The Kitchen
Mar. 23rd, 2009 10:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snousleBeen meaning to do this for a while - take some photos of the kitchen. I spent a little time scurrying about and making everything just so.
This is the storage end of things, with the fridge, freezer, drawers, pantry, ice machine, and some equipment. Even for large events I don't use much fridge space. As for the freezer, the best advice I ever heard is "the freezer is not a morgue". Neither the fridge nor the freezer contains anything I don't consider top quality, ever. The attitude of "use it now or throw it away" has been very helpful in keeping both of these spotless and mostly empty between events. Sudden, large refrigeration needs use ice and coolers rather than the refrigerator.
This is the prep area, with its wet and dry sides and handwash sink. Kinda wish I had a bit more space to the left of the hand sink, the double doors are nice to have but they aren't the best use of wall space.
The cleanup corner, where Bill will suffer endless toil until he is dead.
My photo stage and lighting setup, on top of the freezer. The freezer is generally used for staging things that won't be there for more than 10 minutes or so. It's actually handy to have space not only set aside for that purpose but "enforced" by the need to get into the freezer itself from time to time. Staging things coming and going from the fridge here also helps with not having to open the door a million times.
It's taken a long time to fine-tune the arrangement of things so that everything flows smoothly. The biggest problem, actually, is cleaning things like knives and spatulas that I use constantly and need to wash about a million times a day. I'm pretty happy with the way things have come out, although being in such a large space introduces some inefficiencies of its own.
Also, we are having an open house on Sunday, April 26. Details at the web site. I'm hoping this will help get the business rolling a bit - if you know of any likely future customers, by all means send them along!
This is the storage end of things, with the fridge, freezer, drawers, pantry, ice machine, and some equipment. Even for large events I don't use much fridge space. As for the freezer, the best advice I ever heard is "the freezer is not a morgue". Neither the fridge nor the freezer contains anything I don't consider top quality, ever. The attitude of "use it now or throw it away" has been very helpful in keeping both of these spotless and mostly empty between events. Sudden, large refrigeration needs use ice and coolers rather than the refrigerator.
This is the prep area, with its wet and dry sides and handwash sink. Kinda wish I had a bit more space to the left of the hand sink, the double doors are nice to have but they aren't the best use of wall space.
The cleanup corner, where Bill will suffer endless toil until he is dead.
My photo stage and lighting setup, on top of the freezer. The freezer is generally used for staging things that won't be there for more than 10 minutes or so. It's actually handy to have space not only set aside for that purpose but "enforced" by the need to get into the freezer itself from time to time. Staging things coming and going from the fridge here also helps with not having to open the door a million times.
It's taken a long time to fine-tune the arrangement of things so that everything flows smoothly. The biggest problem, actually, is cleaning things like knives and spatulas that I use constantly and need to wash about a million times a day. I'm pretty happy with the way things have come out, although being in such a large space introduces some inefficiencies of its own.
Also, we are having an open house on Sunday, April 26. Details at the web site. I'm hoping this will help get the business rolling a bit - if you know of any likely future customers, by all means send them along!
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Date: 2009-03-23 07:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-23 11:57 pm (UTC)Looks terrific, and shows the thought you've put into every detail. Like the decorative tiles scattered across the floor. Might as well make things pretty when you spend a lot of time there.
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Date: 2009-03-24 12:29 am (UTC)...
Date: 2009-03-24 06:28 am (UTC)What did this kitchen cost to put together?
Re: ...
Date: 2009-03-24 02:16 pm (UTC)Construction of the space runs at about $200/sf, in line with residential construction. Most of the equipment (tables, large appliances, plumbing fixtures) was purchased and installed in a single contract for about $50K. As for the cookware, small appliances, service items, etc. I have no idea of what it costs in total, that was accumulated over more than a decade.
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Date: 2009-03-25 02:03 pm (UTC)Looks ready for heavy use!
Date: 2009-03-24 06:52 am (UTC)Chuck
Re: Looks ready for heavy use!
Date: 2009-03-24 02:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-24 01:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-28 07:22 pm (UTC)Eesh.
(and congrats)