North Beach Café and Creamery
North Beach Café Enhances Efficiency with Vector
North Beach Café & Creamery in Ventnor City, NJ, enhanced its kitchen efficiency and menu variety by incorporating Alto-Shaam's Vector® multi-cook ovens.
In Ventnor City, New Jersey, North BeachCafé and Creamery has significantly boosted its kitchen efficiency and menu variety with the introduction of Alto-Shaam's Vector® multi-cook ovens.
In 2018, John Battista, owner of North Beach Café and Creamery, first came across Alto-Shaam Vector ovens at a tradeshow. He was so impressed that he convinced the Café’s landlord to invest in a Vector H3 multi-cook oven. “At the time, we were running the entire café from a single combi oven,” John said, “but the Vector oven enabled us to really expand our menu and foodservice offering, and also increased efficiency.”
Following its move to a new, larger location in Ventnor, the Café purchased a second Vector H oven featuring advanced controls, as well as an additional combi oven. “By the time we made the move we were completely sold on Alto-Shaam’s technology and so decided to build the new kitchen and our menu around it,” John said.
Thanks to Structured Air Technology, Alto-Shaam’s Vector H3 multi-cook ovens offer three ovens in one, while Vector H4 models offer up to four. Each oven chamber features independent temperature, fan speed and cooking time controls, enabling different food items to be cooked in each chamber simultaneously with no flavor transfer.
For North Beach Café, summer is their busiest season. On average, they serve more than 200 meals a day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“Our customers rarely have to wait more than 10-15 minutes even when we are full,” John said. “The Vector ovens offer unrivalled versatility and flexibility, as well as consistent food quality, which has increased efficiency within our kitchen, with our team of chefs able to consistently handle entire tickets themselves."
“The ovens are also highly energy efficient which has led to significant savings on energy costs,” John adds. “Better yet, they are also incredibly clean, with very little grease in comparison to traditional cooking methods, which has also provided a significant saving in terms of labor.”
North Beach Café and Creamery prides itself on its homemade and handcrafted dishes, serving everything from cooked breakfasts including omelets, pancakes and breakfast muffins, extensive sandwiches and salad menus, through to burgers, hot dogs and chicken tenders, as well as its famous ice cream sundaes.
“Our passion is for good food and good hospitality, with all of our food made to order using the freshest ingredients, and a commitment to providing our customers with a personalized and exceptional experience every time,” John said.
To learn more about Vector multi-cook ovens, attend a Taste of Alto-Shaam demonstration near you.