The Commercial Kitchen Expansion

The Commercial Kitchen Expansion

Expand Your Commercial Kitchen Without Starting From Scratch

Has your commercial kitchen outgrown its existing space?

When additional preparation, cooking, storage or serving capacity is needed, a traditional building extension can mean major construction work, disruption and expensive downtime. African Containers Hub offers a practical alternative — a modular container kitchen expansion designed to add valuable kitchen space while keeping your existing operation running wherever site conditions allow.

The Ubuntu Commercial Kitchen Expansion is a purpose-built modular kitchen solution that can be configured around your existing building, equipment and workflow.

The example featured here uses two 40ft New Build High Cube shipping containers, with one container modified and shortened to approximately 11 metres to suit the available site footprint. The containers are then connected using a purpose-designed Joining Kit, creating a spacious commercial kitchen extension.

A Kitchen Expansion Built Around Your Business

One of the biggest advantages of a container kitchen expansion is flexibility.

Your existing commercial kitchen equipment can remain in place while the new container structure provides additional space for preparation, cooking, washing, refrigeration, storage or other operational requirements.

The container can be supplied as a modified shell ready for your own equipment, or African Containers Hub can work with you to create a more complete commercial kitchen package.

We can incorporate stainless-steel preparation benches, sinks, hand-wash stations, extraction systems, refrigeration, cool rooms, commercial cooking equipment, electrical systems, plumbing and other required infrastructure.

With strong supplier relationships and access to a wide range of commercial kitchen equipment, we can help develop a configuration that suits your operation and budget.

External Inclusions

• 2 x 40ft New Build High Cube Shipping Containers
• 1 container cut down to approximately 11 metres
• ACH 3-Coat Container Paint System – COLORBOND Monument
• 1 x entryway cutout designed to align flush with the existing kitchen
• 1 x personnel access door with flush-fit deadlock
• 1 x 50L hot-water system
• 3 x air-conditioner condenser mounts
• 2 x external gas points
• 2 x large wall vents
• 3 x industrial extraction fans for range hood
• 1 x container joining kit

Formal quotations available based on your site, configuration and equipment requirements.

Internal Inclusions

• 50mm EPS insulated panels – fully insulated
• Industrial-grade vinyl flooring
• Floor wastes plumbed into a single drainage line beneath the container floor
• Multiple stainless-steel preparation benches
• 3 x large sinks with chrome mixer taps
• 4 x hand-wash basins with knee-operated taps
• 6m commercial range hood
• Stainless-steel splashback
• 1 x 2m cool room
• Internal gas lines
• Wall cutouts for internal walkways
• Internal servery window
• Stainless-steel capping around internal doors and windows

Formal quotations available based on your requirements.

Electrical Fit-Out

The electrical installation can be incorporated behind the internal wall lining for a clean and practical finish.

The featured configuration includes:

• 2 x 3.5kW air conditioners
• 1 x cool-room motor connection
• 18 x LED downlights
• 3 x batten lights within the range hood
• 16 x double 10A GPOs
• 2 x 15A GPOs
• 3-phase circuit and outlet for combi oven
• 2 x hardwired smoke detectors
• Additional circuit
• Electrical installation for range hood
• Phone/data point for POS system
• RCD sub-board
• J-box

Final electrical design, installation and certification should be completed according to the site requirements and applicable South African electrical requirements.

Designed for Productivity

A commercial kitchen expansion should do more than add floor space — it should improve the way your team works.

The generous internal space of a containerised kitchen can provide additional room for staff to prepare food, cook, wash, store and serve without requiring your entire operation to relocate.

Depending on your requirements, the layout can be designed around:

• Existing kitchen equipment
• Additional cooking equipment
• Food preparation areas
• Refrigeration
• Cool rooms
• Washing-up areas
• Hand-washing facilities
• Commercial extraction
• Storage
• Staff workflow
• Customer serving areas
• POS and administration requirements

If additional capacity is required later, further containers can be incorporated into the design to create a larger modular kitchen facility.

Shell Only or Complete Commercial Kitchen?

Every business has different requirements.

If you already own your commercial kitchen equipment, African Containers Hub can provide the modified and serviced container structure, allowing your existing equipment to be installed and connected.

Alternatively, we can assist with designing a more complete kitchen solution incorporating commercial equipment and infrastructure.

Possible additions include:

• Commercial ovens
• Combi ovens
• Fryers
• Grills and hot plates
• Stainless preparation benches
• Refrigeration
• Freezers
• Cool rooms
• Stainless sinks
• Hand-wash stations
• Commercial extraction
• Range hoods
• Splashbacks
• Storage systems
• Shelving
• Food preparation areas
• Servery windows
• POS infrastructure
• Air conditioning
• Hot-water systems
• Gas infrastructure

Expand as Your Business Grows

The modular nature of container construction means your kitchen does not necessarily have to stop growing when your first expansion is complete.

Additional containers can be connected to create:

Preparation Kitchens • Production Kitchens • Commercial Bakeries • Catering Kitchens • Restaurant Extensions • Food Processing Areas • Staff Kitchens • Event Kitchens • Mobile Kitchens

Internal partitions and doors can be introduced to separate preparation, cooking, storage, washing and other operational areas.

External awnings and servery windows can also be incorporated where customers need to be served directly from the container.

Ideal Applications

The Ubuntu Commercial Kitchen Expansion is suitable for businesses and organisations that need additional commercial kitchen capacity, including:

• Restaurants
• Takeaway businesses
• Cafés
• Bakeries
• Catering companies
• Hotels and lodges
• Schools and universities
• Hospitals and healthcare facilities
• Sports clubs and stadiums
• Event venues
• Food-production businesses
• Mining camps
• Construction camps
• Remote operations
• Hospitality developments
• Existing commercial kitchens requiring expansion

It can also provide a practical temporary kitchen solution where an existing facility is undergoing refurbishment or redevelopment, subject to the project’s specific site, services and regulatory requirements.

Custom Container Kitchen Expansions

The featured configuration is only one example of what can be achieved.

African Containers Hub can design a Custom Container Kitchen Expansion around your available footprint, existing building, equipment, staff workflow and production requirements.

Our container modification capabilities allow us to incorporate doors, windows, walkways, partitions, cool rooms, extraction systems, refrigeration, cooking equipment, stainless-steel workstations, plumbing, electrical infrastructure and customer-serving areas.

Available container formats include:

• 10ft
• 20ft
• 40ft
• High Cube containers
• Multi-container configurations

Where required, multiple units can be joined together to create larger commercial facilities.

Built Around Your Kitchen. Designed Around Your Business.

Whether you need a small additional preparation area or a complete multi-container commercial kitchen facility, African Containers Hub can help develop a solution that makes better use of your available site.

WhatsApp African Containers Hub: 063 726 0423

Tell us what you need to expand, what equipment you already have and how much additional space you require, and we can develop a container kitchen configuration around your operation.

Pricing is project-specific and depends on container size, modifications, equipment, services, transport, site access, installation and required specifications. Final kitchen layouts, gas, electrical, ventilation, drainage, fire-safety and other services should be assessed and engineered for the intended application and site requirements.