More restaurants are bringing guests closer to their food than ever before with open kitchen designs. For foodservice operations in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., that brings a challenge to impressing guests both with visuals and taste.
How important are visuals? A Harvard Business School study showed that cooks made higher quality food when they worked in view of their diners. So for operations that utilize open kitchens, it’s important for everything from the chef to the equipment to look and perform at their best. A custom hood can be a true showpiece for your front-of-the-house kitchen or cafeteria.
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Most kitchen hoods are square, stainless steel boxes meant for back-of-the-house commercial kitchens. But for foodservice operations that employ open kitchens, the visuals of the equipment are often just as important as the function.
From thousands of architectural designs, state-of-the-art LED lighting, and custom finishes, a custom kitchen hood design is only limited by your imagination. Whether you’re looking to match existing décor or planning a new design entirely, a personalized kitchen hood will showcase your kitchen.
Go Under the Hood
Looks are important, but they certainly aren’t everything. Custom hoods in commercial kitchens need to provide the same dependable functionality as a standard, efficient hood. Kitchen ventilation is crucial for any foodservice operation, but especially in open kitchens. There, you’re not only exposing grease particulates, smoke, and fire hazards to your kitchen staff, but your dining guests as well.
Any standard hood can be redesigned as a custom architectural hood, including “green design” with a low air volume system, demand control ventilation, and ultraviolet cleaning technology.
Ultraviolet hoods use powerful UVC rays to create an ozone behind the hood filters that reduces grease, and consequently, reduces fire hazards. A cleaner hood results in eliminating expensive cleaning and maintenance costs. Not only does a custom hood look great on the outside, but it can be just as beneficial on the inside.
See how endless the possibilities can be with a custom kitchen hood in this walk through video from Caddy.
What can a personalized Caddy hood can do for your Mid-Atlantic foodservice operation? Request a free assessment from High Sabatino and receive your own personalized set of solutions.
