Restaurant Knife Sharpening - ProChef NY

Our service sharpens blades on a synthetic ceramic belt that protects the knife much better than your traditional grinder, which wears the knife down with each sharpening. This modern technology protects your blade, taking off as little metal as possible to keep your knives sharper and longer-lasting. 

Mobile Restaurant Chefs Knife Sharpening Services Serving Manhattan, Westchester, the Boroughs, Nassau and Western Suffolk

Every restaurant needs its food to taste great and arrive at the table quickly. Both steps are easier to achieve when the chef has the equipment they need. A commercial kitchen with dull knives will struggle to keep up with a comparable competitor that keeps its kitchen tools in better condition. Knife sharpening may seem like a minor concern, but the quality of the knives used by the prep cooks and the chef plays a crucial role.

• Sharp knives require less effort to cut through products, so the hands of those using them do not get tired as soon.

• Dull knives require more pressure to work. Pushing down harder on the blade can cause the user to lose control of the kitchen tool and injure themselves.

• Knives last longer when sharpened regularly. Timely maintenance schedules reduce the expense of replacing kitchen tools.

• Dull knives can cause the user to tear or crush things as they attempt to slice them. Food waste equals wasted money.

• Damaging food during the preparation process can make finished plates messier and less appealing to customers.

• Valuable employees can become frustrated with working with unmaintained tools and look for another workplace.

• Doing the work correctly with a dull knife can mean working slower and forcing customers to wait longer for their food.

• High-end knives have more precise blades that require frequent honing and sharpening to keep them like new.

• A single unsharpened blade could cause people to use other knives in its place, and the incorrect use could prematurely dull other kitchen tools.

We Sharpen all Restaurant Knives

Restaurants do not only use knives in the kitchen. Business owners may forget that they also need to supply well-maintained equipment at the tables. Do not forget to have all restaurant knives sharpened often to reduce any frustration from a problem that is easy to avoid.

The clientele needs knives that work the way they expect. Frustrated diners could feel less favorable toward a delicious dish if they could not slice through their food without a struggle. The aggravation of not having adequate cutlery could make diners unforgiving of any other minor problem and leave the restaurant vulnerable to bad reviews.

Dull knives at the table also put the customers more at risk of cutting themselves. No business owner wants a customer injured at their store. A dull knife that will not slice through food properly can also seem unprofessional to the diner. The lack of adequate cutlery may cause enough irritation for the client to forgo completing their meal or return for another visit.

Sharpening for Other Food Services

All food services, not just dine-in and fast-food restaurants, use knives for some form of food preparation. Hotel and hospital kitchens, food trucks, and catering companies must keep their blades in perfect condition. The same problems occurring at restaurants with dull knives will also happen in these kitchens. School and work cafeterias and grocery stores also require sharp knives. Grocery stores particularly need excellent quality knives as the appearance of their food is vital for sales in their delis, bakeries, and meat and seafood counters.

Butcher shop knife sharpening keeps all the blades used for cutting meat for retail and specialty orders looking their best without any delay in preparation. Butcher shops can lose a lot of money when using dull knives. Sharp knives make it possible to swiftly slice away fat and gristle without losing any of the meat. Dull cutlery can also cause unfortunate shredding, filet incorrectly, or leave behind sinew that can affect the quality of the cut. Sharpening services can help with any blade type used in these environments to ensure the business never loses profit due to a poorly maintained set of knives.

Additional References

• Do Sharp Knives Matter in a Restaurant Kitchen? - Maryland Reporter