Solutions for optimizing food businesses come in different formats; find out which one is most appropriate for each case
Solutions for optimizing food businesses come in different formats; find out which one is most appropriate for each case
With the pandemic and the new ways of running food businesses that came with it, the terms dark kitchen, ghost kitchen and cloud kitchen have become part of the vocabulary of entrepreneurs. But, what is each of these commercial kitchen formats, and which best applies to each type of business? Understand:
Dark kitchen – kitchen within a kitchen
A dark kitchen is usually created within an existing restaurant. The existing kitchen is then split into two – one part will continue to handle eat-in dining orders and the other will focus on delivery and takeaway. As the title says, it is a kitchen within a kitchen. The delivery kitchen should offer a specific menu, different from the one served in the main restaurant but aligned with its proposal.
Ghost kitchen – no on-site service
A ghost kitchen, on the other hand, is a kitchen without a dining room. Dedicated exclusively to delivery, the proposal allows a single entrepreneur to create more than one food brand, offering completely different cuisines and styles. This is an excellent way to invest in a food business without high expenditure, as expenses related to decorating and managing the dining room are eliminated. Tramontina’s line for professional kitchens offers combinations for cooking, serving and storing with excellence, no matter the size of the enterprise.
Cloud kitchen – coworking kitchen
A cloud kitchen is actually more than one: it includes several kitchens already divided into fully equipped stations, ready for use. The idea sounds complicated, but it can be a boon for those in the early stage of business. Expenses with rent, power and other fixed costs get diluted, as they are shared by the other occupants of the space. For those who wanting to invest more, creating a cloud kitchen can also be an idea that ensures a high financial return.
Common to all three types of enterprises is the spatial design and choice of equipment: the kitchen must be designed to optimize menu preparation time, ensuring a workflow without space problems for the team.
Tramontina offers high-performance professional equipment to streamline the preparation and packaging flow.
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