Catering Consultant in Newport

On The Pass Consultancy is based in Newport, so this is home ground. If your kitchen is in the city or anywhere across Gwent, I can usually be with you the same week.

I am René Chapman. I work on the decisions that are expensive to undo: what equipment goes in, how the kitchen is laid out, what each dish earns, and whether the team can run it on a Saturday.

35+ years in the hospitality sector, most of them within half an hour of this city.

What I do for Newport kitchens

Catering equipment and combi ovens

I specify commercial catering equipment, from replacing one fryer to fitting out a whole kitchen. Sized to your covers rather than to a brochure, and specified so it still suits you in five years. Combi ovens included, the Rational iCombi Pro among them.

Commercial kitchen design

Layouts planned around how the food actually moves, from delivery through prep, cook, pass and wash. Extraction, drainage and compliance built into the plan rather than bolted on afterwards.

Menu development and gross profit

Every dish costed properly so you can see where the margin is going. Most menus have two or three dishes quietly losing money, and they are almost never the ones the chef suspects.

Staff training

Training on your kitchen, on your equipment, against the gaps that are costing you consistency. Kitchen workflow, prep discipline and front of house standards.

AI and technology

Straight answers on stock systems, forecasting and smart kitchen tools. Which ones earn their keep at your size, and which are a monthly subscription you will cancel by Christmas.

Working together in Newport

Being local matters more than people think. I know the Newport market, I know what trade looks like here through the year, and I can call in rather than schedule a visit three weeks out.

Everything starts with a free conversation where I listen first. If the numbers do not work for you, I would rather tell you than take the job.

Catering equipment and combi ovens in Newport

I specify and supply commercial catering equipment across Newport and Gwent, including combi ovens such as the Rational iCombi Pro. If a cheaper piece of kit will do the job, that is what I will tell you.

Read more about catering equipment and combi ovens in Newport and South Wales.

Get in touch

Phone or WhatsApp 07967 736372, or email info@onthepassconsultancy.com.

Serving Newport city centre, Cwmbran, Caerleon, Pontypool, Abergavenny, Monmouth, Chepstow and the surrounding areas across Gwent and South Wales.

Feature image: Newport Transporter Bridge 2013 by Lewis Hulbert, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized from the original.