How do I Design a Kitchen for Catered Home Events?
If you enjoy hosting parties, you know that the food you serve is one aspect that can turn a normal dinner into an unforgettable smash hit. Hiring a catering service will allow you to relax and enjoy your own party. The type of kitchen you have can affect the efficiency and ease with which caterers will be able to work, so if you find that you are often the host, a widely spaced kitchen with proper placing of appliances will make your events run even more smoothly. Does this Spark an idea?
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Plan for long, wide counters. Caterers come prepared with a lot of ingredients and often a lot of equipment as well, so you want to be able to accommodate everything that they bring.
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Design a "kitchen triangle" by placing the fridge, stove top, and sink within a few steps of each other for easy access to all three, so the caterers can take fewer steps while preparing food.
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Include at least four gas or electric elements on your stove top, because caterers often have a number of things that they want to keep warm.
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Buy an industrial-sized refrigerator so caterers can store ingredients, salads, dressings, marinades and drinks. Or buy a large fridge for your kitchen and have another one elsewhere in your house, so you can clear out your kitchen fridge before the caterers come.
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Design for a large and spacious kitchen table, so the caterers have somewhere to put the food once it is prepared and so they have somewhere to arrange the dishes on their serving platters.
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Include a utility closet or pantry so the caterer has somewhere to store unsightly items that need to be on hand.
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