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Worldwide high-performing refrigeration manufacturer  offering the refrigerated drawer against which all others are measured. Discover our award-winning units today.

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Our refrigeration stands out from the rest

The drawer with more

The first unique UK innovation in over 70 years, our patented ‘Hold the Cold’ technology functions like no other fridge or freezer in the commercial refrigeration industry. Totally unique to Adande, the insulated drawer inside the unit ensures cold air is retained each time the drawer is opened. Unlike conventionally made refrigeration units, where fans blow cold air around the cabinet, with Adande, cold air gently cascades down onto and around the food in the insulated drawer – we call this ‘low velocity cooling’. This design allows chefs to prolong the shelf life of their ingredients and products by preventing food dehydration.

Low velocity cooling ensures the Adande has a stable temperature and exceptional humidity control at all times. During frequent or prolonged drawer openings, the attack from high temperature and ambient air is minimal, providing a cool and benign microclimate for the storage of food.

In the hottest of kitchens, and even when positioned directly under high temperature griddles and charbroilers in the cook line, Adande drawers perform exactly the same. With the insulated drawer open, users will have a perfect bird’s eye view of all products and ingredients, providing a speedy service and faster kitchen production.

Adande: Our Story

Founded in 1984 by design engineers George Young and Ian Wood, Adande quickly became known as a specialist engineering consultancy for industrial ventilation, refrigeration and air conditioning for the oil and gas industry. Offshore Chefs working on large vessels and oil rigs would frequently ask the team to come up with a fridge-freezer where you could frequently open its doors and yet still provide a constant environment. With shift workers needing to be fed at differing times, day and night and the kitchens running around the clock, this was a constant issue for the energy companies and their contractors. So, George and Ian starting with a ‘blank sheet’ of paper began work on a new design that would essentially ‘hold the cold’.

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Our People

Adande is proud to be made up of a talented team of people passionate about what they do. At all levels of the organisation, around the world, the Adande team are committed to providing the best refrigeration solutions in the market, built with our customers interests in mind.

Adande’s culture has been built on innovation and with this at the very heart of our business, finding new ways to improve and evolve our market is paramount. We strive to be more agile, and visionary. We look to remove complexity, continuing to be pioneers in our industry servicing some of the most interesting and inspiring culinary brands and helping them to deliver the quality that sets them apart.

Meet some of the team below

Tom
Engineering & Quality Manager
Rob
Customer Experience Team Manager
Karl
Managing Director
Grace
Marketing Strategist
Jackie
UK Sales Manager

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Accessories

Drawer management products, worktop varieties, and more

Blast Chill

By adding in a blast-chill function it gives the operator even greater control. it ensures the kitchen cycle of food prep, cook and serve is a seamless process, it saves time and preserves not just the food, but also an outlet’s bottom line.

Bulk Storage

Adande bulk storage fridges are ideal for foodservice operators requiring increased temperature-controlled storage at the point of meal preparation

Cassette Unit

Adande cassette models are designed to be fitted into kitchen workstations, providing cold storage capacity at the point of meal preparation and service.

Chef Base Units

Fitted with either heat-shield or solid tops for hot or cool cooklines

Compact Units

A deeper drawer in this compact design allows for great bulk storage. The unit can also be fitted with frying racks for efficient workflow.

Prep Counter

The standalone food preparation workstations are designed to be positioned in the heart of the cookline

Saladette

The winner of the Foodservice Equipment Journal ‘Supplier of the Year for New Product Development 2021’

Under Counter

Adande under counter units are intended for positioning beneath food preparation worktops and tables