The food service industry is one of the most flourishing industries in the world. One can see more and more new food ventures opening up. Whether it is the launch of a new luxurious five-star hotel, or a new restaurant offering exotic cuisines or a small café or eating joints sprouting up in every street and lane, food industry is expanding rapidly. There are new and latest concepts coming up in this field like take away restaurants, driveway restaurants and the latest being the food courts.
Whatever type of an eating joint or a restaurant it is, or at whoever scale it is functioning on, it needs a good to operate smoothly and strive on. Commercial kitchen needs to be operational, functional, practical, clutter free for smooth functioning, compact and spacious for easy working. Commercial kitchen design should be well planned and designed so that it provides maximum efficiency, comfort and safety to its users. In addition, it should ensure that minimum wastage of energy, labour and raw material, which in turn results in maximum productivity and minimum wastage of money for the owner. Before constructing a commercial kitchen, keep in mind the following points:
1 Before starting the construction, make sure that you have the permission to do so. You need to approach the local council for the same, as they will give you guidelines regarding the hygiene and safety measures, and will conduct a thorough survey and inspection of the area where you want to construct the kitchen. There seal of approval is a requisite.
2 Hire an experienced and highly skilled architecture to come up with the most space effective and cost effective kitchen designs. Make sure that all the construction work is carried out under the supervision of the architect and according to the safety guidelines given by him or her.
3 Instruct the commercial kitchen installation team to make adequate capacity to store all Foodservice equipment.
4 Make enough provisions for essentials like hot and cold water dispensers, exhaust outlets, bright lighting, proper ventilation, sinks to wash hands to maintain hygiene, separate dish washing area for little interruptions in others work, etc.
5 Prepare a plan in advance where you want to install all the electrical items like lights, ceiling fans, etc so that provision can be made for them while constructing the structure.
6 Select the type of flooring you will like. Always choose flooring that is non-slippery as many times water can be spill in a kitchen, so it becomes slippery and accident-prone area. Also, choose what you will like to put on the walls. Also choose a material which can be cleaned easily, like vitrified tiles.
7 Give special attention to the material required to construct the ceiling. Choose a material, which is smooth and is dust repellent, as ceilings are very inconvenient to be cleaned frequently. Also, make sure that it is made of a non-porous material so that there is no water leakage.
