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Solutions to improve efficiency in the kitchen in the hospitality industry

The performance of a professional kitchen depends on a balance between technology, organisation and energy management. Investing in...

High-efficiency burners for hobs: less gas, better performance

When it comes to gas hobs, people tend to think that energy savings depend primarily on the quality of the burner. In actual fact, the...

Professional pasta cookers: a guide to choice, use and performance

The professional pasta cooker is one of the most important pieces of equipment in any professional kitchen. More than just a tool for...

Professional Braising Pans: Technical guide to the Lotus models

Professional braising pans are among the most versatile pieces of equipment in a multifunction professional kitchen. Designed to handle...

Professional and Industrial Boiling pans: Guide to Choice

In the restaurant business, choosing professional boiling pans means setting the pace and deciding the quality and efficiency of the...

Energy efficiency in industrial kitchens: digital and gas

Energy efficiency in industrial kitchens has become a central issue for the professional catering world. Rising energy costs, together...

Professional ventless hoods: when they’re appropriate, limitations and alternatives

Professional ductless hoods are often considered the only solution when a traditional hood with an external exhaust cannot be installed...

MOCA Certificate: What It Is, What It Ensures, and How to Obtain It

Food safety is of the utmost priority in the world of professional catering. Every day, chefs and food handlers work with equipment...

Digital kitchens: technology and advantages for chefs and restaurants

The professional restaurant industry has undergone a major revolution in recent years thanks to the introduction of digital kitchens...

Difference between Griddles and Grills in Professional Cooking

In the professional field, the difference between a griddle and a grill is substantial: it not only affects cooking times, but also the...

Professional Steel Kitchens: Five Mistakes to Avoid

Choosing a professional steel kitchen for your restaurant is a crucial decision. It’s not just about aesthetics or price, but about...

Stainless Steel Kitchens for Professionals: Components and Types

What does a classic stainless steel kitchen include? How many types of professional steel kitchens are there? How is the concept of...

Professional Hot Plate: Why You Should Choose SuperChrome

In the world of catering, the choice of professional hot plate is crucial: it’s not merely another piece of useful equipment in the...

Industrial kitchen maintenance: how to do it best

Industrial kitchen maintenance is essential to prevent unexpected malfunctions, ensure high performance and low energy consumption...

Professional kitchen electrical systems: sizing

When it comes to designing or renovating a cooking zone one of the most important but often overlooked aspects is the correct sizing...

Professional Gas Burners: Low Consumption with Fireflex

Gas burners play a key role in managing cooking time and consumption. A good burner not only significantly contributes to ensuring...

Professional deep fryer: digital vs traditional, benefits

Powerful, versatile, practical. The professional deep fryer is widely used in the kitchens of restaurants, pizzerias, fast-food outlets...

Professional Fry Tops: Materials and Features

What features should you evaluate when buying a professional fry top? First and foremost, the quality of materials on which cooking...

Professional Hobs: how many sizes are there?

The hob is where most of the magic happens in the kitchen. We must consider many factors when we buy one, ranging from the type of...

How to Manage the Maintenance of Professional Kitchens

Prevention is better than cure. This common-sense idiom also applies to the kitchen, especially when high performance and safety must...

Three Reasons to Choose a Kitchen with Professional Oven Today

Every chef knows that one of the determining factors of a successful dish is how it's cooked. This is due to the significant impact the...

Energy saving in the kitchen: equipment for eco-friendly restaurants

The kitchen equipment in restaurants inevitably consumes a lot of energy, as it must withstand high workloads every day. This aspect...

Cleaning and Maintenance of your Restaurant's Extractor Hood

The hood plays a fundamental role in quality catering. In fact, good extraction guarantees a healthy and comfortable environment for...

Professional monobloc kitchens: advantages and features

It's a fact. Today more and more chefs are choosing professional monobloc kitchens. Because they are compact, high-performance...

Professional fryer for frites: purchasing guide

What is the secret for bringing golden, crispy, perfectly cooked frites to the table, at the bar or in a restaurant? How can we prepare...

Professional cooking tops and energy savings: what to choose

Energy saving is a key factor in the economy of a professional kitchen. But is it possible to combine high performance with low...

Professional stainless-steel kitchens: how to furnish safely

When designing the furnishings of professional stainless-steel kitchens, the first thing to consider is the compliance with safety...

Professional kitchen with island: when it is the best choice

Freedom of movement and dynamism, high performance and maximum functionality. There are many advantages that lead us to prefer...

How to clean professional fry-tops

An efficient and safe fry-top is first and foremost a clean fry-top. In fact, the high performance, reliability and durability of...

Professional extractor hood: better with motor or without flue pipe?

The extraction of air through a professional extractor hood is one of the most important topics within a professional kitchen and must...

Professional kitchen: how to set it up in restaurants and canteens

The design of a professional restaurant kitchen requires careful planning, considering various factors such as the proposed menu...

Restaurant kitchen design: tips on creating an efficient kitchen

Every professional kitchen that really works takes shape on paper before it becomes a reality. Restaurant kitchen design combines...

