The Content Hub
At ECatering, we know what it takes to run a commercial kitchen – because we’ve been there ourselves. We created The Content Hub to share insights, advice, and inspiration tailored for the catering industry.
Here, you'll find practical tips, equipment guides, energy-saving strategies, and real-world solutions designed to help your kitchen run smarter, not harder. Whether you're running a restaurant, café, or catering business, this is your go-to space for expert-led content that actually understands your world.
The 5-Step Outdoor Service Setup for Big Match ...
The 5-Step Outdoor Service Setup for Big Match ...
A beer garden in Manchester. Or Brighton. Or Bristol, or Leeds, or anywhere with a south-facing patio and a TV bracket on the wall. Six o'clock on a warm Saturday...
The 5-Step Outdoor Service Setup for Big Match ...
The 5-Step Outdoor Service Setup for Big Match ...
A beer garden in Manchester. Or Brighton. Or Bristol, or Leeds, or anywhere with a south-facing patio and a TV bracket on the wall. Six o'clock on a warm Saturday...
Best Glasswashers (and Dishwashers) for Outdoor...
Best Glasswashers (and Dishwashers) for Outdoor...
I've watched a perfectly good Saturday night fall apart at 9.27pm because a glasswasher couldn't keep up. Not a power cut. Not a bar shortage. Just a wash-up that ran...
Best Glasswashers (and Dishwashers) for Outdoor...
Best Glasswashers (and Dishwashers) for Outdoor...
I've watched a perfectly good Saturday night fall apart at 9.27pm because a glasswasher couldn't keep up. Not a power cut. Not a bar shortage. Just a wash-up that ran...
Best Bottle Coolers for High-Volume Outdoor Use...
Best Bottle Coolers for High-Volume Outdoor Use...
I've watched a lot of beer gardens lose a Saturday night because the bottle cooler couldn't keep up. Not because the unit was broken. Because it was the wrong unit...
Best Bottle Coolers for High-Volume Outdoor Use...
Best Bottle Coolers for High-Volume Outdoor Use...
I've watched a lot of beer gardens lose a Saturday night because the bottle cooler couldn't keep up. Not because the unit was broken. Because it was the wrong unit...
How to Turn Tables in 15 Minutes: A Half-Time S...
How to Turn Tables in 15 Minutes: A Half-Time S...
I've watched a lot of pubs lose the half-time whistle. Not the match - the whistle. The 15 minutes between the halves where a six-hundred-cover sport night is actually won...
How to Turn Tables in 15 Minutes: A Half-Time S...
How to Turn Tables in 15 Minutes: A Half-Time S...
I've watched a lot of pubs lose the half-time whistle. Not the match - the whistle. The 15 minutes between the halves where a six-hundred-cover sport night is actually won...
Match Day Menus: What Actually Sells When the F...
Match Day Menus: What Actually Sells When the F...
I've watched a kitchen lose a Saturday night because somebody printed a 14-item match-day menu the morning of England v Wales. Steak frites. A goat's cheese tart. Two curries. By...
Match Day Menus: What Actually Sells When the F...
Match Day Menus: What Actually Sells When the F...
I've watched a kitchen lose a Saturday night because somebody printed a 14-item match-day menu the morning of England v Wales. Steak frites. A goat's cheese tart. Two curries. By...
The Pub Operator's Guide to the 2026 World Cup:...
The Pub Operator's Guide to the 2026 World Cup:...
I've been stood in enough cellars at 8.45pm with the kick-off ten minutes away to know exactly what a pub feels like when the kit can't keep up. The glasswasher's...
The Pub Operator's Guide to the 2026 World Cup:...
The Pub Operator's Guide to the 2026 World Cup:...
I've been stood in enough cellars at 8.45pm with the kick-off ten minutes away to know exactly what a pub feels like when the kit can't keep up. The glasswasher's...
How to Choose a Commercial Fridge: A Buyer's Gu...
How to Choose a Commercial Fridge: A Buyer's Gu...
It's 7:42pm on a Friday. The line is two deep, the pass is calling for table nine, and I (Andrew Pickersgill, MD at eCatering) open the undercounter fridge on the...
How to Choose a Commercial Fridge: A Buyer's Gu...
How to Choose a Commercial Fridge: A Buyer's Gu...
It's 7:42pm on a Friday. The line is two deep, the pass is calling for table nine, and I (Andrew Pickersgill, MD at eCatering) open the undercounter fridge on the...
Best Catering Equipment for a Food Truck: Recom...
Best Catering Equipment for a Food Truck: Recom...
Saturday. Six in the morning. Bristol Harbourside. The inverter is humming, the LPG manifold has just been signed off by a Gas Safe engineer the afternoon before, and there are...
Best Catering Equipment for a Food Truck: Recom...
Best Catering Equipment for a Food Truck: Recom...
Saturday. Six in the morning. Bristol Harbourside. The inverter is humming, the LPG manifold has just been signed off by a Gas Safe engineer the afternoon before, and there are...
How to Choose a Commercial Freezer: A Buyer's G...
How to Choose a Commercial Freezer: A Buyer's G...
I've been selling catering kit for more than thirty years, and if there's one bit of equipment that gets chosen badly more often than any other, it's the commercial freezer....
How to Choose a Commercial Freezer: A Buyer's G...
How to Choose a Commercial Freezer: A Buyer's G...
I've been selling catering kit for more than thirty years, and if there's one bit of equipment that gets chosen badly more often than any other, it's the commercial freezer....
Best Catering Equipment for a New Takeaway: Rec...
Best Catering Equipment for a New Takeaway: Rec...
Picture this. A bloke in Bolton - or Birmingham, or anywhere in between - has just signed a five-year lease on an empty shell unit off the high street. Bare...
Best Catering Equipment for a New Takeaway: Rec...
Best Catering Equipment for a New Takeaway: Rec...
Picture this. A bloke in Bolton - or Birmingham, or anywhere in between - has just signed a five-year lease on an empty shell unit off the high street. Bare...
How to Choose a Commercial Fryer: A Buyer's Gui...
How to Choose a Commercial Fryer: A Buyer's Gui...
I've been kitting out UK kitchens for more than thirty years, and I'll say this: more operators get burned by the wrong commercial fryer than any other bit of kit...
How to Choose a Commercial Fryer: A Buyer's Gui...
How to Choose a Commercial Fryer: A Buyer's Gui...
I've been kitting out UK kitchens for more than thirty years, and I'll say this: more operators get burned by the wrong commercial fryer than any other bit of kit...
Best Oven for a Pizza Restaurant: Recommendatio...
Best Oven for a Pizza Restaurant: Recommendatio...
In 30+ years selling kit to UK pizzerias, I've watched more operators buy the wrong pizza oven than any other piece of equipment. Fryers, they mostly get right. Fridges, fine....
Best Oven for a Pizza Restaurant: Recommendatio...
Best Oven for a Pizza Restaurant: Recommendatio...
In 30+ years selling kit to UK pizzerias, I've watched more operators buy the wrong pizza oven than any other piece of equipment. Fryers, they mostly get right. Fridges, fine....