Tuesday 24 January 2012

Food Storage For Catering Kitchens

Catering food storage that I have seen in use over the years covers many different vessels from old ice cream containers and buckets to professional GN stainless steel receptacles.  Food storage for industrial food handling kitchens and caterers should meet strict standards. The catering equipment used for storing food should be sealable, easy to store and easy to clean. It always looks better and maintains strict principles if food is stored in clean and professional looking containers (old ice cream containers and buckets are not covered by that!)


Food storage is not just ideal for keeping food safely stored to meet hygiene and handling requirements. It can also help in the control of cross contamination of food allergens within catering outlets. If you advertise vegetarian meals, nut free dishes or even gluten free foods you will need to give customers confidence in dining at your establishment by having strict handling and storage in place with labelling and no cross contamination possible.  Professional catering equipment can enable that containment of food allergens if handled properly.

Professional cooking calls for chef supplies that are up to the rigors of commercial handling. The equipment is used daily and repeatedly by lots of different staff in lots of different environments.  So the chef supplies specifically for food storage need to be rugged, able to cope with hot and chilled environments and be easily cleaned preferably in an industrial dishwasher.  


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