Why use a hot holding cabinet?
A hot holding cabinet keeps cooked food hot, moist and safe between the kitchen and service. Instead of keeping food on the stove or under heat lamps, you can cook ahead, hold it at a steady temperature and serve it in peak condition, which takes the pressure off service and cuts waste.
Types of hot holding cabinet
- Benchtop heated cabinets: compact cabinets for a few 1/1 GN trays on the pass or counter.
- Warming drawers: stackable drawers, each holding a 1/1 GN pan, for holding different items separately.
- Mobile hot holding trolleys: cabinets on castors that hold and transport food to banquets, wards or service points, in slim line and full-width sizes and with one or two separately controlled compartments.
Choosing a hot holding cabinet
- Capacity: count the 1/1 GN or 2/1 GN trays you need to hold at once.
- Heating: static heating suits most holding; ventilated (fan) heating gives faster, more even temperatures in larger cabinets.
- Humidity vents: adjustable vents let you keep moist foods moist and crispy foods crisp.
- Mobility and width: slim line trolleys fit through standard doors and narrow corridors.
Our range
We stock Moduline hot holding cabinets, warming drawers and mobile hot holding trolleys, made in Italy, including the Black Edition ventilated trolleys. From Elementry we stock the HT-20S and HT-40S mobile food warmer carts, holding 20 or 40 pans at 30 to 90°C. For keeping plates warm, see our plate warmers and lowerators. We also stock Anvil single and double door plate warming cupboards and a 22 x GN 1/1 heated banquet cart, and the Glacian BCH0016 heated banquet cart, with 16 levels of 2/1 GN at 70°C to 82°C. From Selcyus we stock CIRCUM Heat hot holding equipment, which keeps food moist with gentle side-wall heat and no water: 2 and 3 drawer heated holding drawers, heated holding cabinets from 6 to 32 x GN 1/1 (including a dual compartment model), and a 96 plate heated banquet cart.
Delivery and our price-beat guarantee
We deliver Australia-wide by tailgate truck, usually within 2 to 5 business days to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide and 4 to 12 days elsewhere. Prices are shown ex GST with the GST-inclusive price alongside. Found a lower price? Send us the link under our Price-Beat Guarantee and we'll send you a one-off discount code.
Hot holding cabinet FAQs
What temperature should hot food be held at?
In Australia, hot food should be kept at 60°C or hotter. Hot holding cabinets are designed to hold food above this temperature until it's served.
Can I cook in a hot holding cabinet?
Holding cabinets are designed to keep cooked food hot, not to cook it. If you want to cook slowly and then hold, choose a cook and hold oven.