Oakman Inns. Ascot, England.
“Obviously I was aware of RATIONAL before I joined Oakman, but since I've been here I've really discovered what the company's cooking appliances are capable of.” - Ross Pike, Chef Director
An obvious choice.
The Royal Foresters is a pub, restaurant and hotel in Ascot, owned by Oakman Inns, a family owned group with 25 venues. It purchased the Royal Foresters in 2016 and began a modernisation programme soon after, which saw the construction of a modern, stylish restaurant attached to the sympathetically restored Victorian bar.
“Our menu draws inspiration from Mediterranean cuisine, we try to keep things simple but with big flavours. We're open from half seven in the morning to eleven at night, 365 days a year. Picking the right equipment is vital, we've got to know it can work at our pace.” Says Ross Pike, Chef Director.
“Consistency of results is fundamental,” says Ross. “We work out all the variables of our menu in our development kitchen first. Once we’ve got it locked down, we can make accurate estimates of the costings – from staff time to energy use, which makes planning a lot simpler.”
Oakman Inns has RATIONAL SelfCookingCenter® appliances in every one of its venues. Since the Royal Foresters was being designed as Oakman's flagship venue, Ross wanted to ensure it had the best equipment available.
“Adding a RATIONAL VarioCookingCenter® just seemed like an obvious choice.“
“With traditional equipment you'd need multiple pots and pans to get everything ready, and then to transfer the food between appliances. Using the VarioCookingCenter® basically removes most of that from the equation, which saves so much time and bother, along with storage space.”
Conor McKinney, Executive Head Chef.
The RATIONAL Solution.
“While we've got strong Mediterranean influences, we're still a British pub,” says Ross, so serving a great roast dinner on Sunday is vital - it's about 20% of our weekly business.“ “The SelfCookingCenter® is superb for that, we put beef and pork in there on Saturday night and set it on a twelve hour cooking program. It comes out amazingly tender and moist,“ says Ross. “Perfectly cooked every time!“ This consistency is down to RATIONAL's advanced control systems.
Both the VarioCookingCenter® and SelfCookingCenter® have a comprehensive range of pre-programmed recipes installed, which can be fully customised via the simple to use touchscreen. Internal sensors constantly monitor the food's conditions and adjust to take account for changes, which ensures perfect results every time.
“Consistency of results is fundamental,” says Ross. “We work out all the variables of our menu in our development kitchen first. Once we’ve got it locked down, we can make accurate estimates of the costings – from staff time to energy use, which makes planning a lot simpler.” Conor McKinney, Executive Head Chef agrees. “It’s good to know that if we have issues we can get them resolved the same day in most cases. The training provided is superb – being able to keep discovering new things about equipment that you’ve been using every day, for years, really brings home the power RATIONAL adds to our kitchens!”
Customer benefit:
- Overnight Cooking
Perfect cooking results in record time - Maximum flexibility on minimal space
- Minimal monitoring or checking required
- Cooking intelligence that does it all for you
- Maximum energy efficiency
- Ease of menu development
Contact
We would be delighted to answer any questions about our products and RATIONAL.
1800 810 261 Callback service Contact us
ChefLine®
If you have any application questions, you can call upon the experience of our RATIONAL master chefs 365 days a year.
VarioCookingCenter®
1300 663 864SelfCookingCenter® and CombiMaster® Plus
1300 663 864 Contact us
