Ovens, Cook Tops, and Oven Ranges are an important appliances for cooking meals in motels, apartments, kitchenettes, and hotel restaurant kitchens. These important, but fundamentally basic heated chamber devices serves an equally important need - to feed motel and hotel clients. With the increase of diverse international cuisines, television cooking celebrity chef and related shows (e.g. Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsey), seemingly endless stream of recipes via internet, newspapers, magazines, and books (including celebrities, e.g. George Foreman) - the oven, cookware, chef and cooks, and kitchen play a central role in the hospitality industry. The cooking oven is a core part of a hub of culinary atmosphere: for ideally professionally baking, roasting, boiling, steaming, frying, and warming food to satisfy our basic need - to eat. This is of course important for hotel and restaurant management and staff to prepare optimal meals to satisfy their customer's appetite. Image of Gas Hob by storm dance.
Thus skilled chefs and cooks are required and so are suitable ovens and cook tops which need to be considered in terms of size, style, heat type, materials used (e.g. ceramic, enamel, stainless steel), insulation properties, portability, fixture location, and perhaps specific functions. An oven's heat output include hot air (convection), electric, gas, microwave, infrared, "fire" (tradition perhaps), combination ranges, and even sun generated - solar heat. Oven types which include domestic or commercial, can include the standard oven range, separate cook tops, microwave ovens, large double ovens, inbuilt/wall mounted, bench top, pizza chamber ovens, steam generated (i.e. large steamers or the maori earth "hangi") and even the basic portable gas cooker.
Thus their is a diverse range of cooking ovens from New Zealand suppliers, but for some hotel operations, it may pay to seek professional advice, or at least visit manufacture's sites to read and view tips, ideas, specific oven and related hardware and accessories (e.g. range hoods, cookware, gourmet trays, casserole dishes, protective clothing, etc) and read/download manuals for certain products.
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NZ manufactures/suppliers include:
* Fisher and Paykel (www.fisherpaykel.co.nz/)
* Westinghouse NZ (www.westinghouse.co.nz/)
* Delonghi NZ (www.delonghi.co.nz/)
* Miele NZ (http://www.miele.co.nz/)
* Elba (http://www.elba.co.nz/)
* Panasonic NZ (http://www.panasonic.co.nz/)
Perhaps visit those sites initially to get an insight into cooking appliance and specific oven information, including local NZ suppliers or agencies. Perhaps also search online for reviews relating to specific cooking appliances - or contact your local supplier for information.
Ovens and Cooktops New Zealand Suppliers
Kitchen Things (http://www.kitchenthings.net.nz/)
Nationwide suppliers of imported ovens, cook tops, and freestanding range hoods and other kitchen and laundry appliances. This includes the latest trends and design appliances from leading brands, including SMEG (e.g. built in ovens), Westinghouse (e.g. Rangehoods, Cook Tops), Samsung, AEG, Miele, and many others. Plenty of oven types - single, double, compact, steam, warmer drawers, wall mounted built, microwaves, and pyroletic cleaning ovens. Good images and catalogue with current products - wall mounted canopies, range hoods, and more. Also newsletter, good F and Q section, and a "best price" policy document (pdf).
Buyrite Appliances (http://www.buyrite.co.nz/)
Free standing cookers, ovens (e.g. fan and multifunction ovens), hobs (e.g. gas, induction, and electric), range hoods, and other appliances (e.g. dishwashers, refrigerators, washing machines, and dryers) distributors. Easily navigate streamlined web site to view oven products, to buy direct and save.
Fahy's Betta Electrical (http://www.fahys.co.nz/catalog/)
Good range of practical cooking appliances (an many others, e.g. TV's, washers, waste disposal units, beds, cameras, etc) visible on their home page website. Suppliers, it seems, of the Westinghouse range of free standing ovens and small appliances. It appears only internet sales are performed as advertised o their web site.
Mitre 10 (http://www.mitre10.co.nz/)
Well known NZ supplier of hardware, which includes ovens and cook tops displayed on their comprehensive web site and includes electric stainless steel free standing and wall mounted ovens with gas hobs. Also range hoods, canopies, microwaves, and glass "splash back" products in different sizes (e.g. 600 mm x 750 mm) and colours (e.g. Magnetic, Ferrari, cosmic). This hardware site also has "how to" and "ask an expert" section that you may want to visit, and of course various departments for other items that may be useful for motels.
