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Are you looking to set up your own restaurant, bar, coffee shop or catering company?

If so, there’s a few pieces of commercial kitchen equipment that you’ll need to get before you open your doors to the public. Once you’ve found the premises for your business, you’re going to want to make a start with planning and preparation and this includes what you need to start a commercial kitchen from scratch. From hiring staff to high-quality commercial kitchen essentials, this beginner’s checklist will make sure you don’t forget a single thing.

We are confident that a Borg & Overström watercooler is the most logical, environmental, and price efficient choice. What makes us so sure?

They have a secret weapon, it's called Direct Chill. It utilises advanced cooling technology to ensure your water is both hygienic and fresh. Many water systems chill water gradually over time, and store it in a container. The Direct Chill system takes water directly from the supply source, and chills it in a coil on its way to the dispenser faucet. This ensures your water is fresh, and reduces the impurity levels in your water. But don't just take our word for it, read this blog to find out more..

Do you know how often you need to replace the UV tubes?

Or that there are different fly killers for front-of-house, backstage and food preparation areas?

Find out everything you need to know in our concise guide...

This buyer's guide contains useful advice for buying gastronorm containers and lids, and includes a handy reference guide for sizing...

Commercial microwave ovens are essential to the professional and commercial caterer.

Their success as a piece of commercial kitchen equipment is because they are very energy efficient and quick at what they do.

Read this blog to find out which microwave oven is right for you...

Why choose Polycarbonate Tableware from Harfield?

Harfield is a long established family-run business with over 50 years experience.
In that time, Harfield have grown to be the UK's leaders for manuafcturing polycarbonate tableware. They have also weathered at least four recessions in that time, proving to be a successfull British business with a winning product.

Quality of product, value for money, 100% recyclable materials and innovative product development means that you are sourcing the very best in polycarbonate tableware.
Harfield Polycarbonate Tableware has a very exciting new Patterned Range and an innovative Antibacterial range to add to their existing portfolio.

Designed with the caterer in mind, there is a polycarbonate plate, bowl, beaker, tumbler, jug, meal tray, serving platter, cup, tray and meal tray suitable for any application. Just about every caterer should consider polycarbonate tableware; school caterers, outdoor activity centres and outdoor pursuit centres, nursery

Water boiler, water boiler, every where but where's the perfect drink? Not quite The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) but more of a commercial catering equipment enthusiast looking for a water boiler angle with a difference.

Water boilers can be a necessary and essential piece of equipment for any business or establishment. Whether you are an office, coffee bar, restaurant, wine bar, church or village concern or have a catering trailer or an outside catering company, we all need to be able to boil water for hot drinks. And we all seem to call them something different, here are some of our top names: tea urn, catering urn, hot water urn, water boiler, kettle, industrial kettle, catering kettle, commercial kettle, boiler, hot water boiler. 

Here are our top four commercial water boilers of the moment and being a woman, this changes constantly, as shiny stainless steel, streamlined casings and small footprints are almost as good as diamonds,