Catering equipment for the travel and leisure industry
At Brakes Catering Equipment, we know that leisure centres, gyms, spas, and visitor attractions need catering solutions that are as flexible and efficient as the services they offer. Whether you’re running a busy café, a juice bar, or a full-service restaurant, our extensive range of professional equipment helps you deliver fresh, healthy, and great-tasting food and drinks with ease.
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Travel and Leisure Catering FAQs
A great buffet demands a few essential elements:
Buffet display. Make organising and displaying self-service items appealing with cake stands, wicker baskets, slate platters and more.
Plenty of crockery and cutlery. Ensure there are more sparkling-clean dishes and utensils prepared than required.
Disposables. If you expect a lot of people, can’t turn around dishes fast enough or want to allow guests some flexibility, having some disposable items available is handy.
If you want to serve more than the classic pre-prepared continental breakfast options, hot display units like hot plates make it easy to serve up full English breakfasts, stews, sauces and more.
If you’re operating out of a small food outlet, in a station or tourist attraction, using the space as efficiently as possible is crucial. If possible, invest in units that are manoeuvrable – consider zones people will frequent and arrange appliances and equipment appropriately. Remember to ensure there’s enough space for safe foot traffic if you work with others. Lastly, eliminate items you don’t need, like bulky commercial equipment that doesn’t see everyday use
Any food served at a tourist attraction contributes to the visitor’s experience, which is why ensuring consistent quality is so important. Things you can do to produce great food every time include:
Make space for commercial refrigeration and freezers, especially if you work with things like frozen meat that deteriorate in quality when stored incorrectly.
Glasswashers and other warewashing essentials. Ensuring every glass is sparkling clean will demonstrate how much attention you pour into the fine details.
Kitchen equipment like oven-safe thermometers. Whether you operate a large kitchen or the only hot food you serve comes from a sandwich press, temperature monitoring tools ensure the end product is always consistent.
Many leisure centres, gyms and spas may only serve pre-packaged snacks and drinks from vending machines; there are several pieces of catering equipment you can use to stand out.
If you want to serve more drinks, equipment like commercial blenders for nutritious smoothies or espresso machines for invigorating coffee are a good start. Otherwise, display fridges for cold drinks, sandwiches and healthy snacks would increase your product range. Hot display boxes also make it possible to offer satisfying pastries and other hot food options.