Mobile Container Kitchens

Most container kitchens are manufactured from modified containers, but Bolt’s is different in that the modular kitchens are built from specially designed insulated materials that resemble container structures but are in fact of a much more suitable quality and considerably wider, allowing for better workflow.

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Modular Kitchens for Sale in South Africa

Mobile container kitchens are assembled from pre-manufactured modular components that can be assembled at the factory for onward delivery of the complete unit. This type of kitchen contains everything needed in a food prep setup and its it’s mobile nature offers the kind of flexibility and creativity lacking from your usual, more traditional design.

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Benefits of Container Kitchens

  • Modular kitchens can be either mobile or semi-permanent, depending on the foundation of the structure and the purpose for which it is built. When mobile, these kitchens can be removed and re-delivered to alternate venues where they are needed, making them a superb option for off-site kitchens needed in the hospitality and food industry.
  • Compared to traditional kitchens, the modular units are much easier to design and assemble as they involve prefabricated components that are set up in standardized ways. This means that there is no mess from building rubble and other waste, and relatively little time spent on disruptive building activity.
  • Advantages of standardisation have a direct bearing on cost, and container kitchens are therefore much more cost-effective than traditional brick and mortar equivalents. They are also easier to slot into existing site layouts and remote locales.
  • Because they are mobile (deliverable as units) they can be placed at many different kinds of sites, whether outdoors or indoors. Modular kitchens can, for example, be placed inside large warehouses or other structures for use as catering units.
  • Another great benefit is flexibility of componential design. Modular buildings are extremely adaptable, allowing the addition of further components when kitchen facilities need to be increased in size, or when other components, such as washrooms, are incorporated.
  • Mobile container kitchens are environmentally friendly. They cause very little damage when installed, and leave little or no problems behind when removed, so that the evacuated ground can easily be rehabilitated.

Some uses of mobile container or modular kitchens for sale from Bolt Modular

These modular units are a perfect fit for the erection of informal commercial kitchens serving take-away foods at a variety of locations where traditional structures are hard to build or may not be allowed.

They are also designed to serve as catering kitchens or canteens in remote settings such as construction or conservation sites. Other remote uses include such venues as camping and festival sites, as well as rural settings where food relief must be delivered.

Such rural or bush settings include the mining and research industries, where container kitchens are the best option in locations where land is still being broken or cleared for eventual development into permanent structures.

Modular kitchens are the easiest way to introduce a school catering service onto the premises, and can double as a tuck shop too.

When properly designed and assembled by professionals, and with appropriate insulation and ventilation applications, these kitchens can last for many years beyond their originally intended lifespan.

We also offer remote accommodation camps, mobile classrooms and container offices for sale. 

Frequently Asked Questions

Modular kitchens can be produced in any number of colours, or they can be painted by the owner using specially formulated paints. Colour schemes will vary according to taste and the purpose of the kitchen, but here are some favourite colours:

  • Blue and white
  • Green and white
  • Pastel combinations with white highlights
  • Classic white throughout

Depending on the usage of your kitchen, other colours may be used, but white or off-white schemes are usually the most practical and attractive. These are also the easiest to keep clean and re-paint, and they give the kitchen a neat, efficient look.

Installation time depends on the type of kitchen you have ordered, as well as on the kind of terrain on which it is to be erected. More complicated modular units take longer to complete, especially if there are additional components.

Manufacturing time is usually 3-4 weeks, following which we schedule delivery to your site. The unit arrived on site ready for immediate connection to services and can typically be used on the same day.

Yes, a modular kitchen usually does include an extraction canopy over the cooking area as well as an outlet on top of our out the side of the building. Or. This is a very important fitting in a self-contained kitchen environment as it prevents grime build-up on surfaces. It also filters out airborne oil particles and keeps your kitchen free of cooking odours.

An ideal modular kitchen should include a robust, weather-resistant outer structure as well as all basic inner fittings and finishes. It should also provide ready access to power and water sources. Bolt modular also supplies the full range of industrial equipment for food preparation, cooking, refrigeration, storage and cleaning.

A mobile container kitchen should have the following basics:

  • Stove and oven
  • Refrigerator
  • One or more basins
  • Work surfaces
  • Cabinets and drawers
  • Suitable partitions
  • Shelving

Mobile kitchens need all the appliances that would usually be used in any other food preparation and service space. Be sure that your kitchen has sufficient electric wall plugs and lighting. Also ensure enough washing and preparation equipment, and waste disposal bins.

As for cutlery, crockery, cooking utensils and other containers, you container kitchen will need these in quantities proportionate to your purposes, whether commercial, service-orientated, or private.