New Zealand will soon move from Level 4 Alert into Level 3 and most establishments will be able to start operating to provide food for takeaways and deliveries. People have been eating home cooked meals every day for the past few weeks and will be raring to eat something different.

For those of us who are running a commercial kitchen or bakery but have been out of action, it is important to remember that most the equipment in your business have been made for constant everyday use. Therefore, it is important to have all your food and beverage equipment properly cleaned before your start using them to prepare products for your customers.

After weeks of not using the grease trap, there has been no water flowing through the grease convertor or grease trap and this will have caused some fat, oil, grease (FOG) to congeal. There is a good chance that bacteria has built up around the seals and in the PVC piping.

Here is a simple guide to ensure that you remove all harmful bacteria and breakdown the FOG and get it flowing out. There are many brands of grease converters/traps, these points will cover most types.

After weeks of your dishwasher being inactive, there will be a lot of built up bacteria around the door seals, wash tank and in the drain pipes. The stagnant water in the drains will have a bad odour. It is very important that you clean your dishwasher thoroughly before you start using it normally.

This step-by-step guide will help you ready your dishwasher for normal use.

After weeks of not using the ice machine there has been no water flowing through the hoses and dispenser, so bacteria will be present throughout the insulated bin and dispenser. Most ice machines have an automatic cleaning cycle, but in this case it is important to manually clean all exposed areas inside and out.

Here is a step by step guide on how to clean and what to check before starting up the ice machine.

The ACS+ system ensures peak cooking performance in every Convotherm 4. It guarantees perfect steam-saturation, automatic humidity adjustment in combi-steam cooking and fast, even heat transfer for convection. This delivers an ideal, constant environment in the cooking chamber for all products, from vegetables through meat and fish to side dishes or baked goods, whether fresh, frozen or precooked. Even when the combi oven is fully loaded, you achieve consistently excellent results: evenly cooked, succulent and crispy.

Our ACS system works like a pan lid, keeping heat and moisture in the combi oven so that the temperature rises rapidly and less power and water are required.

Cleaning a Robot Coupe Power Mixer is not just about just giving it a quick rinse under the tap. Watch this video on how to clean Power Mixers.

Griddle Clean is one of the most useful, game-changing products in the Southern Hospitality chemical range, offering significant benefits over traditional carbon-cleaning products.

On the 22nd of May Southern Hospitality Group Corporate Chef - Tony Taylor demonstrated the latest global trend .... SLOW COOKING