The Gastronorm Food Pan is a standardized stainless steel food pan designed specifically for the catering industry. It's widely used in restaurants, hotel kitchens, and food processing facilities. Made of food-grade stainless steel, it offers excellent corrosion resistance and durability, ensuring long-term use without deformation or rusting. The pan's size and depth conform to international standards, allowing for easy integration with other kitchen equipment, providing an efficient and hygienic solution for food storage and processing.

Gastronorm Food Pan Parameters:

Gastronorm Food Pan Features:

Standard Sizing

The Gastronorm Food Pan can follow GN 1/1, GN 1/2, GN 1/3, GN 1/4, GN 1/6 and GN 1/9 size systems, with common depth options such as 20 mm, 40 mm, 65 mm, 100 mm, 150 mm and 200 mm. This helps buyers match existing steam tables, prep counters, buffet warmers and storage racks without changing kitchen equipment. For distributors, standard sizing reduces return risk caused by wrong tray dimensions and makes repeat orders easier to manage.

Strong Thickness

The pan can be produced with stainless steel thickness around 0.6 mm to 0.8 mm for regular commercial use. This thickness supports daily loading, stacking, washing and transport in busy kitchens while keeping unit weight manageable. For hotel and catering buyers, stronger material reduces deformation, edge bending and replacement frequency, which directly lowers long-term kitchenware procurement cost.

1、Food Grade Steel

The pan body uses food-grade stainless steel for safe contact with prepared food, raw ingredients, hot dishes and chilled items. Stainless steel supports frequent washing and resists common kitchen moisture better than coated or low-grade metal containers. Stable material quality also helps buyers meet commercial food service purchasing requirements.

2、Rounded Corners

The inner corners are formed with a smooth radius to reduce food residue buildup and make cleaning faster after service. Rounded corners also help staff handle the pan more safely during washing, stacking and food transfer. For mass production, corner consistency is important because uneven corners can affect stacking and lid matching.

3、Stackable Body

The pan structure is designed for nesting and stacking, helping kitchens store more units in limited space. Proper rim shape and body angle allow pans to separate more easily after stacking, reducing time wasted during busy preparation periods. This also helps distributors improve carton packing efficiency for bulk shipments.

Gastronorm Food Pan Application:

1、Hotel Buffet Service

Hotels use Gastronorm Food Pan for breakfast buffets, banquet service, hot holding stations and chilled food displays. The standard GN sizing fits common buffet warmers and serving counters, helping kitchen teams replace pans quickly during peak service. Stainless steel construction supports repeated heating, cooling, washing and handling throughout daily hotel operation.

2、Restaurant Preparation

Restaurants use GN pans for ingredient sorting, portion preparation, sauce holding and line cooking organization. The stackable structure saves prep-table space, while standard depths let chefs separate different food quantities more efficiently. For chain restaurants, consistent size also helps maintain the same kitchen workflow across multiple branches.

3、Catering Operations

Catering companies need food pans that can move between kitchens, transport boxes, serving stations and cleaning areas. Stainless steel GN pans handle frequent loading and washing better than disposable or thin trays. The standard size system helps catering teams plan food volume, transport space and buffet setup with fewer compatibility problems.

4、Food Processing Facilities

Food processing facilities use GN pans for temporary holding, ingredient transfer, cooling, weighing and batch organization. Food-grade stainless steel helps support hygiene control, while rounded corners reduce cleaning time between production steps. For facility buyers, durable pans also lower replacement needs in high-frequency handling environments.

5、Commercial Kitchen Wholesale

Commercial kitchenware wholesalers supply GN pans to restaurants, hotels, schools, hospitals and food service contractors. Because the size system is widely used, distributors can build inventory around repeatable demand. Multiple depth options help wholesalers serve different customer groups without adding too many unrelated product types.

Gastronorm Food Pan Factory Supply Ability:

Size Production Control

Our factory controls GN size forming, rim accuracy, depth consistency and corner shape during production. For standardized kitchen systems, even small dimension errors may cause poor fit with lids, racks or steam tables. Our production team checks key dimensions before packing to support better compatibility in commercial kitchens.

Stainless Steel Inspection

Material thickness, surface condition and food-contact suitability are checked before forming. For bulk orders, stable stainless steel quality helps reduce deformation, rust complaints and uneven finish problems. Our team focuses on material consistency because GN pans are often purchased in repeat batches.

Edge And Surface Review

Each batch can be inspected for sharp edges, burrs, scratches, uneven rims and poor stacking fit. Smooth edges are important for worker safety, while clean surfaces matter for hotel, restaurant and food service use. This inspection helps reduce receiving issues for distributors and project buyers.

Export Packing Planning

GN pans are nested and packed carefully to reduce rubbing, rim deformation and carton damage during shipment. Our team can adjust carton quantity, inner protection, labeling and pallet loading based on buyer requirements. Proper packing helps wholesalers reduce damage claims after goods arrive at overseas warehouses.

Buyer Notes:

Confirm GN Size

Buyers should confirm the exact GN size and depth before ordering. GN 1/1 and GN 1/2 may serve different equipment layouts, and the wrong depth can affect storage, heating or buffet setup. Size confirmation reduces return risk and avoids mismatch with existing kitchen systems.

Check Steel Thickness

Thickness affects strength, weight and price. Thin pans may lower unit cost but can bend more easily during stacking or washing. Buyers serving hotels, catering companies or institutional kitchens should check thickness carefully before selecting a cheaper option.

Review Lid Matching

Many kitchens buy pans together with lids. Buyers should confirm whether flat lids, notched lids or other lid types are needed. Rim accuracy affects lid fit, so pan and lid matching should be checked before bulk orders.

Plan Depth Mix

Different depths support different food volumes and kitchen tasks. Shallow pans work well for display and quick access, while deeper pans are better for storage and batch holding. Distributors should plan a balanced depth mix to improve stock turnover and meet wider customer demand.

Commercial GN Pan Supply Support

Our team can support Gastronorm Food Pan orders for hotel suppliers, catering equipment distributors, restaurant chains, food processing buyers and OEM/ODM kitchenware brands. GN size, depth, thickness, surface finish, logo marking and export packing can be discussed before quotation.

Get A Quote

For Gastronorm Food Pan wholesale orders, commercial kitchen supply or OEM/ODM stainless steel kitchenware projects, send our team your required GN sizes, depths, thickness and order quantity. We can prepare a quotation that fits your market and shipment plan.

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