One way to save money during the startup process is to lease or purchase used kitchen equipment.
Equipment list for restaurant kitchen.
Pots of all sizes sauté pans tasting spoons mixing spoons sheet pans whisks fish spatulas ladles bowls of all sizes squeeze bottles bench scrapers the list goes on and varies widely depending on the type of food you want to make.
While bakeries and pizza shops might use commercial mixers most frequently this is a useful piece of equipment that every restaurant should have.
Restaurant auctions are a great place to find commercial kitchen equipment for pennies on the dollar.
You ll also need more of each item than you expect.
They can be especially helpful for picking up small items like dishware flatware bread baskets condiment containers and serving utensils.