Dining room furniture plays a critical role in the member dining experience at Corinthian Yacht Club. When the commodore of Corinthian Yacht Club (CYC) in Marblehead, Mass. continued to hear feedback from members about how the club’s main dining room felt “too formal,” despite a complete tear-down and rebuild in 2003, the club’s management team,…
What to Consider When Buying a Refrigerator for a Club Kitchen
Reliability is critical when it comes to a commercial refrigerator that must hold and store ingredients, leftovers, prepped sauces, and more. A commercial refrigerator is an investment, and hopefully a long-term one. That’s why it’s critical for club chefs to be equipped with the best knowledge for making the right purchase. Reliability is critical. Commercial refrigerators…
Finding the Best Software Fit
As social and dining memberships continue to climb, clubs must match their needs to the right point-of-sale system. Members expect a lot from their club’s food-and-beverage operation. They want high-quality food at a good value, and seamless, personalized service. And with social and dining memberships on the rise, point-of-sale (POS) systems that are F&B-focused can…
What You Need to Know Before Buying Sous Vide Equipment
Before buying any equipment, be sure to evaluate your property’s needs as they relate to capacity, as well as temperature range and accuracy. Temperature-controlled sous vide cooking has become an indispensable technique for many club chefs. It’s much simpler than its fancy name might suggest. Ingredients are sealed in a plastic bag or canning jar…
How to Care for Your Outdoor Grill
Regular cleaning and routine maintenance can add years to your grill’s life. Nothing says summer like the smoky smell of barbecue on the grill. But before you fire it up for your club’s next member event or dinner service, it’s important to make sure your grill is clean and ready. Regular cleaning and routine maintenance…
How to Choose the Best Pizza Oven
Knowing that a pizza oven is important, and being able to choose the right pizza oven for your property, doesn’t necessarily go hand-in-hand. Knowing that a pizza oven is important, and being able to choose the right pizza oven for your property, doesn’t necessarily go hand-in-hand. First, you’ll need to consider how much pizza you…
Setting the Table
Evolving menu trends are also having an impact on tabletop trends. With so many different kinds of menus (formal, casual, bar/pub, etc.) now available within many clubhouses, having the appropriate plates, bowls, utensils, glasses and other service pieces in place for each type of dining space is critical. Evolving menu trends are also having an…
The Right Combination
When fully understood and wielded properly, combis can be a club kitchen’s most versatile tool. Talk to any club chef who’s familiar with combi-oven technology and chances are you’ll find that they don’t just like it—they love it. But for the uninitiated, these workhorse ovens can be both intimidating and somewhat baffling in their uses,…
Keeping Food Warm
While there are many universal foodservice needs, clubs are unique in their menu diversity, so choosing the right cabinet for your property is no small feat. It’s rarely possible to cook every component of every member’s meal to order. So most clubs rely on hot-holding equipment, to alleviate both food-safety and food-quality concerns. Before buying,…
Grills To Go
Lugging a grill from one place on a property to another can be exhausting, but thanks to mobile outdoor grills, club and resort chefs don’t have to stress over transporting these workhorses.
Food Blenders: A Buying Guide
Professional blenders are a symphony of precision engineering, with motor, container, and blades working in powerful harmony.
Better Brewers
As coffee and coffee drinks continue to evolve, so does brewing, holding and service equipment.
Trends on Ice
As the summer heats up, manufacturers are reporting some icy trends that club and resort properties should be following when looking to purchase or replace ice machines over the next few years.
A Dreamy Combination
There’s no such thing as the perfect piece of equipment, but the commercial combination oven sure comes close.
Home on the Range
Ranges and cooktops are the backbone of every commercial kitchen.