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What a typical cake maker or patisserie uses and pays across the UK, from published benchmarks.
Figures are estimates from published UK benchmarks priced at 25p/kWh electricity, 7p/kWh gas and about £365 a year in standing charges. They are not quotes. See how we estimate.
Celebration cake makers, patisseries, chocolatiers and dessert producers. Smaller ovens used in bursts, but chilled display, walk-in chillers and blast chilling running steadily all day, usually from a small unit or a shop with a kitchen behind it.
Chilled display cabinets running open fronted for the whole trading day
A blast chiller cycling hard every time a batch comes out of the oven
Air conditioning needed year round to keep buttercream and chocolate workable
Small unit, small bill, and almost always a contract nobody has looked at since it started
Typical equipment loads across bakeries, breweries and food production, with annual kWh and cost bands from published benchmarks.
| Equipment | kWh a year | Cost a year (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| Deck, rack and tunnel ovens (gas) | 30,000–300,000 kWh | £2,100–£21,000 |
| Electric convection, combi and roasting ovens | 8,000–45,000 kWh | £2,000–£11,250 |
| Provers, retarders, dough mixers and depositors | 4,000–20,000 kWh | £1,000–£5,000 |
| Refrigeration, walk-in chillers and cold stores | 10,000–90,000 kWh | £2,500–£22,500 |
| Steam boilers, coppers, stills and jacketed kettles (gas) | 20,000–350,000 kWh | £1,400–£24,500 |
| Glycol chillers, compressed air, extraction and lighting | 8,000–60,000 kWh | £2,000–£15,000 |
Fit night covers on display cabinets. On a small site this is one of the few changes that pays back inside a season.
Use the blast chiller in full loads rather than tray by tray. Each cycle draws a heavy peak whether the cell is full or half empty.
Keep condenser coils on the walk-in and display units clean. Dust on a coil quietly adds ten to twenty per cent to compressor run time.
If you use air conditioning to hold decorating temperature, set it to a band rather than a fixed point so it is not fighting the ovens all afternoon.
Check whether your supply is a deemed contract left over from when you took the unit. Small units are where deemed rates hide longest.
Illustrative example
Deck ovens on from 4am with a shop out front
Ovens are most of the gas, proving and refrigeration most of the electricity, and both start before dawn.
Illustrative example, not a real customer. Figures are estimates based on published UK benchmarks. See how we estimate. See all worked examples.
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