Essential Pastry Kitchen Equipment: A Complete Patisserie Shop List

As a significant component of daily culinary offerings, from a cozy breakfast to the final course of a full meal, pastries never fail to win over foodie around the world. The term pastry typically refers to a variety of doughs, as well as the sweet and savoury baked goods made from them. Common pastry dishes include pies, egg tarts, puffs, croissants, and various desserts.

When you walk into the back of a fine dining restaurant or full-service hotel, the pastry kitchen is definitely an important part of the overall kitchen layout. Different from other sections of a professional kitchen, setting up a pastry area requires a specific list of pastry shop equipment—including essential tools and commercial kitchen equipment—to support chefs in meeting every guest’s pastry needs. From dough mixers to commercial food processors.

Work Station

As the indispensable kitchen furniture for pastry preparation, the commercial kitchen workbench allows chefs to knead, roll, wrap, and carry out detailed work on dough.
In fact, several types of workbench top materials are commonly used in pastry kitchens, such as wood and marble tops, which are ideal for handling temperature-sensitive tasks like chocolate tempering, laminated dough, and delicate pastry work.

Commercial Food Processor

If you want to make a creative and delicious pastry or dessert, the sides, the topping, and even the ingredients are key. The professional food processor is designed to handle these complex tasks—more than chopping and pureeing. For example, making nut flours, breadcrumbs for crusts, fruit purees for fillings, or even dough and butter mixtures—a food processor can handle all of that.

Additionally, when you're going to buy an industrial food processor, stainless steel material is the go-to choice, considering the rigorous kitchen environment.

Commercial Mixers

For a patisserie, or an area within a professional kitchen dedicated to the preparation of pastries or desserts, commercial mixers are a crucial part of the equipment list. There are two common types of mixers in the pastry industry—the stand mixer and the countertop mixer. They can consistently mix doughs, milk powder, flours, frosting, and other fillings.

Dough Sheeter and Divider

A dough sheeter flattens balls of dough into even layers and can consistently roll out dough to a uniform thickness, which is critical for laminated doughs like puff pastry, egg tarts, and croissants.
A dough divider supports the pastry-making process by accurately and efficiently portioning dough, ensuring consistent product size and weight—an essential feature in industrial pastry operations.

Proofer Cabinets

Temperature control plays a crucial role in pastry and dessert preparation. As an essential piece of pastry equipment, a proofer cabinet creates the ideal environment for yeast fermentation and dough rising. This baking equipment maintains a warm, humid atmosphere that encourages consistent and optimal proofing results. Whether for breads, croissants, or laminated doughs, a proofer box is an essential in any commercial pastry kitchen.

Ovens

When it comes to baking, the oven is the one piece of baking equipment you simply can’t miss. In a pastry kitchen, there are three major types of ovens. First things first is the convection oven, which circulates hot air to create an evenly heated environment for baked goods. The deck oven, equipped with one or more decks, makes it an ideal option for handling numerous baking tasks. At Shinelong, we specialize in modular oven solutions that combine ovens and a proofing box in one unit—allowing you to complete your baking tasks more efficiently in a single setup.

Last but not least, the combi oven, a versatile cooking equipment popping up in every food service operation.

Refrigerators

As we all know, storage plays an essential role in the pastry-making process. Powerful commercial refrigeration equipment ensures that both dough and ingredients are kept safe and fresh. Ingredients like fruit, dairy, and other toppings are key elements in creating pastries that are rich in flavor. That’s why you’ll often find set of freezers or chillers in every pastry shop, and even walk-in cold rooms in full-service hotels—all to maintain the highest standards of quality and taste.

Pastry Supplies

By the way, the endless list of small pastry tools plays a crucial role in enabling chefs to skillfully handle ingredients. These tools include spatulas, mixing spoons, zesters, pastry knives, icing bags, pastry cutters, sifters, and more. In addition, stainless steel shelf racks, kitchen carts, and other freestanding kitchen furniture support food delivery and transport throughout the pastry kitchen.

At SHINELONG, we are not just a commercial cooking equipment supplier—we specialize in providing turnkey commercial kitchen solutions. That means we go far beyond simply supplying a set of equipment. Our strength lies in delivering all-in-one solutions that integrate equipment, workflow, and efficiency into a complete kitchen ecosystem.