Understanding the costs will allow you to set a sufficient budget.
Although there are some costs that you will have to incur regardless of the size of the kitchen, you have control over a lot. Costs for Commercial Kitchens vary considerably. Building a commercial kitchen can cost anywhere from $15,000 to $100,000 or more. It all depends on the size of your kitchen, the menu, and your overall needs.
Many will estimate that the cost can be quickly figured at about $250 per square foot.
So, if you have a 1,000 square foot space, it will cost you $250,000. Of course, that’s an estimate – there are ways to spend more or less as you get a bit creative.
Regardless certain aspects of your design build process are constant.
- Size of your kitchen
- Equipment required
- Layout of service
Of course you and your partners will have to meet rigid legal & health requirements. Furthermore what you’re cooking in your kitchen will determine the kind of equipment you need. You’ll need things such as:
- Ovens
- Range
- Grill
- Fryers
Each of these pieces of cooking equipment causes smoke and radiates high heat. A basic commercial range will cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $5,000 to as much as $10,000. An oven will cost around $7,000. In either case, both pieces of equipment will generate lots of smoke and you have to send it outside of the restaurant. To do this you need an excellent exhaust fan dilation system with rooftop blowers and make up air component. Of course the more equipment you want to integrate into the mix (such as a wood-fired oven), the more expensive it will be. You can decide whether you want to buy everything brand new or shop secondhand sales. However we always come back to the same principal point of this post. And that is cooking creates smoke, and getting that smoke outside of the restaurant is paramount to the success of your restaurant business.