The Red House was rejuvenated by Parogon Pub Group from a Lilleshall local to a distinguished dining destination where clientele visit from near and far to celebrate life’s memorable moments or simply dine in style.
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The key component of the extensive refurbishment that elevates this location from humble pub to high class gastropub is their showpiece LLK living flame pizza oven, the Giovanni. Red House couldn’t conceal the grandeur of this authentic Italian oven behind kitchen walls so decided to proudly display the pizza section of their kitchen to their customers. As soon as a visitor enters the door, their attention is captured by light dancing on the dome’s mirror tiles and its flames licking dough to wood fired perfection. Once they have been seated and their orders taken, the customers can observe the skilful preparation of their meals in the open plan pizza station and, after they’ve been served, the chefs are rewarded for their hard work with the sight of the diners enjoying their creations.

Prior to making the investment in their Giovanni oven, Red House decided to source as much education and advice from experienced experts as possible so they could set their pizza concept on track for success from the very start. They visited our onsite demo kitchen to view and trial our range of pizza ovens under the guidance of our pizza maestro Development Chef, Fabio. From the moment they laid eyes on the Giovanni, they knew this oven had the aesthetic to fit their vision and, after they’d fired it up, they found it had the performance to match.

Now that they had selected their ideal oven, Red House wanted to ensure their chefs had all the skills required to do this equipment justice. Fabio travelled down to Telford to deliver his consultancy course and impart his pizza making expertise to the chefs in their natural working environment. The chefs were impressed with the way Fabio delivered his bespoke training techniques with professionalism teamed with a ‘fab’ sense of fun!

Once Red House had settled in with their Giovanni oven, we caught up with their Executive Chef, Vincenzo Rizzo. He professes that the Giovanni’s high performance enables him to express his culinary talents to their full potential. The heat from the flames circulates the inside of the dome evenly so each lovingly prepared pizza receives the cooking it deserves. The revolving stone base allows for easy unloading and loading, speeding up production rate and enabling Red House’s chefs to serve up to 300 covers in a day. The pizzas that the Red House serves features a thin base with a thick, pillowy crust. The pizza which carries the highest demand has proved to be their double pepperoni pizza with hints of spicy pepper and a sweet honey glaze. The Giovanni oven’s cooking powers aren’t however limited to just the pizza section of the Red House’s offering- this kit is also used to cook their garlic flatbreads and hot breads to perfection.
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Despite the Giovanni’s grandeur, the chefs at the Red House have found it highly simple and straightforward to use. Vincenzo revealed that he had no previous experience operating a living flame pizza oven, however within two weeks he was able to utilise all the features to their full potential and even train other members of staff to use it.

LLK supplied the Giovanni oven to the Red House’s chosen restaurant dealers, Ritchie Catering Equipment. The oven was then built onsite by LLK’s team of experienced service engineers and was later adorned with an entrancing mirror ball style finish. Red House found their experience working with our trusted dealers at Ritchie Catering Equipment seamless and satisfying. Everything they required for their concept was there ready and waiting for them to turn their vision into reality.

If you would like to enquire about the Giovanni living flame oven, email our knowledgeable Sales Team at kitchens@linda-lewis.co.uk or call 0161 633 5797.