Multi Kai Cooker (http://www.multikaicooker.co.nz/)
Perhaps try the gas steamer "multi kai cooker" as a alternative to the traditional NZ maori earth cooked "Hangi". A large chamber is placed over a BBQ hotplate and fired up by gas of which different types of cooking can be performed, e.g. steaming, frying, etc. But best to visit their web site to get information about how it works, local distributors, and perhaps an order form.
Bond and Bond (http://www.bondandbond.co.nz/)
Diverse range of house hold appliances also suitable for the motel and hotel industry which include ovens, ranges, cooktops, range hoods, microwaves, and many other kitchen appliances. Ovens include westinghouse programmable touch, triple glazed multi function; Indesit wall and gas hob ovens, and dozens of Parmco (including 105 litre capacity), Delonghi, and Simpson fully featured ovens. Also electric and ceramic cooktops, canopy range hoods (some with halogen lighting, 3 or 4 speed motor, removable filter, and timer shut off). Perhaps select online, a compact microwave from Sharp, Panasonic, or Samsung from a all enticing web site.
Noel Leeming (http://www.noelleeming.co.nz/)
Popular NZ supplier store for various appliances and homeware products, that include Elba, Simpson, Fisher and Paykel, and Westinghouse cooking ovens. Browse their comprehensive web site to select from electric ceramic cook tops (which include electronic controls or "touch and slide" selector). Also stainless steel gas cook tops (with electric push button ignition, "flame" failure, cast trivets, "Wok" burner, and other features). Also various free standing ovens, which includes the impressive Delonghi gas oven(5 gas burners including triple wok burner), and models with "finger print" resistant stainless steel, innovative cooling systems, a range of cooking functions (e.g. defrost, bake, fan or forced grill, rotisserie, and warmer modes) to name a few. Choose from bench top or compact ovens, toasters, and roasters. Also an impressive range of wall mounted ovens with a range of features and functions for the demanding cook (or chef). Ovens include multi function cooking, touch programmable timers, triple glazed oven door, elegant streamlined flat appearance, single or double capacity ovens to easily compliment a busy hotel, large motel, or restaurant kitchen.
Pizza Ovens and Makers NZClassic Cookers (http://www.classiccookers.co.nz/)
Distributors of efficient high performance wood stove ovens, pizza ovens, wood range cookers, free standing fireplaces, and wood fire boilers noted as environmentally friendly. These include the Rayburn, ESSE, and Thermalux heavy steel constructed ovens. Also a range of Pizza ovens, which can also bake and smoke food. Good clear website images to view the classic cooker range of ovens. Image of Pizza Oven by hortongrou.
DIY Pizza Ovens (http://www.diypizzaovens.co.nz/)
Suppliers of pizza wood fire oven kits that include a standard oven that includes a modular arch, bricks, cement, galvanized chimney, tiles and other items. Also a two level wood fire oven for cooking and baking needs (includes a video). Can also hire mobile pizza ovens, and the web site includes pizza recipes and oven tips e.g. for temperature and lighting.
Pizza Ovens NZ (http://www.pizzaovens.co.nz/)
Select from wood fired ovens, that include a stainless steel thermostat and other beneficial features. Also base styles (e.g. square or rectangle), accessories (e.g. grate, pans, paddles, log pusher, brush, etc). View some tasty recipes, cooking classes, and the company provides (i.e. sells) mobile pizza ovens. Perhaps view the great images on their web site.
Pizza Maker (http://www.pizzamaker.co.nz/)
Want to make crisp pizza's in a hurry? Perhaps look no further than their web site to read about the clam shaped 3 level temperature controlled "pizza maker". Utilizing a ceramic stone to produce heat for baking a pizza, perhaps from the web site's range of recipes. Also sauces and accessories (pizza paddles, cutter, apron, etc). Perhaps most ideal in a busy hotel or restaurant kitchen to quickly...bake a pizza!
Forno Bravo (http://www.fornobravo.com/)
Suppliers of everything it seems related to pizza ovens from Italy, with a global presence including New Zealand. Very informative web site with several categories including for ovens: commercial, residential (e.g. modular and assembled ovens), and catering requirements. Also "how to" tutorials (e.g. for oven selection, installation, and management), accessories (e.g. cooking tools, terracotta bakeware, pizza stones), cooking recipes, resource section (e.g. recipes, newsletter, ovens, etc), and videos. Great descriptions of ovens (e.g. Primavera and Toscana series ovens) on a very resourceful web site. Perhaps visit the contact page, and maybe shop online.
