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The growth of delivery during the Covid-19 pandemic created an opportunity for the industry to embrace ghost kitchens or com- missary kitchens. Their popularity has meant that foodservice jar- gon has spilled over into everyday life. If you’re wondering what the heck a ghost kitchen is, you’re on the right blog post! WHAT IS A GHOST KITCHEN

Simply put, a ghost kitchen or commissary kitchen is a dedicat- ed commercial cooking facility where two or more restaurants have delivery orders prepared and cooked. They are essentially restaurants without a dinning space. Other names for ghost kitchens include:

• Cloud kitchen • Dark kitchen • Delivery kitchen • Off-premise kitchen

• Shadow kitchen • Virtual kitchen While a standard restaurant would have dine in customers and possibly also offer pick up options, a ghost

New Jersey restauranteur will host some of those who demonstrated the desire to serve those who were willing to put themselves in harms way to make sure everyone got the meals they needed and certainly deserved.