The Waterfront Pub and Restaurant, Barton Marina, Barton Under Needwood, needed to find a solution to provide fast, high quality food to capitalise on their great outdoor dining area fronting the attractive Barton Marina basin.

Following a visit to trial Target Catering Equipment's commercial rotating base pizza oven in Target's demonstration kitchen, they decided that the addition of traditional, Italian style pizza to their menu would fit the bill.

Working together with Target Catering Equipment, a complete pizzeria concept, incorporating a rotating base wood and gas combi oven, was designed by the Target Design Studio.  The design concept also included a special granite topped front pizza prep counter, hot cupboard, cutting table and drop down heat lamps to keep everything piping hot, all squeezed within a 4 x 4 metre space.

The al fresco dining area provides a beautiful location where customers can now sit and enjoy traditional Italian wood fired pizza cooked in the MAM Forni rotating pizza oven.  The commercial rotating base pizza oven and pizzeria concept design has eased the pressure on the kitchen during busy weekends and also reduced customer waiting times along with maximising profit margins for this popular family, waterside venue.

Pizzeria Concept Design Included:

• MAM Forni commercial rotating base pizza oven wood / gas combi
• Refrigerated pizza prep counter with chilled toppings rail
• Pizza cutting table with undercounter hot cupboard
• Bespoke stainless steel sink and stainless steel shelving
• Hand wash sink
• Prep bench with dough trays under
• Drop down heat lamps

For further rotating base pizza oven information please call 01452 410447

When entrepreneur Eric O'Connor took over the running of traditional pub, The Royal Oak, Kelsall, he decided it was time to update its food offering. Eric had the vision to install a commercial wood oven and create a new restaurant concept design on the theme of a New York Prohibition Bar and Italian Pizzeria.

The theme was to be based on the gangster Colosimo and the new venue took shape around the focal point of a commercial wood oven from MAM Forni, Italy. Dressed on the outside with terracota tiles, the wood oven was supplied and fitted by Target Catering Equipment.

The simple pizzeria concept included a bespoke sink unit, refrigerated pizza prep counter and granite topped serving counter. Extra seating, an outside dining area and private dining for parties and special occasions was also added.

Replacing the existing wood burning stove with a MAM Forni commercial wood oven, aptly named Colosimo, has provided the option of a traditional Italian pizza offering to the menu. This has not only created a family friendly feel at the pub but has given also increased turnover and added a new lease of life to this Punch Tavern in Cheshire.

The easily stored, ECO friendly wood burning briquettes for the oven are supplied by Nottinghamshire Eco Fuels.

Pizzeria Concept Design Included:

• MAM Forni Easy 140x140 wood burning oven
• Pizza oven flue
• Refrigerated pizza prep counter
• Bespoke sink unit
• Heated pull down shades and lamps

For further information please call 01452 410447

Whilst searcing for a commercial wood oven, Moges Wolde of Cantina Vinopolis Restaurant, London decided that authenticity and provenance was key to adding value to the final cooked product.

Following recommendations from Italian chefs and pizzaioli, a MAM Forni, Rotating Easy combination wood and gas oven was chosen. The Rotating Easy oven was picked for its versatility and speed as it could be used as a wood burning or a gas fired oven or both providing the best of both worlds; authenticity of cooking with wood and speed, efficiency and cleanliness of cooking with gas.

The Easy Rotating oven is the most efficient in the MAM Forni range, with its high dome and low set flame/fire the oven can reach cooking temperatures quicker than other ovens. The rotating baking top also makes the oven highly efficient allowing for pizzas to be cooked quickly with minimal labour intensity.

All MAM Forni ovens are manufactured in Modena, Italy by the Malaguti family and are supplied and installed in the UK by Target Catering Equipment, based in Gloucester.

To discuss your pizza oven requirements please call 01452 410447.

With a passion for cooking, including bread, pizza and Italian food, Ed Frankland's dream was to incorporate a wood burning oven into his new kitchen design.

After investigating the market he decided on a MAM Italian wood burning oven and contacted UK suppliers Target Catering Equipment.  Following a visit to Target Catering Equipment's showroom and demonstration kitchen, it was decided that the artisan dome, gas and wood burning oven was the ideal choice.  The oven was ordered from Italy ready for installation on site by Target, with the final decorative finishing to be completed by Ed.

Looking fantastic and complementing the new kitchen design to the full, the oven is now being enjoyed by the whole family.

"I was looking for a quality oven that could burn both gas and wood and would meet all relevant building standards.  I visited the Target workshops and saw a variety of ovens and tasted a pizza cooked  in the demonstration model.  This company knows its ovens and David was clearly passionate, competent and able to advise on the detail needed for a successful installation.

The oven performs superbly; of course it makes great pizzas but you can cook just about anything in it.  We routinely bake bread, cakes, lasagne and all kinds of vegetables as well as cooking steaks, fish, roasts, panini, bacon and eggs.

It's a bit of a cliche, but the oven really has become the heart of the home."

Ed Frankland

To Find Out More About MAM wood burning ovens please CALL 01452 410447

For entrepreneurs looking to develop catering business concepts, the traditional Italian wood pizza oven offers an alternative to American rack conveyor ovens.  Target Catering Equipment import MAM Forni traditional Italian wood pizza ovens and are also able to offer an alternative gas fired oven version.  The gas fired, wood pizza oven is easier to maintain but still produces that authentic Italian style pizza.

Target Catering Equipment recently installed a complete front of house wood pizza oven with the gas fired option to create a traditional pizzeria and takeaway concept for Hugh Asher at The Highwayman Yateley, Hampshire.

From building the wood pizza oven, dressing it to match the internal decor of the pub, to installing the complete pizza oven flue system complete with gas safety interlock and fan assisted flue to meet gas safety requirements, Target Catering Equipment were able to offer the complete wood pizza oven installation package.

The pizza prep counter and heated pass, all designed to fit into the smallest footprint, added the finishing touches to the pizzeria and the wood pizza oven added character and warmth and a new dimension to the traditional, ex Greene King, local pub restaurant.

For further information about the MAM Forni traditional wood pizza ovens available please call us on 01452 410447.