Business Energy for Restaurants
Competitive gas and electricity for restaurants, matched to a kitchen that uses more energy per square metre than almost any other commercial space. Enter your postcode to start.
- Built for commercial kitchens
- Refrigeration costs tackled
- Whole-of-market comparison
- Groups on one renewal date
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- Built for commercial kitchens
- Refrigeration costs tackled
- Whole-of-market comparison
- Groups on one renewal date
The kitchen is the bill
Commercial kitchen energy benchmarks run more than ten times those of offices and shops. Monitoring of fourteen UK kitchens found electricity use of 1.52 to 3.32 kWh for every meal served, a 118% gap between the most and least efficient. The surprise is where it goes: refrigeration takes 41% of kitchen electricity, more than any single piece of cooking equipment.
Why restaurant energy is different
A restaurant runs a small industrial plant behind a dining room, and the two have very different energy profiles.
Refrigeration never stops
Walk-ins, under-counters and freezers draw power every hour of the year, closed days included. Across fourteen monitored kitchens refrigeration was 41% of all kitchen electricity.
Cooking load is concentrated
Cooking takes the other 59%, and it arrives in bursts around service: fryers 14%, combination ovens 12%, grills 12%, bain maries 9%. Peaks like that shape what a good contract looks like.
Two kitchens, two bills
The same study found the least efficient kitchen used 118% more electricity per meal than the most efficient. Equipment, settings and habits make a bigger difference than most operators expect.
Extraction runs with you
Ventilation and make-up air run through every service, pulling heated air straight out of the building, so heating and extraction end up fighting each other.
Where we cut your restaurant energy costs
Margins in this trade are thin enough without paying out-of-contract rates. We compare the whole market for you, and point out the kitchen costs that rarely get looked at.
Win £1000 towards your business energy bills
How we help your restaurant save
Getting started takes a couple of minutes, and our team does the heavy lifting.
Tell us about your restaurant
Enter your restaurant postcode or call us. We will find your meter and usage and get to know how you trade.
We compare the market
We match you to tariffs that suit a commercial kitchen and review your meter and usage profile.
Choose your deal
Pick the contract that is right for your restaurant, with our hospitality specialists on hand to talk it through.
We handle the switch
Your new supplier takes care of the switch, with no interruption to your supply at any point.
More than one restaurant? We consolidate a group onto one bill and one renewal date. Call 01242 32 31 31 and we will handle it.
Restaurant energy, answered
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Compare restaurant energy today
Enter your restaurant postcode and compare live rates in around 60 seconds, or speak to a specialist who understands commercial kitchens.
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