Food Service Facilities - Modern Solutions

Modern food service solutions combine high performance, flexibility, hygiene and design into kitchens tailored to the specific operation. What does this look like in practice? Take a look at three real-life professional kitchen projects – a five-star hotel in the Alps, an Italian restaurant in Berlin and a corporate catering operation.

Kitchen project – hotel (February 2023)

The mountain village of Serfaus lies in the middle of a breathtaking Alpine landscape at an altitude of 1,427 metres and is one of the sunniest holiday resorts in the Alps. The Hotel Cervosa in the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski and hiking region has been owned by the Westreicher family for 60 years. Guests can look forward to a healthy breakfast buffet, a vitality wellness lunch buffet and a 6-course gourmet dinner menu – in seven differently designed spaces, from a rustic farmyard to an elegant imperial-era salon.

The brief

• high-performance equipment for a 5-star hotel with a kitchen operating 24 hours a day,
• daily preparation of 250 – 300 à la carte dishes – the equipment had to be ready and fast,
• natural gas was available and the customer wanted it – the choice fell on the Ambach brand, known for both gas and electric appliances of the highest performance,
• priorities: efficient processes, maximum flexibility of every appliance, high energy efficiency, hygiene standards and simple operation with intelligent control systems.

The solution

• the exceptionally flexible Ambach 850 model range, suitable for everyday use in a wide variety of applications,
• maximum hygiene – all appliances are welded into a seamless hygienic enclosure, the surfaces of the burners, fryers and grease drainage channels have rounded corners with large radii, and the base units are built to the H3 hygiene standard,
• a cooking suite with 14 open gas burners for maximum flexibility, a pasta cooker and a Thermoblock heated plate; towards the pass, 2 bain-maries, a salamander support and warming drawers were integrated,
• a 4-metre-long cooking suite on a stainless steel base, extendable with folding shelves at both ends,
• despite an extremely short completion deadline (two months), the kitchen was ready on time thanks to teamwork.

Kitchen project – restaurant (September 2022)

Under the name Big Squadra, the founders of the Big Mamma Group create the welcoming atmosphere of traditional Italian establishments with one hundred per cent home-made Italian cuisine. Giorgia in Munich and The Coccodrillo in Berlin are the latest two of the group's 19 locations across Europe. The menu features fried Sicilian arancini with caciocavallo cheese, creamy truffle Mafaldine pasta and crispy pizza with San Marzano tomatoes – all fresh and prepared in-house.

The brief

• all dishes across the entire group are prepared fresh every day – various appliances and flexible solutions were needed to maximise production,
• more than 200 seats required powerful and versatile equipment,
• a top-class fryer was needed for large volumes of tempura – fried vegetables, fish and calamari,
• the cooking islands needed a back area of work tables with a continuous one-piece worktop for easy cleaning.

The solution

• the Ambach System 850 island system with all the required appliances,
• a one-piece worktop with rounded corners and an H3 substructure for perfect hygiene,
• a fryer with an electronic control system that precisely measures temperature fluctuations – exceptional results, fast response, higher productivity and lower oil consumption,
• an induction cooker with stepless power control and electronic pan size recognition,
• dual high-performance pasta cookers with a water retention channel and a stainless steel drain pipe,
• an electric grill with lava stone and a water bath, low-smoke cast iron grates and stepless power control,
• the kitchen is visible from the restaurant, so aesthetics matching the interior were also carefully considered.

Kitchen project – catering

The brief

• for its headquarters, the company wanted an employee meeting place different from a classic canteen – a real restaurant with quality catering, a wide choice of dishes and an atmosphere of refined design,
• approximately 160 seats and 500 meals required high-performance catering equipment,
• they were looking for a solution combining all cooking processes in a single unit with a continuous surface.

The solution

• an individual solution: a single cooking island integrating all kitchen appliances including large-volume ones, as well as two Ambach IQ units – electric tilting pressure braising pans operated via a touchscreen,
• a continuous one-piece hygienic worktop from the high-performance Ambach System 900 range for the most demanding environments,
• interior materials derived from the customer's core business – stainless steel in the kitchen combined with marble and wooden surfaces in the buffet area,
• the placement and installation of the large kitchen suite went perfectly thanks to close cooperation between the manufacturer, the supplier, the customer and the architect.

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