Did you know that we have a Brand Shop on our website? The website
is split into categories such as Cookware, Furniture and Cooking Machines, but
within these categories we have multiple brands on offer at unbeatable prices.
To make it easier for you to find your favourite brand and see what products we
offer, you can search for the brand you want in our brand shop and everything
that we stock will be displayed to you according to product category such as
‘Vogue Pots’ or ‘Vogue Utensils’. This makes it easier for you to find what you
are looking for. Visit the Nisbets
Brand Shop
today.
This issue of Product Knowledge 101 is going to cover the
sometimes confusing world of food labeling and how you can best approach this
in your commercial kitchen. Whether you own a hotel, restaurant, bar, café or
takeaway food labeling is of the utmost importance to ensure food safety and
hygiene standards are kept to at all times.
Colour
Coded Food Labels: FDA approved, colour coded food labels for each day of the week
with blank space to write your own notes.
Day of the
Week Labels:
These labels are also colour coded but offer more detail in what you can fill
in –item, name, quantity, use by and date.
Dissolvable
Food Rotation Labels: These are hygienic and 100% biodegradable labels which dissolve
when they are immersed in water of any temperature. They are also compliant
with FDA standards.
Other Labels: We also stock a range of miscellaneous labels such
as ‘use first’ ‘use by’ ‘produced on’ and ‘food sample’ labels with space for
dates to be written. Also stocked are ‘vegetarian’ and ‘contains nuts’ labels –
we are sure you agree these are highly useful. These can all be found in our
general Labeling section.
Label
Dispensers:
All of our label dispensers are made from stainless steel and will accommodate
rolls of up to 1000 stickers.
It
goes without saying that safety in the kitchen is of the utmost importance. It
is essential that the health and well-being of you and your staff are
well-looked after and monitored. The best way to do this is to put procedures
and processes in place from the beginning – but don’t worry, these can be put
in place at any time with a little effort.
Safety
covers everything from ensuring your staff are clothed and protected properly
to making sure you have the appropriate number of fire extinguishers, emergency
signs and first aid kits on the premises.
At
Nisbets we have an entire Safety
& Signs section, including
first aid kits, fire safety products, non-slip mats and kitchen sanitisers. We
also stock a fully compliant HMSO Accident Book (just £3.99) in which to
accurately record incidents. Don’t leave it to chance!
The
Golden Triangle rule of kitchen design focuses on the belief that the equipment
you use the most should be kept together to enable more efficient use of space
and more effective cooking processes.
The
three main zones of the triangle are generally considered to be the following;
1.
Food Prep
2.
Cooking
3.
Serving
Within
these sections there is a lot of scope for the individual chef or kitchen staff
to categorize their equipment and work surfaces, giving flexibility and choice to
the method.
In
each section you should have the worktop space, the appliances you require, and
space to accommodate the utensils and ingredients you need.
The
best way to figure out your zones method is to draw the diagram on paper first
– this way you can check measurements and space before you engage in heavy
moving of units and equipment. Take into account your chefs individual needs –
for example the pastry chef would probably like a marble worktop and a blast
chiller, whilst your dessert chef would need to be situated next to a freezer
and microwave area.
Whichever
layout you initially choose, run it over a trial period to ensure all kitchen
staff are happy.
For those of you that don't know, Nisbets opened a brand new store in Birmingham on the 19th March 2012 With over 2000 products available in store and thousands more available to order you are sure to find what you're looking for.
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Here at
Nisbets we offer a number of bespoke services such as embroidery, engraving and
also crockery badging. Crockery badging is customizing the crockery we sell
with your branding. It is available on the majority of our crockery items and
can be organized simply and easily over the telephone in most cases.
Crockery
badging gives your brand a strong personal identity that individualises it from
any other brand and really makes an impact.