How to use the professional pastacooker

The electric or gas professional pastacooker is a fundamental tool in the commercial kitchens around the world. Despite its name,it is...

How to clean a professional fryer

Professional fryers, both electric and gas, are essential tools in many restaurants and commercial kitchens. However, to ensure they...

Flame spreader for professional kitchens: a guide to efficiency and safety

The flame adapting to the bottom of the pot: impossible? Not anymore! Thanks to the innovative adaptive gas burner crowns, this solution...

Which professional cooking top to choose? Practical guide

There are several types of professional cooking tops that are widely used in restaurants and commercial kitchens. Among them, the most...

Restaurant kitchen cleaning: tips for perfect hygiene

Cleanliness and hygiene are essential in any kitchen, especially when it comes to a restaurant. Maintaining a clean kitchen is essential...

How much does a professional pasta cooker cost

A professional pasta cooker is an essential catering equipment for any place that wants to be efficient and pays attention to the...

How does a professional fryer work

Professional fryers are not all the same. Knowing how they work, knowing what are the components that allow the best performance, ...

Fry Top: which surface to choose?

Cooking, grilling, browning, but also regenerating foods, finishing and cauterizing cuts of meat of all kinds. Professional electric or gas fry tops...

Professional Electric Grill: Technical Guide to Choosing

The professional electric grill is one of the most widely used pieces of equipment in modern professional kitchens thanks to its...

Restaurant kitchen equipment: what must not be missing

Whether it's a gourmet kitchen, a trattoria or a steak house, when you decide to start or renew a restaurant business, the first steps are to...

Lotus professional kitchens: 2022 investments and news

Everything that happened in Lotus during 2022, between events, commitments, new satisfactions and old friends

Lotus professional kitchens at the exhibitions in Singapore, Dubai and Havana

Here is the report of the most anticipated autumn trade fairs by manufacturers of professional kitchens for catering in 2022.

Lotus catering equipment sales: commercial training and company visit for Kogi Försäljnings and Mainho Slu.

Our partners Kogi Försäljnings and Mainho Slu came to visit us from Sweden and Spain for an update on the sales network. Here is the story of these training days with Lotus catering equipment and the most convivial moments.

Lotus catering equipment at the fair: all the autumn events 2022

Three international fairs, in three continents, in just less than two months. Lotus is awaited at the most famous international events in the sector.

3D professional kitchen equipment: the pioneering Lotus project

Promoting products through three-dimensional technology is the new Lotus initiative. Because a picture is worth a thousand words, even when it comes to industrial kitchens for restaurants. Here are all the details of the project.

A day on an e-bike in the Cansiglio forest for the Italia Lotus sales network

This year's annual meeting of the Italia Lotus sales network, between goals for 2023 and a bike ride among the branches of the Belluno beech forest.

Kitchens for restaurants: Lotus strategy for Southeast Asia

Communication, customization, speed: this is the recipe for Lotus success and the brand's professional kitchens for restaurants in Southeast Asia. Interview with the resident area manager Andrea De Caprio.

Marine kitchens: Lotus presents the new marine price list

The Lotus Marine price list is the reference point for choosing the best marine kitchens for the preparation, cooking and storage of food in the professional catering sector.

Lotus foreign sales network: structure and operation

In January 2020 we started the new "Lotus Project in the World", the initiative that brought together the global family of Lotus partners with their best projects. The purpose of this initiative was to encourage the sharing of ideas ...

New Lotus price list updated in may 2022

This month Lotus has released its new Price List updated in May 2022. This working tool deserves a dedicated communication because of its importance for the professional communication of Lotus agents in order to convey the versatility and completeness of the Lotus range.

Lotus focus on the Green Economy

One of the issues that has always been taken to heart by Lotus concerns Eco-sustainability and the Green Economy.

Steel tailoring: Lotus new laser cutting machine

Lotus spa positions itself in the market for the production and sale of professional kitchens with a specialization in the use of various stainless-steel alloys worked in a precise and studied way. This particular talent of using this metal alloy has made us a sort of "Steel Tailors". The latest innovation regarding the Lotus machinery is the Ensis AJ steel laser cutting machine.

Facebook Training Course for Lotus agents

Technology, progress and innovation are in Lotus's DNA, not only in the manufacturing process, but also in the process of customer acquisition and retention. During the year, Lotus launched a new project involving the sales department by creating a course dedicated to the salesmen in order to strengthen their online presence and help them create effective networking on the web, through the use of social networks.

Lotus Innovation brought to Host Milano 2021

With Host Milan 2021 Lotus spa is finally back attending a trade fair event. This has produced truly encouraging effects because Italian attendance and, even more, foreign participation, have shown helpful signs of recovery.

Lotus Professional Pasta Cookers: wide range and versatility

A professional pasta cooker is a tool studied and designed to cook pasta and rice to perfection, guaranteeing the potential of the intrinsic aspects of the raw material used. Are you looking for a professional pasta cooker ad hoc for your kitchen?

