2. Kitchen Layout for Food and Beverage
Services
• A well-planned design and layout of
kitchen can make a major
contribution to good food hygiene.
• Staff also respond better under good
working conditions, by taking more
pride in their work, themselves and
their environment.
• Adequate working space must be
provided for each process in the
kitchen and the separation of raw
and cooked, clean and dirty must be
followed to reduce the risk of food
contamination.
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3. Features of a Well-planned Kitchen
Before a kitchen is planned, the management must consider their goals
and objectives in relation to the establishment’s marketing strategies.
• The menu will determine the type of equipment required, number of
staff employed, positioning of the business and the type of customer.
• Design - The kitchen should be designed so that it can be easily managed.
• Management - There must be good visibility and easy access to the area
which have to be supervised.
• Products - Raw materials to finished product must have an easy flow.
• Personnel - How people work and move in the kitchen. There must be a
good work flow.
• Equipment - Items should, where possible, be separated into specific
process areas.
• Storage - All areas should be kept clean and tidy, with temperatures
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4. Design Layout
• Kitchens should be designed for easier management.
• The market that the business is catering for and the style of food
operation, which includes the menu structure, all need to be considered.
Important factors in kitchen design include: Design Layout
The following factors should be considered when designing a kitchen layout.
• The number of staff employed and
their skill levels
• The size of the dining area
• The type of restaurant operation
• The amount of storage areas required
• The layout should eliminate hazards
• The layout should provide ease of
movement
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5. Kitchen Design and Layout
There are two other important factors to be considered in
kitchen design:
• The capacity of the operation
• The methods of service to be used
CAPACITY METHODS
Capacity of the Operation
Capacity refers to how many customers the
restaurant is able to serve at one time. This in
turn depends on the restaurant type and
whether it is:
• Fast food
• Fine dining for 150 customers
• Banqueting for 500 customers
• A family restaurant
Methods of Service
This refers to the type of service provided.
Serviced facilities include:
• Table service
• Counter service
• Room service
Self-serviced facilities include:
• Takeaway
• Cafeteria
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6. Activity
1. There are many factors that can influence the
design of a kitchen. Take your kitchen at
home as an example.
2. Look at its size and shape. How have these
two things had an effect on your kitchen?
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7. Kitchen Layout for Food and Beverage
Services
Layouts of kitchen are not standardized and can vary according
to many factors.
• Workflow and work safety should be taken into consideration
during the process of kitchen planning.
• Work safety is always a top priority and a kitchen setup which
facilitates a smooth work flow from food processing to points
of delivery and service is considered critical.
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8. PRODUCTION AREA
• On the kitchen plan diagram, food cooking and processing
areas are laid out according to the menu and dining
sequence, starting from the cold food section to the hot food
section and then the dessert section (green arrows).
• Food items prepared by chefs are put on the food pick-up
areas in each section for servers to collect.
• Food items will be placed on trays by servers at the tray table
before being served to the customers. Used dishes and
tableware will be delivered to the dish washing area for
processing with clean items stored next to the washing area.
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9. STORAGE AREA
• By referring to the kitchen plan diagram, the blue arrows
show the procedure for processing food materials once they
are delivered from suppliers.
• Incoming food materials will first go to the preparation area.
Only large scaled restaurants would have separate rooms for
storing different types of items which can be categorized into
beverage storage, general storage, dry food storage and
frozen food storage.
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10. In mid-scaled or large-scaled restaurants, kitchens are normally
divided into different sections.
• Budget is the biggest factor in determining how many sections will
be in the restaurant kitchen. Some sections may be combined,
where possible, in order to save space.
Section Division
Other factors which can
affect the kitchen section
division, include:
• Types and varieties of food
provided
• Work flow of different
sections
• Food hygiene
• Staff safety
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11. Kitchen Equipment
Restaurants also invest heavily in different kinds of kitchen
equipment.
• Employees should be trained on how to use, maintain, and
clean all kitchen equipment.
Examples of kitchen equipment includes the following:
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12. Conclusion
The key points from this module are:
Kitchen Design
• A well-planned design and layout of kitchen can make a major
contribution to good food hygiene.
• Before the kitchen design, management must consider their goals and
objectives in relation to marketing strategies.
Important factors in kitchen design:
• the capacity of the operation and the methods of service
Kitchen Layout
• Layouts of kitchen are not standardized and can vary according to many
factors.
• Employees should be trained on how to use, maintain, and clean all
kitchen equipment.
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