What can a condiment display do for you?
There are so many things to consider when it comes to how you set up your kitchen or dining space. Your priorities might be the dining room furniture, the quality of your oven, or getting the best cookware for excellent results every time. However, sometimes it’s the little things that can make the biggest difference.
Whether you are a passionate home cook, a restauranteur, or you work in a bar or coffee shop, how you set out your condiments can help to create a solid sense of image. While it might be tempting to simply pop your condiments in any old place for customers, thinking about their appearance and accessibility can really create continuity of your own personal brand and style.
We have collected some top tips for how best to display condiments in a range of establishments. Read on to discover the best way to display condiments to appeal to your customers.
Restaurant use
For restaurants, it is important to be able to offer a wide range of condiments to your customers at their tables. While you can offer a separate condiment station that guests can go to, it is more usual to deliver the full range of condiments to the table. Depending on the style of your restaurant, you may wish to serve condiments in a wooden crate, or a table caddy. Both these options are super popular and allow you to customise to suit your restaurant theme. Galvanised steel caddies are on trend and modern whilst wooden caddies add a rustic feel to the table.
Home use
You may not often think about how you lay your condiments out at home, but you can combine convenience with a great aesthetic. Keep all your condiments in one place so you can easily set them out when dinner time rolls around with a wooden condiment holder that will look very attractive at any table. Salt and pepper mills are also a great way to add a touch of class to your own home table. We offer some great matching sets from the most popular brands.
Bar use
Providing condiments at a bar can be a little complicated! You probably don’t want to provide full bottles of sauces, as these are often made of glass and can be hard to keep track of. In this case, providing single serving sachets of sauces, salts and peppers (as well as sugar for tea) can be the best option for the bar. Since you will probably be mostly serving bar snacks or light meals, a small condiment holder or two can be the perfect option for keeping on or just behind your bar.
For your bar staff, they will often be making drinks that might be complex or high end cocktails. When it comes to creating these, they will sometimes require special fresh ingredients - a garnish station can help to keep all of these in one easy to locate place, and makes creating those cocktails a breeze every time. It also looks a lot neater to any customers who happen to glance behind the bar. These small changes can make the running of your bar that much smoother and quicker for everyone.
Coffee shop use
Displaying different condiments in a coffee shop is a little different yet again. You will need to consider the kind of food and drink items that your coffee shop offers overall before making firm decisions. It is a great idea to have a separate station away from the main till area and the area where any cakes or food items are displayed. A separate station or two allows customers to move away from the main till area so that you can continue to keep the flow of customers up, and you can use a handy tier shelf system that allows your customers to serve themselves sugar and any other sprinkles or spices your they may require. You can also lay out stirrers here for convenience, and provide a bin or pot for used teabags.
As you can see, how you display your condiments can really make all the difference to not only the way your kitchen and dining area looks, but how it functions. No matter where you are, you can create your perfect space with the help of the correct condiment holders. If you want to see more incredible options for condiment display, you can check out the ranges available with Cooksmill for more fantastic ideas.
