A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation in a dwelling or in a commercial establishment. In the West, a modern residential kitchen is usually equipped with a stove, a sink with hot and cold running water, a refrigerator, counters and kitchen cupboards arranged as indicated by a modular design. Many households have a microwave oven, a dishwasher and other electric appliances. The major function of a kitchen is serving as a place for storing, cooking and preparing food and doing related tasks like dishwashing , however it can also be used for dining, entertaining and laundry.
Commercial kitchens are found in restaurants, cafeterias, hotels, hospitals, educational and workplace buildings, army barracks, and alike establishments. These kitchens are usually bigger and equipped with bigger and more heavy duty equipment than a residential kitchen. as an example, a big restaurant may have a big walk in refrigerator and a big commercial dishwasher machine. Commercial
kitchens are usually in modern countries subject to public health laws. they're inspected periodically by public health officials, and forced to shut if they don't meet hygienic prerequisites mandated legally.
Restaurant and canteen kitchens found in hotels, hospitals, educational and work place buildings, army barracks, and alike establishments are usually in modern countries subject to public health laws. they're inspected periodically by public health officials, and forced to shut if they don't meet hygienic prerequisites mandated legally.
Canteen kitchens and castle kitchens were frequently the places where new technology has been used 1st. for example, Benjamin Thompson's "energy saving stove", an early-19th century completely closed iron stove using one fire to heat some number of pots, was intended for big kitchens, another thirty years passed before they were adapted for domestic use.
Today's western restaurant kitchens usually tiled walls and floors and use stainless steel for other surfaces workbench, but also door and drawer fronts because these materials are lasting and easy to clean. Professional kitchens are frequently equipped with gas stoves, as these let cooks to regulate the heat more quickly and more finely than electrical stoves. Some special appliances are common for professional kitchens, like big installed deep fryers, steamers, or a bain marie.
The Food Technology room at Marling School in Stroud, Gloucestershire.
The fast food and convenience food trends have also changed the way restaurant kitchens operate. there is a trend for restaurants to only "finish" delivered convenience food or just re heat totally prepared meals, maybe at the utmost grilling, a hamburger, or a steak.citation needed
The kitchens in railway dining cars present special challenges: space is constrained, and, still, the staff must be able to serve a great number of meals quickly. particularly in the early history of railways this obliged flawless organization of processes, in modern times, the microwave oven and prepared meals have made this task much easier.
