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Commercial Induction Cooking Guide

Commercial Induction Cooking Guide

Induction cooking holds so many advantages for commercial kitchens that it’s a bit of a mystery why it hasn’t caught on faster than it has. Considering the innate conservatism of the culinary community? It seems like the logical choice.  Find out how it can work for your business.

 

Commercial Induction Cooking Guide

How to Make Paninis Like a Pro

How to Make Paninis Like a Pro

How to Make Paninis Like a Pro At its simplest, a panini is a sandwich of cheese, meat and vegetables, toasted on both sides.  But it is SO much more.  Warm and gooey, crispy and crunchy, flavours working together for the ultimate bite.  Like all great cooking, using quality ingredients makes a difference.  However, it only takes small amounts of each to put together a truly magnificent panini. The only limit is your flavour imagination. Paninis can be assembled then grilled right away. Or use your time more efficiently by prepping some in advance, wrapping and storing in the fridge, then grill to order. ...

How to Make Paninis Like a Pro

Restaurant Floor Cleaning Guide

Restaurant Floor Cleaning Guide

Brooms, squeegees, and commercial floor sweepers will be part of regular daily cleaning and a regular deep cleaning plan, especially in food prep areas, including corners and behind and around appliances. Learn which is best for your type of flooring.

Restaurant Floor Cleaning Guide

How to Manage Food Allergies in Foodservice

How to Manage Food Allergies in Foodservice

How to Manage Food Allergies in Foodservice Kate loves good food and dines out often for business. After a serious illness, however, the high-powered executive can no longer tolerate gluten, dairy or hazelnuts (aka filberts). Staff who take her carefully-expressed concerns seriously earn her loyalty and a generous tip. When not taken seriously, which happens often, she has spent terrified minutes wondering if she’d need an ambulance as her throat closed up and countless days with debilitating cramps. Like Kate, many of the more than three million Canadians with food allergies enjoy eating out and become regulars when they find...

How to Manage Food Allergies in Foodservice

Commercial Countertop Food Warmers Buying Guide

Commercial Countertop Food Warmers Buying Guide

In a restaurant setting, it’s impossible to cook every piece of food to order. Even the fussiest of tweezer-wielding chefs prepares at least some components of a dish long before a guest sets foot in the dining room. But whether it is a hearty soup, a delicate sauce or a quick-serve pizza, every morsel must be kept at the temperature that will best preserve its flavours and textures—and, more importantly, prevent food-borne illnesses. 

But not all warmers are created equal. Here’s what you need to know before you go shopping. 

Commercial Countertop Food Warmers Buying Guide

Types of Foodservice Gloves & Mitts

Types of Foodservice Gloves & Mitts

Choosing the right glove for the right job and using them properly helps keep your staff and your food safe.

Gloves come in a variety of shapes, sizes and materials, each with a different purpose. To decide what type you need, first determine what tasks they’re needed for, how long staff will be wearing them, the risk of contamination from food being prepared and the importance of dexterity to the wearer.

Types of Foodservice Gloves & Mitts

How to Maintain Commercial Refrigerators and Freezers

How to Maintain Commercial Refrigerators and Freezers

How To Maintain Commercial Refrigerators and Freezers Refrigerators and freezers are essential components of any commercial kitchen. They prolong the shelf life and quality of products and keep a larger stock of items in-house, but if not properly maintained can actually cost your business more money than it saves. In order to maximize your profits (and peace of mind) here are some helpful maintenance tips on how to maintain refrigerators and freezers. Why you need to look after commercial refrigerators and freezers Simply put, quality and efficiency. There are a number of ways in which fridges and freezers can slow down...

How to Maintain Commercial Refrigerators and Freezers

How to Increase Check Average

How to Increase Check Average

Interacting with a friendly, knowledgeable server is one of the pleasures of dining out. We’re happy to take their advice on the restaurant’s signature dishes, the evening’s specials, what wine pairs perfectly with our choices and the most delicious dessert. If they also happen to be well-trained in selling, they can easily bump up a table’s check average, resulting in a bigger tip and higher profits. The good news is that any restaurateur, from quick-service to fine dining, can use these tried-and-true strategies to boost their bottom line.

How to Increase Check Average

Countertop Commercial Blenders Buying Guide

Countertop Commercial Blenders Buying Guide

Every kitchen needs a blender. Maybe even two.

Whether it’s something simple like pureeing vegetables or mixing sauces — or more precise uses like creating foams or cocktail concoctions — a commercial blender is an absolute staple of every successful food service operation.

Not all blenders are created equal, so navigate through the various options, features and types of countertop blenders with our commercial blenders buying guide. You will find the best blades for your business.

Countertop Commercial Blenders Buying Guide

Chafing Dish Buying Guide

Chafing Dish Buying Guide

There’s much to consider to find the right chafing dish or row of dishes for your operation, whether you run a buffet-style restaurant, hotel, banquet hall, catering business or simply enjoy entertaining at home.

Find out about types of chafing dishes, chafer sizes and chafing dish lid styles.  Chafing dish power sources explained. 

Chafing Dish Buying Guide

Fresh Peaches: Recipe and Tips

Fresh Peaches: Recipe and Tips

Peach season, like a Canadian summer, goes by in a flash so grab them while you can.  With a few tips and tricks, you can enjoy them all year long or whenever you need a taste of summer. 

Fresh Peaches: Recipe and Tips

Adding Meal Kits To Your Business

Adding Meal Kits To Your Business

Meal kits are big business.

In early 2020, that year’s meal kit market in Canada was estimated to exceed $400 M. The estimate for the United States required a different letter of the alphabet, at over $2 B. Meal kits are big business, and those numbers didn’t even take the full effect of increased demand during the pandemic into account. 

Projections are for the market value of this service to grow vigorously over the next few years. If this whets your appetite for a bite of the market, why not step up to the table? While the multinational players in the meal kit industry may come to mind first, there’s no reason that local eateries can’t get a slice (or, more aptly, a sliver) of the pie. 

Adding Meal Kits To Your Business