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Introduction

With the introduction of some great new fun food equipment and with new fun food products coming onto the market in recent years many event equipment hire businesses have been introducing fun food equipment into their hire inventories. With the steady growth in this area, profitability and equipment affordability, many business startups are considering specialising solely in fun food equipment hire. Fun food equipment is readily available to purchase and all of our equipment suppliers (Suppliers Directory) will be able to provide you with all the information you need to help with your purchase.

Candy floss machines

Although not a new concept candy floss machines are easy to self operate, easy to maintain and are always in demand by caterers, small event and private function organisers. With readily and easily available ingredients such as standard granulated sugar, candy floss colouring plus accessories of wooden candy floss sticks and (if needed) floss containers makes candy floss machine hire a great addition to your overall fun food hire inventory. All machines are electric powered, single or two colour candy floss output, bowl diameters are available in various sizes and output of between 100 and 350 per hour depending upon the model of candy floss machine.

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Popcorn warmers

Commercial popcorn warmers have been around for a while now and are ideal to hire out for a variety of functions and purposes from private parties to shops and commercial use. Popcorn output can range from 4 portions to around 28 portions every 3 mins depending upon the unit. Specifications of warmers will vary so its important to look at the end user/hirers expected requirements before purchasing. Most suppliers will also supply the raw pop corn and associated sundries such as popcorn trays, cups and cartons.

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Chocolate and champagne fountains

Professional chocolate and champagne fountains have been very popular over recent years particularly at wedding functions, special occasions and parties. Function organisers often require that the fountains are prepared, setup and sometimes manned, so you may need to look at whether or not to hire out direct to the function organiser or to only caterers etc. All fountains are electric powered, sizes start from around 50cmx30cm wide, the tiers are removable and dismantle for easy cleaning plus they require and hold a large amount of chocolate around 10lbs for the size above.

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Self serve hand operated soft ice cream machines

A more recent addition to the fun food equipment industry has been the cartridge fed hand operated soft ice cream machines. These table mounted soft ice cream machines (manufactured by several leading ice cream companies) are ideally hired out and supplied with the ice cream cartridges which the end user loads, pulls the lever to produce the finished soft ice cream. These easy to transport soft ice cream machines have been very popular with corporate and business event organisers, mobile caterers, newsagents, sweet shops plus a favourite with fete and fun day organisers.

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General advice and tips

All fun food equipment is available as standalone pieces of equipment and placed on their own can sometimes look uninteresting and uninviting. Many suppliers offer attractive colourful carts and stalls to compliment and mount the equipment. This is well worth considering as it will add more novelty fun food appeal to potential hirers who will prefer a professional finished look.
Important note: Some fun food equipment will need to be supplied with the end food product so consideration will need to given to food safety, storage and transportation. Read more about food safety under mobile catering.

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