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Understanding where the energy goes is the first step to paying less for it. Here is what typical hospitality usage looks like across the UK.
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.
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Typical bill £6.9k–£27.7k a year
Biggest load: Gas or electric frying range, typically 25 to 90 kW installed
See fish and chip shop energyTypical bill £6.8k–£28.6k a year
Biggest load: Tandoor ovens holding temperature for the whole service
See Indian/Chinese takeaway energyTypical bill £6.4k–£26.6k a year
Biggest load: Electric deck ovens or gas conveyor ovens held at full temperature
See pizza takeaway energyTypical bill £10.3k–£37k a year
Biggest load: Gas ranges, chargrills and combi ovens across the service line
See independent restaurant energyTypical bill £4.3k–£17.5k a year
Biggest load: Commercial espresso machine holding its boiler all day
See café or coffee shop energyTypical bill £11k–£38k a year
Biggest load: Cellar cooling running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
See pub, bar or social club energyTypical bill £7.9k–£32.8k a year
Biggest load: Electric fryers, grills and induction ranges packed into a small footprint
See dark or delivery kitchen energyHospitality is one of the most energy hungry sectors in the UK economy. CIBSE TM46 benchmarks put a restaurant at about 90 kWh per square metre a year of electricity and 370 of fossil fuel, and a bar, pub or licensed premises at 130 and 350, against 95 and 120 for a general office. The kitchen floor area itself is several times more intensive again than the building average, which is why energy is usually the third biggest controllable cost in a food led venue after staff and stock. Fryers, frying ranges, tandoors, wok burners, pizza decks, combi ovens, extraction canopies, walk-in cold rooms and beer cellars all pull hard, and a lot of that load is baseload that does not stop when the room is empty. A metered study of UK pub restaurant kitchens found consumption barely moved when meal counts more than halved, so a quiet week does not produce a quiet bill. On top of that, most independent hospitality operators hold their own supply contracts, run them to expiry while service takes priority, and end up on rollover or deemed rates. Published comparisons in 2026 put average small business deemed electricity at around 35p per kWh against fixed contract rates typically under 25p, so a site left on deemed rates can be paying roughly a third more than it needs to. That combination, high spend plus a high share of out of contract meters, is why hospitality is a sector where switching pays back fastest. We cover fish and chip shops, Indian, Chinese and kebab takeaways, pizza takeaways, independent restaurants, cafés and coffee shops, pubs, bars and social clubs, and dark kitchens. All figures on this page are sector estimates built from published UK benchmarks at May 2026 SME rates of 25p per kWh for electricity, 7p per kWh for gas and about £365 a year in standing charges. They are estimates, not quotes. A recent bill turns the estimate into a real comparison.
Deep fryers with a connected load of 8 to 15 kW cycling through a ten to fourteen hour trading day, and gas frying ranges rated from 25 kW upwards
Extraction canopies that have to keep running while you cook, and on a gas kitchen the interlock required by BS 6173 will shut the gas off if they stop
Walk-in cold rooms, display chillers and beer cellars running 24 hours a day, seven days a week
Contracts quietly rolling over onto deemed rates while you were busy running service
The kit that dominates the bill, with the annual kWh and cost bands we see in published benchmarks. Knowing this helps us match a tariff to your usage pattern.
| Equipment | kWh a year | Cost a year (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial deep fryers (x2, electric) | 12,000–26,000 kWh | £3,000–£6,500 |
| Extraction canopy and make-up air | 5,000–14,000 kWh | £1,250–£3,500 |
| Walk-in fridge and freezer | 9,000–19,000 kWh | £2,250–£4,750 |
| Commercial ovens and ranges (gas) | 25,000–90,000 kWh | £1,750–£6,300 |
| Dishwasher and glass washer | 3,500–9,000 kWh | £875–£2,250 |
| Lighting, HVAC and hot water | 8,000–22,000 kWh | £2,000–£5,500 |
Put extraction on variable speed or a demand controlled system so it is not running flat out through prep and clean down
Lid your fryers and drop them to standby between service peaks, hot oil holds temperature far longer than most kitchens assume
Check walk-in, display and cellar door seals monthly, a failed seal or an iced up condenser makes the unit run far longer than it needs to
Move the whole site to LED, kitchens, cellars and back of house are usually the last places to get done
Diarise your contract end date and start comparing 6 to 12 months out, rollover and deemed rates are where hospitality loses the most money
Illustrative example
Around 60 covers a day with a full commercial kitchen
Ovens, extraction and walk-in refrigeration run through every service, and cold storage never switches off.
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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