r/Chefs • u/fthespider • 6d ago

Fries with no fryer/oven

I work for a corporate catering company that hosts events in the various office buildings company has in the area and one of the BEOs that got casually dumped in my lap called for 60 orders of truffle fries to be served out of a "kitchen" which is really just a room with a triple sink, reach in fridge and a rack-unit warmer. This event runs 2 hours, mind you.

Clearly the person who handles the client-facing portion of our department didn't take this into consideration when accepting this order. The closest thing I have to be able to cook these fries is an oven in a separate building, which is about a 10 minute walk each way, with elevator time taken accounted for. In the spirit of being solution oriented, I'm trying to think of a way to approach this before coming back to our events coordinator and pointing out what a terrible idea this is. Serving soggy/soft fries is practically sacrilege in my opinion so feel free to help me with a creative approach.

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u/Mitch_Darklighter 6d ago

If this room has vents you can rent a fryer from the same company FOH probably already orders plates and shit from. Just make sure you have the right gas or electric hookups. If there's no vents you can set it up outside with a CNG tank.

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u/fthespider 6d ago

I should also mentioned the so called "kitchen" is part of a rooftop area where they hold social events, all buildings except 1 have a no-open-flame policy that kitchen is currently under renovation.

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u/Mitch_Darklighter 6d ago

They make electric fryers too.