big kitchen

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Steam cooker at the Charité hospital in Berlin , around 1900
Hotel kitchen of the Château Laurier in Ottawa (Canada)

A large kitchen is referred to as a large kitchen for commercial use, primarily in gastronomy and communal catering (hospital, factory kitchen, cafeteria ). According to the Duden, it is either a large kitchen in a hotel or a canteen , in which meals are regularly cooked for a large number of people, or a company that prepares and delivers food for bulk buyers ( catering ). The Food Monitoring , Animal Welfare and Veterinary Service of the State of Bremen (LMTVet) defines large kitchens as facilities that produce at least 200 meals a day and either hand them in on site or deliver them to other distribution points.

Large kitchens are subject to official controls, e.g. B. by health and veterinary authorities , they must meet certain structural requirements (also with regard to occupational safety ) and meet hygiene standards with regard to food safety . The construction of the large kitchen appliances used differ significantly from household appliances, u. a. using the rustproof material stainless steel and an industrial standardization , for example the gastro-norm container. Large-scale kitchens are characterized by a high degree of automation and rationalization of work processes as well as consistent work preparation . So-called device chains are used and convenience products are often used.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Large kitchen in duden.de, accessed on June 5, 2012
  2. ↑ Transparent food control: The risk assessment - an efficient tool for food control (PDF; 337 kB), publication of the food control, animal welfare and veterinary service of the state of Bremen (LMTVet) from January 27, 2011
  3. ↑ Sigrid Krüger and Regina Zschaler: Cleaning and Disinfection: Commentary on DIN 10516 , Beuth 2010, p. 47, online on Google books
  4. ↑ Rationalization in the large kitchen , FAZ of October 13, 1993, No. 238, p. 26

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