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Is a Stick Blender Right for Your Commercial Kitchen?

20-06-2024

Is a Stick Blender Right for Your Commercial Kitchen?

In the bustling world of commercial cooking, efficiency and quality are king. With every dish that passes from kitchen to table, the pressure mounts to maintain high standards while keeping pace with constant demand.

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Oil Filtration 101: Keeping Your Cooking Oil Fresh and Your Kitchen Running Smoothly

16-05-2024

Oil Filtration 101: Keeping Your Cooking Oil Fresh and Your Kitchen Running Smoothly

Cooking oil plays a pivotal role in commercial kitchens, especially fast food and takeaway establishments, influencing everything from food taste to kitchen efficiency. However, maintaining the quality of cooking oil can be challenging. That’s where oil filtration comes in - a crucial yet often overlooked aspect of restaurant management. Whether you’re a professional chef, restaurant owner, or food enthusiast, understanding the ins and outs of oil filtration can transform your kitchen operations.

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National Fieldays 2022

22-12-2022

National Fieldays 2022

Labour shortages are at the heart of problems for the horticultural sector. We enjoyed being part of the Mystery Creek Fieldays, showing you how hiring a kitchen, gives you the infrastructure to provide catered lunches for your staff and become an employer of choice.

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Improving the kitchen work environment

30-09-2022

Improving the kitchen work environment

Stress, Burnout, Work Pressure! They're all real issues affecting workers across many industries today, especially in hospitality. At a time when labour shortages are more extreme than ever, kitchen staff are coming under enormous pressure, causing stress and burnout.

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Using TPM to measure oil quality

20-09-2022

Using TPM to measure oil quality

How do you determine when your cooking oil is ready for disposal? Contrary to popular belief, oil colour is not a good indicator of oil quality...

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SmaRRT supporter of RRT

26-07-2022

SmaRRT supporter of RRT

We’re humbled to be a Smarrt Supporter of the Rapid Relief Team (RRT) NZ. RRT delivers hope and relief to people across the globe. Whether it be fire, flood or humanitarian need, RRT expands their support services to meet the crisis at hand.

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Are you using too much oil in your restaurant?

25-12-2021

Are you using too much oil in your restaurant?

Restaurants are the largest users of commercial fryers. While some of them filter their oil, others don’t. When establishments do not use an oil filtration system, the quality of the food is sacrificed and oil is wasted. If you’re guilty of this bad practice in the kitchen, now is the perfect time to consider using a filtration system.

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Introduction to Induction

16-11-2021

Introduction to Induction

When speed is what you need, you can’t go past Induction.

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Hostservice are now Fully Vaccinated

02-11-2021

Hostservice are now Fully Vaccinated

Here at Hostservice, we believe that vaccination holds the key to further freedoms and the re-opening of New Zealand. It's exciting to announce that our whole team is now fully vaccinated!

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