Art Deco Hotel Montana. Lucerne, Switzerland.
Right in the middle with all your senses
Right in the middle with all your senses
In the Montana's KitchenClub, given a 15 rating by Gault-Millau, customers expect experience cuisine staged with finesse. Thanks to smart kitchen technology, the four-star high-end establishment manages the balancing act between hotel and show kitchen.
The four-star high-end establishment is located directly above the lakeside promenade with a breathtaking view. The high light-flooded room of the Scala Restaurant and the spacious terrace with a wonderful panoramic view of the lake and mountains set the stage for culinary experiences.
Hotel director Fritz Erni completely renovated and restored the six-storey hotel building between 1997 and 2002 to bring back the original ambience. And so an experience kitchen opened in May 2015, called the Montana. At the KitchenTable in the middle of the hotel kitchen, customers can watch their menu being created live. The philosophy is about being in the middle of it rather than in the next room. An escalator leads into the heart of the hotel kitchen, which is the link to the restaurant area. The completely renovated kitchen area is impressive with the various experience sections, which invite you to taste, listen and watch. Up to 350 meals are prepared at peak times and you can still hear every single word at any time. This is primarily due to the electronic process which documents the entire kitchen operation. The hotel kitchen has flat screens displaying the incoming orders, preparation times and completion status of the dishes in three colours.
The RATIONAL SelfCookingCenter® is used for a wide range of products, from scones, pastries and pies to steaks and roasts. The group’s customers expect the same high standard of food, whichever site they use, so consistency is vital.
“The new SelfCookingCenter® whitefficiency® is brilliant at cooking everything to the same quality, whether it’s salmon steaks or croissants.” This is thanks to a new feature called HiDensityControl, which ensures absolute consistency of cooking, throughout the cabinet, from the top shelf to the bottom.
With croissants, Fait Maison has found the SelfCookingCenter® whitefficiency® not only bakes them to perfection, light, fluffy and crisp, but also saves about 10% in ingredients. “The croissants come out about 20% bigger from the RATIONAL SelfCookingCenter® than from our old ovens,” says Mohamed Osman. “So not only are they better, but we also need less dough per portion.”