NHS Supplier Showcase: Unox delivers insight and solutions for optomising a professional public sector catering setting

In today's commercial kitchen environment, every gesture has a precise meaning, every action has a purpose, and every appliance needs to deliver a solution to a known pain point.

It is common knowledge that kitchens are shrinking across the public sector, predominately to cater for functional, front-of-house space. Simultaneously, a drive for cost-cutting is increasingly seeing fewer chefs operate within a kitchen. Combined, these factors are leading to a requirement for catering equipment to be both multifunctional and space efficient - ultimately optimising today's kitchen setup.

Working directly with the chef, Unox has been at the forefront of equipment innovation and kitchen optimisation. The latest innovation to the Unox range is redefining professional catering across the industry -CHEFTOP-X. The result of a project that lasted more than three years and combined the expertise of over 50 dedicated engineers, physicists, chemists and chefs, CHEFTOP-X takes inspiration from the way we interact with today's remarkably intelligent smartphones.

Using the Digital.ID operating system and Data Driven Cooking 2.0 (DDC), the state-of-the-art combi oven delivers a fast, fully customisable interface, complete with hyper-connectivity and artificial intelligence for seamless operation in a busy kitchen.

Designed to achieve precision results, CHEFTOP-X is all about performance. For example, by increasing the number of fans in the chamber and combining this with the unique AIR.tornado technology to achieve an incredible fan speed of 3,600 revolutions per minute, the oven can produce uniform results while reducing cooking time by as much as 15% when compared to a conventional combi oven.

Intuitive and designed to learn from the intricacies of each chef, CHEFTOP-X instinctively adapts to a sites menu routinely asking for the chef's feedback after the cooking process to improve and align performance with their expectation.

Designed to minimise its environmental impact, both during production and particularly when in use, the oven is complete with clever functions including SMART.Energy - a system that works in combination with Digital.ID and DDC 2.0 to offer intelligent, energy-saving tips capable of reducing and optimising consumption and CO2 emissions, even when the oven is running empty.

To find out more ring Lockhart Catering on 03701 678678