How To Speed Up Your Restaurant's Service

The restaurant industry is a competitive one. You have to serve meals quickly, and you need to make those meals quickly. Customers will think nothing of it to leave your restaurant if you take too long to prepare and deliver their meals. You must have a process in place to speed up your restaurant's service.

First of all, ensure that you hire the right staff. They need to be hard working, trustworthy and willing to go the extra mile. You need to trust that they will take the order correctly and give it to the kitchen staff quickly. Your kitchen staff must have all the ingredients and the right kitchen equipment at hand to make their job easier. Ensure that you take stock of all the ingredients at the end of the day so that you can procure the correct amount the following day.

Invest in quality time saving catering equipment. You need to analyze what your kitchen processes involve such as what dishes are the most popular on your menu, how much crockery and cutlery you require on an average day, how often do those dishes need to be washed, and how many warm and cold drinks you serve daily. Once you know how your kitchen runs, you can determine what catering equipment you need. If you prepare a lot of burger meals because that is your big seller, then you need to streamline the burger making process. You can do this by using a Patty Machine that is able to make the perfect hamburger patties fast. A Bun Toaster may also be useful to you. If you serve desserts often, it may be worth your while to invest in an Ice Cream Machine. Busy restaurants that serve a lot of food and use a lot of crockery and cutlery, must ensure that they have sufficient amounts at hand and have an industrial dishwasher that is able to wash large batches of dishes at a time. This will minimize the time that your kitchen staff spends on washing dishes by hand, so you can utilize their handy skills elsewhere in your kitchen. This will drastically increase efficiency in your restaurant's kitchen. Other catering equipment that can streamline your restaurant's service include timer based chip dumps, mechanical potato peelers, food processors to quickly cut vegetables, blenders to prepare sauces and soups, amongst others.

By analyzing your kitchen's processes, you can identify what needs to change in order to streamline it. The restaurant industry is fortunate in the fact that there are a wide array of catering equipment that have been designed with time saving and reliability at the forefront. This allows you to cut certain processes and allocate your resources in a more productive area of your restaurant.

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