(a) Fruit and vegetable preparation Most vegetables are bought-in ready-prepared, although fruit is prepared on site in the cold prep area. A salad wash machine is utilised to avoid labour costs. Separate chillers are designed into the scheme to hold prepared fruit and vegetables and raw fruit and vegetables to limit any potential cross-contamination. Waste disposal units are not utilised in the cold preparation areas as it has led to historical local drainage problems.
(b) Meat Preparation Daily meat deliveries are dated and temperature recorded upon arrival and are mostly part or fully prepared, limiting the need for mincing and chopping machinery.
(c) Hot kitchen Situated around a central cooking island, the unit has two bratt pan, one pressure bratt pan, one work cooker, two boiling kettles, one salamander, one boiling table, two griddles, a bank of three fryers, and one solid top boiling table. Separate banks of five floor-standing combination ovens are wall-sites under a separate canopy to allow ease of trolley access. Additional gas and electrical capacity is designed into the scheme to allow for future expansion.
(d) Cold kitchen The kitchen has some shared facilities with the cold preparation area with ease of access to the cooked meat chiller and fruit and vegetable chiller, but the majority of this work is carried out in the assembly.