RATIONAL is the leading provider in hot food preparation equipment and, with the VarioCookingCenter and SelfCookingCenter, the company delivers all a commercial kitchen’s thermal cooking requirements. Together, the two appliances offer the best cooking solutions.
Rational’s SelfCooking Center is the ideal cooking appliance to keep up with the drive towards healthy eating in schools and colleges. It is designed to cook a variety of menu items, with the minimum of effort, and in an ideal ‘climate’ to retain vital vitamins and nutrients as well full flavour, colour and texture.
Expand story >Muffins, cakes, pastries and bread – the Rational SelfCooking Center® automatically bakes them all The rise of the coffee culture means that competition among coffee shops and cafes has never been higher. One thing that can tip the balance is to be able to offer a tempting selection of freshly baked muffins, breads and pastries each morning. Unfortunately, this puts café owners under some pressure first thing, as they get the baking underway and prepare to open up.
Expand story >Rational launches ‘combi tandoori’ accessory for SelfCooking Center 100 portions of chicken tikka in just twelve minutes Rational has launched an accessory that allows the SelfCooking Center to mimic the cooking characteristics of a tandoori oven. Now chefs can easily prepare classic ethnic recipes, such as chicken tikka, in their combi steamer. The new Tandoori Pan comprises a special rack and a series of locking skewers.
Expand story >Rational’s SelfCooking Center for perfect rice whatever the variety Rice is a staple menu item in all sorts of cooking – from Indian and Oriental through to Tex-Mex and Eastern European. But different dishes use different kinds of rice which have slightly different cooking requirements. For kitchens using more than one rice variety this can cause confusion.
Expand story >Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, has been using a Rational SelfCooking Center over the past year for its banqueting, for both conferences and collegiate dining, catering for up to 50 diners. Now the College is gearing up to expand its banqueting to cater for up to 270 covers – and it has invested in two more SelfCooking Centers. “Everything used to be silver service, but the Rational combi steamers have allowed us to change that – they’ve given us...
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