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University of St Andrews Reducing overheads with RATIONAL Increasing Output “Versatility and speed are built into every aspect of both RATIONAL appliances “I love the multizone feature of the VarioCookingCenter® Being able to set different temperature zones in the pans opens up even more possibilities.” Mark Nixon, Senior Chef Manager Industry: Education Core business: Student and staff feeding Commercial catering Location: St Andrews, Scotland Originally founded in 1413, St Andrews is Scotland's first university Mark Nixon, Senior Chef Manager, has responsibility for keeping over 2,000 students and staff fed every day “We have a four-week menu cycle, which includes lunches with a choice of three hot items and dinners with four, plus soup and dessert Obviously we also offer a vegetarian and vegan choice with every service, and we have big challenges around allergens and dietary restrictions,” says Mark “We also have a commercial catering team who handle internal delivered catering, conference catering, the Principal's dinners, graduation garden parties and lunches and more It's very varied, and busy, so we need our equipment to be reliable and versatile.” Student catering is prepared separately among the nine halls of residence, with one hall designated for students with nut allergies, allowing food to be prepared in a controlled environment Space is at a premium, so to maximise output Mark knew he needed modern multifunctional appliances The RATIONAL solution “In nearly thirty years of working in catering, RATIONAL is a brand I've used regularly,” says Mark “I was visiting trade shows to get an idea of what was available, and I was blown away by how powerful the latest models are so I knew they would be ideal.” The University of St Andrews currently has two VarioCookingCenter® appliances, as well as eight SelfCookingCenter® 201 appliances in kitchens across its campus The flexibility of RATIONAL appliances helps Mark's staff produce the variety of food the menu cycle requires “Every Friday we have fish and chips, we can use the VarioCookingCenter® as a deep fat fryer It can prepare over 400 servings at once, which is pretty astonishing,” says Mark “It also uses less oil, and it's far easier to filter it for reuse than with conventional appliances.” “The staff love them too, we rotate the chefs between sites and one of our chefs was recently moved from one of our kitchens that has the VarioCookingCenter® and SelfCookingCenter® equipment to one that doesn't,” says Mark “She really missed them, she's been calling them her baby and keeps asking to come back to one of the RATIONAL powered kitchens!” Overview The challenge > Up to 2,000 meals a day > Vegan and vegetarian > Allergies > Filtering oil > Hard water The solution ì VarioCookingCenterđ 112L ì VarioCookingCenterđ 211 ì SelfCookingCenterđ 201 Customer benefit > Reduced oil costs > iLevelControl > HACCP data collection > Perfect cooking results in record time > Maximum flexibility > Cooking intelligence that does it all for you > Maximum energy efficiency > Efficient CareControl for intelligent automatic cleaning “We've calculated that just on the savings we'll make on oil alone, the VarioCookingCenter® will pay for itself in three and a half years!” Mark Nixon, Senior Chef Manager See for yourself Cook together with colleagues and try out the SelfCookingCenter® or the VarioCookingCenter® for yourself Register for a free place at an event near you: Tel: +44 (0) 1582 480388 info@rational-online.co.uk, rational-online.com This might also interest you: RATIONAL UK Limited Unit Titan Court, Laporte Way Portenway Business Park Luton, LU4 8EF United Kingdom Tel +44 (0) 1582 480388 Fax +44 (0) 1582 485001 info@rational-online.co.uk rational-online.com Epsom College Surrey, United Kingdom St Georges School for Girls Edinburgh, United Kingdom 80.24.867 · V01 · MDS/spis · 10/19 · en_UK Middlesbrough College Teeside, United Kingdom