Henny Penny delivers consistency Development Chef, Ash Mair explains need for ‘Smart Fryer’ technology
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hik’N, is a quick service restaurant with locations
fryer for Chik’N, but equally wanted something that
in the heart of London. With a menu targeting the
could deliver the quality and consistency expected by our
top end, fast casual market, founders David Clarke
customers, so for this I took the trusted advice of the Jestic
and Carl Wolanski worked in conjunction with their
team.” Ash explains. “Testing the Henny Penny Evolution
in-house development chef, Ash Mair, to create a stand
Elite range at Jestic’s development kitchen, I was able to
out menu.
see just how the technology in these smart fryers works,
As Ash explains: “Our main focus was to use the very
and how it could benefit us as a business.”
best ingredients for our offering. This includes organic,
Using a bank of four Evolution Elite fryers, Ash’s team
free-range chicken, sourced from a farm in Somerset
of dedicated chefs can ensure consistent quality, even
where they’re free to forage outside and our range of
after minimal training, as the smart fryers hold their
homemade sauces that really help us to stand out in
hand through the process. “The fryers are able to deliver
this market.”
remarkable consistency across our menu. Whether it’s
Having had experience of working with Jestic and Henny
the precision temperature control, the pre-programmable
Penny frying equipment in previous roles, Ash researched
options or the smart monitoring that accurately measures
the latest innovations from the brand to see how they
the quantity of a product placed in the basket and adjusts
would fit with the bespoke requirements at Chik’N.
the oil temperature and time to accommodate for it. This
“We knew we were looking for a more traditional open
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