Banquet halls and buffets · +2 to +8 °C
Reach-in Refrigerator for banquet halls and buffets
Staging storage for a function: prepped salads, raita bases, chutneys, marinated meat for live counters and cold desserts, held before and during the event.
On a function day, almost everything that will appear cold on the buffet is staged in reach-ins first. Three-section uprights give the volume and segregation a banquet needs: raw meat for live tikka counters away from desserts, dairy-based items away from chutneys with strong smells. Because the same cabinets also replenish the buffet through the evening, they are opened often during service and must recover between top-ups. The reach-in also provides a place for outside caterers' stock, which needs to be labelled and kept separate. Spreading storage across several cabinets rather than one large one gives a hall redundancy for the nights when it cannot afford a failure.
How to configure it
- Assign sections per course: live-counter raw meat, cold starters and chaat, desserts.
- Label caterers' stock with the function name and time it arrived.
- Pre-chill desserts and raita bases the night before so the cabinets only hold temperature on the day.
- Fit shelves or slides to the trays and GN pans the buffet uses so batches move straight to the counter.
- Check every cabinet the evening before a big function; a fault found then can still be fixed.
Mistakes to avoid
- Packing reach-ins solid on the morning of a wedding so air cannot reach the middle trays.
- Mixing caterers' raw meat with the hall's desserts in the same section.
The reach-in range
Upright stainless cabinets in one-, two- and three-section builds, with full or half doors. Refrigerator, freezer, dual-temperature and convertible versions share the same body, so a kitchen can standardise on one footprint and one set of spares.
Specifications
Also for banquet halls and buffets
- Display Cases & ShowcasesRefrigerated buffet counters for raita, salads, chaat toppings, cut fruit, rasmalai and cream pastries.
- Deep FreezerKulfi and ice cream counter freezers, backup dessert stock and ice for drinks.
- Glass Door Refrigerator / Visi CoolerBeverage station coolers for soft drinks, water, juices and mocktail bases.
Other businesses using reach-ins
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