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What a typical Indian/Chinese takeaway 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.
Curry houses, Chinese takeaways, kebab shops and grill houses. One comparison site's July 2025 analysis reported the heaviest using Indian and kebab takeaways paying up to £21,000 a year for electricity alone, and put the average running cost of a vertical kebab machine at about £7,250 a year. Both are top end figures rather than typical ones. Tandoors hold temperature for hours, wok ranges burn hard at service, and vertical grills and heat lamps run continuously through a long evening. Figures below are estimates at 25p per kWh electricity, 7p per kWh gas and about £365 a year standing charges.
A tandoor that has to be lit early and held hot through a five hour service
Wok burners running at full output every time an order lands
Vertical kebab grills turning through the whole evening whether there is a queue or not
Late night trading pushing your load into the most expensive part of the day
Typical equipment loads across hospitality and food venues, with annual kWh and cost bands from published benchmarks.
| 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 |
Stagger tandoor lighting so it is hot for the first order and not two hours before it
Turn wok burners right down between orders, a burner idling on full is pure waste into the canopy
Run the vertical grill on partial elements during quiet spells rather than all elements all evening
Interlock the extraction with the cooking line so the canopy steps down when the burners do
If you trade past midnight, ask about a day and night rate structure, late trading load is often mispriced on a single rate contract
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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