Cloud Kitchen Setup - Bangalore

Project Overview

A delivery-only operator needed a compact cloud kitchen in Bangalore that could run four separate brands from a single 400 sq ft unit. Every inch of the floor had to earn its place, and the layout had to let a small team cook for multiple menus at once during peak delivery hours. Steelkraft designed and built the full kitchen in grade 304 stainless steel.

The Brief

Space was the whole challenge. The operator wanted four cooking zones, shared refrigeration and enough prep surface for four menus, all inside a footprint smaller than a single restaurant kitchen. The kitchen also needed strong extraction in a tight room, and it had to be easy to keep clean when there is no time between orders.

Our Approach

Compact kitchens live or die on layout, so we measured the unit carefully and designed a line that stacked cooking, prep and cold storage without wasting a centimetre. We built a continuous cooking line with individual burner zones for each brand, put shared under-counter refrigeration directly beneath the prep tables to cut walking, and sized a compact exhaust system to clear heat and smoke from the small room. Wall shelves and undershelf storage kept the floor clear. The whole kitchen was fabricated in-house and delivered as a set of modular units that dropped straight into place.

Equipment Installed

• Compact cooking ranges with individual burner zones per brand
• Under-counter refrigeration built into the prep line
• Stainless steel prep tables with wall and undershelf storage
• Compact exhaust hood and ventilation sized for the room
• Single-bowl wash sink and pot rack for the wash corner

Outcome

The kitchen runs all four brands from one small floor without the team tripping over each other at peak. Placing refrigeration under the prep line cut the amount of walking, and the compact exhaust keeps the room workable through long delivery shifts. The operator has since used the same compact design thinking on further locations, and every unit is backed by our service team.