Breakfast Buffets: the best way to start the day
What do hotel guests look for when selecting a place to stay on holiday or business? While the obvious answer is free Wi-Fi, it might come as a surprise to some that a free breakfast buffet comes in closely behind.
This insight from Hotels.com should be useful for hotel chains wanting to create the best guest environment as possible. Breakfast has always been the most important meal of the day, so hotels need to serve high quality food that sets them apart from the rest.
With RATIONAL combi ovens, this is possible. In this article, we’ll outline the benefits of using combi ovens for your hotel’s breakfast buffet – Bon Appétit!
Providing a variety of breakfast options
How many different buffet options do you serve?
For those who have experienced the wonder of a breakfast buffet, the best ones always stand out for one reason – variety. Sausages, eggs, omelettes, pancakes, bacon, the more that guests can load up their plates, the better.
Of course, the challenge for hotel kitchen staff is cooking enough food to keep the masses happy. In the past, this would have involved many pieces of commercial kitchen equipment such as grills, commercial ovens, stoves, pots and bratt pans. But no more! Enter the SelfCookingCenter®.
One of the advantages of RATIONAL combi ovens is their ability to prepare different meals with ease. The SelfCookingCenter® is simple to operate and can be used to provide a variety of buffet options without the need for stacks of commercial kitchen equipment.
Consistency over the breakfast period
Hotel breakfast buffets will usually be served over a period of around five hours. In the same way that a restaurant needs to serve consistent dishes over an entire dinner service, a hotel kitchen should be serving breakfasts of the same quality whether it’s 6 a.m. or 11 a.m.
Again, this is where the SelfCookingCenter® can prove useful. Once food has been cooked, it can be held inside the combi oven for an extended period of time at optimum temperatures. When required, the fresh food is able to quickly served to guests. This ensures the buffet is always consistent and fresh – something guests will appreciate and, ultimately, expect.
Use roasting and baking trays for everything from bread rolls and croissants to Danish pastries and bacon. Inside the SelfCookingCenter®, these items are cooked evenly, but remain juicy and tasty.
Offering new and inventive buffet options
Experiment with baking your own fresh bread in the morning or offer new hot dishes such as baked eggs.
Many hotels will offer breakfast buffets to their guests with the menu usually the same across them all. While hotel guests expect the stock-standard bacon, eggs, sausages and pancakes, with new commercial kitchen equipment available to kitchen staff, there is scope to really push new and inventive buffet options.
Perhaps you want to experiment with baking your own fresh bread in the morning or offer new dishes such as baked eggs – it’s all possible with RATIONAL combi ovens. Simply plug in the right setting and the oven will take care of the rest – this means even untrained personnel can complete this process.
Frequent guests will notice new options, and being a little different might give your hotel an edge over the competition.
Clean every morning
The new SelfCookingCenter® can clean itself after service!
After a busy breakfast buffet service, hotel kitchen staff will usually take time out to clean all the equipment before the lunch and dinner services. With the SelfCookingCenter®, this time-consuming process can be a thing of the past.
The RATIONAL range conducts all its own cleaning, relaying key information to your team including what cycle of cleaning it needs based on its work. This ensures that food health and safety standards are always met.
If you would like more information about how RATIONAL combi ovens can be used in a hotel setting, fill in the form today.