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Evening Star, Issue 22895, 1 March 1938, Page 3

SERVING 30,000 MEALS A DAY— at EARL'S COURT, LONDON The Earl’s Court Exhibition and Entertainment Centre in London is easily the largest building of its kind in the world. It caters constantly to an enormous flow of visitors from every part of the globe. The colossal task of ministering to the inner needs of the I 5,000 people who often visit Earl’s Court in the course of a day frequently involves the preparation and serving of 30,000 meals. In this famous building covering nine acres there are four restaurants (with a seating capacity of 4000), 5 tea lounges, and 25 snack bars. There are aliso 3 conference halls (seating over 3000), convertible on special occasions into ing halls, plus staff dining rooms and cafeteria. _jSLi ©AS-COOKED, EXCLUSIVELY GAS-equippsd Kitchens A staff of 900 people are required to provide this immense number of meals. The appliances are housed in seven principal gasequipped kitchens (one of the two largest with a floor space of 17,500 square feet). The gas-fired equipment in this kitchen includes a huge 1 0-oven central range; 5 boiling pans, each of 40-gallon capacity; fish-frying range; a double i" 7 mmmm GAS equipment for kitchen hot water A corner of one of Hie seven gas-equipped kitchens capable of serving up to 30,000' meals a day. 7 pressure steamers; 2 grills; a stockpot stove; a double-compt. roasting oven, and a Huge carving table and hot closet. The servery is in keeping; likewise the bakery and pastry kitchens and the pantry. In such an immense building instant supplies of hot water at an enormous number of taps at once was a problem beyond the economic capacity of a central system. So gas provides instant and independent supplies of boiling water wherever needed, from the single sink heaters to the numerous 350-gallons-per-hour units at convenient points. The fuel used in this, the world’s most up-to-date exhibition and entertainment centre, for cooking and the enormous supply of hot water required is gas exclusively. Gas was chosen for its speed, its efficiency, its certainty, its great economy, and its ease of use. Cooking by GAS is modern to the minute . It is pleasant, speedy, clean, certain in results, and most economical. The lovely new streamlined porcelain enamelled Gas Coo\efs are inexpensive to install, are a delight to look upon, and satisfying to cook with. See them at the GAS Dept. Showrooms Water Heating and Room Warming by Gas is more efficient, speedy, and cheaper than ever before. Ask our showroom assistants to demonstrate! CITY GAS DEPARTMENT Town Hall and Anderson’s Bay Road p 2V)