Commercial kitchens are built on a much larger scale than home kitchens. They serve far more people and prepare many more meals per day than a home kitchen. Everything in a commercial kitchen is designed for durability, safety, sanitation, and compliance with commercial building codes.

A commercial kitchen is a kitchen designed for commercial use, with equipment and features typically found in larger kitchens. A domestic kitchen is a kitchen designed for residential use, with equipment and features tailored to residential kitchens.

There are five commonly used in most commercial kitchens: assembly line, island, zone-style, galley and open kitchen. Each one has unique benefits depending on the style of restaurant you want to open, the type of food you are cooking and the amount of space your building allows for kitchen space.

If you require a microwave in your kitchen, you need to make sure you have a commercial standard one, as domestic microwaves are not durable or powerful enough to cope with use in a busy commercial kitchen.