Italian restaurant’s combi steamer is ‘a fantastic cooking machine’
La Riviera’s traditional Italian cuisine, cooked perfectly in hi-tech Rational SelfCookingCenter® whitefficiency®
La Riviera has been one of Glasgow’s favourite Italian restaurants since 1992. It’s well known for the quality of its food and service, all in the traditional Italian way. But now owner Franco Costantini has welcomed a very modern cooking appliance into his kitchen – a high tech SelfCookingCenter whitefficiency combi steamer from Rational.
“When we got it, it was like a new toy in the kitchen, some of the chefs were a bit scared as it is so advanced,” says Franco. “But we soon got used to it – it’s easy to operate and it delivers fantastic quality.”
La Riviera is in the busy West End, an area full of students with plenty of new residential developments. “We’ll do 50 covers a night during the week, 100 or more at the weekends,” he says. “The speed of the Rational has been a huge benefit.”
Franco has been cooking for over 35 years and has three other chefs in the kitchen. “It’s easy for me to prepare the recipes that people love to eat here,” he says. “But for newer members of the team, it can be a problem. The Rational makes it easy for less skilled staff to duplicate our signature dishes, and maintain consistent quality.”
Up to 75% of the restaurant’s food is cooked in the Rational, a SelfCookingCenter whitefficiency six grid unit (SCC-WE61). “It does so much for us – chicken, pork, steak, fish, both poached and pan-fried. Steamed vegetables come out looking beautiful, full of colour. Roast beef is beautifully moist, and cooked perfectly.”
Franco is impressed by the Rational’s very practical technologies. “I had a combi before and it was nothing like as good. For example, with the Rational we can fill it right up with rosti and it all comes out just the same, from the top shelf to the bottom.”
This consistency is thanks to HiDensityControl, which uses patented dynamic air mixing technology to channel heat and humidity to exactly where it is needed, depending on the state of the product being cooked. HiDensityControl not only delivers outstanding cooking quality, but also allows chefs to maximise output, since they can load up to 30% more food, compared to previous models, into the same size cooking cabinet.
“We have a large menu and we’ve found that the Rational can adapt to a wide range of dishes. We mainly use it for bulk cooking, but we’re finding new uses everyday – it has so much potential and we’re getting there!
“It’s a fantastic cooking machine.”
For information and brochures, or to arrange to come to a free SelfCookingCenter® whitefficiency® ‘Rational CookingLive’ seminar, contact your dealer, freephone Rational UK on 0800 389 2944 or see www.rational-UK.com. Visit the iPhone app store for the Rational SCC Expert App.
For more on La Riviera visit www.la-riviera.co.uk
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Rational at La Riviera
- Model: SCC 61, 3-phase electric, SelfCookingCenter whitefficiency combi steamer
- Capacity: six 1/1GN trays – typically 50 to 80 covers
Features include:
- HiDensityControl uses patented dynamic air mixing technology, which precisely controls the speed of the unit’s fan to channel the heat and humidity to exactly where it is needed. This not only delivers outstanding cooking quality, but also allows chefs to maximise output, since they can load more food into the same size cooking cabinet. It also reduces energy consumption and cuts production time compared to previous models.
- Efficient LevelControl tells the user which different foods can be cooked together at the same time and intelligently controls the cooking time for each rack. It means that everything is cooked to perfection, every time.
- SelfCooking Control regulates the cooking processes – even the most complex of cooking routines can be initiated at the touch of a button, thanks to the simple control system. However, numerous new cooking options allow chefs to adjust the cooking process according to their own recipes. They always know exactly what’s going on, since they can see the status of the cooking process via the control panel. This means no more time-consuming routine tasks, such as monitoring food, and more time for essentials such as creativity.
- CareControl further enhances efficiency by detecting the build up of cooking residues in the SelfCookingCenter and always suggesting the appropriate cleaning level. This saves up to 40% in terms of energy, water and chemicals.
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