Why this stainless steel tables with upstand earns its place
At 1.8 metres, this is a full prep bench. You're not buying a prep table anymore; you're installing a work island. Three chefs can work simultaneously, or one prep cook can stage a 15-course mise en place across the length. The 700mm depth keeps everything within arm's reach; you're not forever reaching across a table that's too wide. Open-frame construction means the entire work surface is unobstructed—no ledges hiding grease, no corners trapping fragments of yesterday's service. The upstand edge runs the full 1.8 metres, cradling your ingredients and tools.
Stainless steel 430 resists all the abuse a high-volume kitchen throws at it: salt, acids, bleach, steam, heat. Daily cleaning is straightforward because there's nowhere for dirt to hide. At 69 kg, it's heavy—definitely a two-person or three-person lift—but once it's in place, it's solid. You're not fighting wobble or drift. Flat-pack assembly means you're not paying for transport as dead weight, and it arrives in a footprint small enough to fit through a standard doorway.
This is the bench for butchers prepping 50+ animals a day, catering kitchens staging events, food-processing facilities scaling production. It's the investment table: you buy it once, and it outlasts the lease on the kitchen.
Check the narrowest clear opening, then every corner, landing, step and lift from the kerb to the room.
Stated machine geometry while kept upright. Allow handling room and confirm the complete route.
Measure the clear opening
Enter the usable gap with the door fully open.
This checks straight stated geometry only.