Agents Meeting 2021: positive feedback for Lotus

Lotus has always based on consolidated processes the strengthening of synergies between the company and its partners, one of these processes is the Lotus Agents Meeting.

VIRTUAL TOUR STAND LOTUS AT HOST MILANO 2021

Host Milano 2021 was certainly one of the most anticipated events by Lotus spa for this year. The International Professional Hospitality Fair represented an important opportunity to relaunch for all professionals in the catering sector. Lotus also participated with a stand set up with the best products of its range of professional kitchens. Alan Dal Pos, CEO of Lotus spa, together with his communication staff, in anticipation of this low attendance, decided to structure an innovative system to visit the stand: the 3D Virtual Tour.

HOST MILAN 2021: LOTUS exhibit AT THE INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL HOSPITALITY EXHIBITION

Host Milan 2021 is the essential appointment for all operators in the sector because "hosting is an art". Lotus spa will be present also this year with its own exhibition area where its innovative proposals in the field of professional kitchens will be presented.

Sure of the quality we offer: the Lotus Laboratory

“We never stop testing our products in our laboratory: the Lotus Test Room. The constant monitoring of our products tested in first person allows us to find their qualities and the aspects that we can still improve. " - Alan Dal Pos | Lotus spa CEO

How to build continuous collaborations: Lotus and Ristotecnica

How can the future growth of one’s business in the Restaurant and catering sector be guaranteed? It certainly is an appropriate question for those who work in the restaurant and catering sector in all of its niches, especially if asked in 2020. Time has brought, and continues to bring, continuous evolution in this sector. And keeping up isn’t always a foregone conclusion and something that is done automatically. Alan Dal Pos, CEO of Lotus SPA, confirms this reality that he has personally witnessed in over 35 years of business activity.

Freeblock 5.0 Kitchen: the innovation of the tailors of steel

The new industrial process that is emerging, called Industry 5.0, represents a turning point. It does not simply target the increase in production capacity, but the efficiency of the collaboration between man and machine. Lotus is welcoming this new phase with great enthusiasm, as it is fully in line with its way of thinking.

The Lotus anti-Covid strategy

‘Let’s get past this collective trauma. Our communities have all suffered bereavements and hardship. We need to learn a valuable lesson about new standards of health and safety, new equipment to be used in the company and be three times as careful if and when there is a new wave of the pandemic, but we also need to restart believing in doing what we do best: working!’ Alan Dal Pos – CEO Lotus

Lotus creates the ward kitchen of the Clinique du MontLégia hospital in Belgium.

We are delighted to be able to share a wonderful experience which took place in Liegi, Belgium in such a difficult and intense period.

HostMilano for Lotus SpA

HostMilano is the leading international trade fair dedicated to the world of catering and hospitality, held in Milan from 18 to 22 October 2019. Every two years, HostMilano, now at its 41st edition, showcases everything a successful bar, restaurant or hotel requires. A point of reference for professional operators of the Ho.Re.Ca market for developing quality business relations.

Steel makes a comeback and cookers get an exciting injection of colour!

“We have a lot of new products on display at Host this year. We are showcasing the new gas version of the Lotus Freeblock 5.0 Monoblock - Alan Dal Pos explained - with its eye-catching and modern design perfectly in line with the requirements of both the kitchen and chefs. We are also presenting a new innovative MOCA-certified plate material with hygiene certification. A chrome-based material that does not slide or stick to material and does not oxidise like standard chrome.”

January 2020: Lotus' projects in the world

In January 2020, Lotus S.P.A is launching “Lotus’ projects in the world”, an initiative focusing on the global family of Lotus partners and its best projects. Our intention is to shine the spotlight on the very best of Lotus projects, and to do this, we recognise the fundamental importance of your involvement in sharing the best results obtained by installing Lotus products

The Holiday Inn at Eindhoven Airport chooses Lotus S.P.A.

In this instance, the customer needed a complete, custom-made cooker, adapted to a specific type of space and a variety of preparations which was simple but hard-wearing and meticulously designed down to the smallest detail. May Way, whom I would like to thank, got in touch with us and passed on all the details of the customer’s requirements which we transformed into a project based on the hard-wearing and elegant Freeblock, above all, customisable for all hotel requirements.

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Locanda Chiaravalle chooses Freeblock by Lotus SPA

Here in Lotus SPA, we are well aware of how important it is for the end customer to have the necessary space and equipment required to do their work.

Lotus Touchfry - the fryer that works for you electronically

Lotus SpA presents the new range of TouchFry fryers with electronic function control and a touchscreen user interface. The system is very simple: all the oil in the fryer pan can be filtered while hot in just 8 minutes. This means that it is easier and faster to start work again with the same hot, filtered oil.

The Gran Caribe group chooses Lotus cookers for the Hotel Nacional de Cuba.

The Gran Caribe group chooses Lotus cookers for the Hotel Nacional de Cuba. A historical professional relationship links Lotus S.P.A. and Comercializadora ITH S.A, an important player in local tourism which strives to achieve customer-satisfaction by guaranteeing products and prompt, quality services at competitive prices.