potato peelers and chippers may be suitable for chip shop takeaways and larger canteens but may be superfluous in a cafe. Likewise a walk in chiller may be overkill for a small deli but just the ticket for a hotel or care home.

Most catering kitchens will use food prep machines, pots and pans and cooking machines of various descriptions. Although not all catering kitchens will have gas or electric, they may only have one source of power, which will need to be taken into account when buying. There may be no provision for mains power due to being a functions or events caterer outdoors in this case LPG gas versions of equipment would need to be purchased.