8 October 2012
Scotts of Carshalton diversifies with Rationals to make the most of good quality meat Scotts of Carshalton is a family butcher and outside catering business established over four generations. It started simply in South East London with Alan’s grandfather and great grandfather selling meat from a horse and cart and grew into a popular butcher’s shop in Carshalton, Surrey, making its name by providing high quality meat. Scotts now employs 14 people in the butcher’s shop and associated kitchen. For...
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28 September 2012
On 22nd September 2012 the Oktoberfest in Munich opened for the 179th time. Rational has been partner to numerous beer tent companies for years. One of these is Pschorr Bräurosl, whose junior manager and chef Pascal Heide-Nigg says his Rational combi steamers are an essential part of his Oktoberfest set-up.
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13 September 2012
London-based armed forces charity uses SelfCookingCenter® whitefficiency® combi steamers for everything from breakfast to banquets – and they help cut costs The Union Jack Club near Waterloo in London is a charity whose objective is to provide serving and former armed forces personnel with good quality hotel accommodation at a reasonable price. Last year 104,000 people stayed there. But it’s much more than a hotel: there are restaurants, bars, lounges and no less than twelve banqueting rooms – functions at...
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10 August 2012
Manual or programmable? Rational’s SelfCookingCenter® whitefficiency® ‘Cooking Processes’ offer a third way – and it’s better. With manual combi steamers, chefs can control every aspect of cooking. The problem is, they have to select the right cooking parameters and then check and monitor the whole process. Programmable models mean the chef simply pushes abutton and the combi takes over, following predefined cooking steps. But it all goes wrong if something outside the programme happens – such as the door being...
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7 August 2012
Stand F20, Restaurant Show 2012, 8-10 October, Earls Court 2, London. ‘Most sustainable yet’ SelfCookingCenter® whitefficiency® cooks better, faster, using less energy The sustainable kitchen of the future is unveiled at Restaurant on stand F20, where Rational shows how its SelfCookingCenter whitefficiency delivers better food using less energy and fewer resources than previous models. The company will also be highlighting its flexibility – not only in terms of the vast menu of different foods it can prepare, but also in...
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