By following these three simple steps, you’ll make smarter equipment choices:

1. Study your menu — your menu will tell you what equipment you’ll need, from prep to cooking to serving to cleaning up.
2. Decide on a floor plan — after considering your menu and associated workflow, as well as storage and occupational health and safety (OH&S), plan your kitchen’s layout. Avoid or minimise staff crossing paths or cross-contamination of food. 
3. Take measurements — once your floor plan has been finalised, make sure you have enough room for the equipment and can use it safely.

We’ll finance virtually any type of commercial kitchen equipment that helps your business make a profit.

The equipment must have an invoice value of $1,000 or more (Rent–Try–Buy) or $10,000 or more (Lease-to-Keep).

There are two main places you can find the commercial kitchen equipment that we finance:

• equipment-dealer showrooms and websites — we’re in partnership with hundreds of dealers nationwide. They can help you not only select equipment, but also apply for SilverChef finance.   
• SilverChef website — our commercial-catering-equipment marketplace (which includes new, ‘Certified Used’, and clearance equipment) is one of Australia’s biggest. Find equipment

We stock a large range of ’Certified Used’ and clearance hospitality equipment, which customers can either finance through SilverChef or purchase outright from us.

Though we don’t sell new commercial kitchen equipment, we can quickly source it via a network of hundreds of dealers nationwide, finance it for you, and ensure it’s promptly delivered to your door.  

The new equipment advertised on our website is stocked by one or more of hundreds of equipment dealers nationwide that we partner with, i.e it’s almost always available. 

All the ‘Certified Used’ and clearance equipment on our website is in stock.

Because this equipment turns over quickly, we recommend you double-check it’s in stock by calling us on 1800 154 161.

Note that any equipment you’re interested in won’t be reserved for you until you’ve either signed a finance agreement or paid for the equipment in full.

If it’s not reserved, someone else will be able to order the equipment — even if it’s in your shopping cart!

If you’d like to see a piece of new equipment in person, we can direct you to the equipment dealer nearest you that has the equipment in stock. 

If you’d like to inspect a piece of ‘Certified Used’ equipment stored in one of our warehouses (Brisbane, Melbourne, or Perth), you’re welcome to call us on 1800 154 161 to arrange an appointment. (You’ll need to give us at least 48 hours’ notice.)

We define ‘standard equipment’ as virtually any type of commercial-grade electrical or gas appliance with a serial number and that was not custom-built.

We also consider flat-pack and modular stainless-steel benching and shelving, and furniture (e.g. tables and chairs), as standard equipment.

All other equipment is considered by us to be ‘non-standard equipment’ (e.g. smallwares and audio-visual equipment).

These classifications are important as they determine, for example, whether you have the option to upgrade the equipment (only standard equipment can be upgraded).

Customers are responsible for arranging and paying for insurance for their rented or leased equipment.

Customers are responsible for arranging and paying for maintenance and repairs to their rented or leased equipment. 

(If the equipment develops a covered fault and it’s still under warranty, we’ll help you organise a free repair, replacement, or refund.)

No — our equipment finance does not cover the cost of installation.

The new commercial kitchen equipment we finance typically comes with at least a one-year manufacturer’s warranty.  

The warranty documents should tell you what the exact warranty period is; make sure you hang onto these documents and any other paperwork that comes with your equipment. 

Our refurbished equipment (‘Certified Used’) comes with a three-month warranty.

If your new or ‘Certified Used’ equipment develops a covered fault within the warranty period, call us on 1800 154 161.

We’ll help you arrange a free repair, replacement, or refund from the manufacturer (new equipment) or us (Certified Used and clearance equipment). 

If the service agent determines the fault or breakdown was due to misuse of the equipment, the customer is liable for the cost of any repairs.

Once the equipment is out of warranty, the customer will be responsible for meeting any breakdown-repair costs.  

Rest assured that, if your equipment develops a fault or breaks down after its warranty has expired, we can help you quickly find a repairer or source a replacement machine in as little as a day. 

We source our ‘Certified Used’ commercial kitchen equipment from businesses we know and trust, mostly customers who’ve either upgraded their rental equipment or returned it to us due to a change in their circumstances.  

(Our Rent–Try–Buy finance solution allows customers to upgrade their rental equipment at any time or, after 12 months, return it without being penalised.) 

We source our clearance equipment (comprising runout, used, ex-demo, and scratch-and-dent equipment) from trusted third-party suppliers.

Our clearance equipment comprises:

• runout equipment supplied by our equipment-dealer partners
• used equipment supplied by our equipment-dealer partners
• ex-demo equipment previously used in a dealer’s demonstration kitchen
• scratch-and-dent equipment that’s sustained minor cosmetic damage.

You can either finance this equipment through SilverChef or purchase it outright from us.

You can order used (‘Certified Used’ and clearance) equipment from us directly (online or by calling us on 1800 154 561) or indirectly, via one of hundreds of hospitality-equipment dealers nationwide that we partner with.

Yes — if you buy more than one piece of second-hand hospitality equipment, you can purchase some of the equipment outright and finance the rest.

We don’t usually buy second-hand commercial kitchen equipment, but will consider doing so under the following circumstances:

• if you finance new equipment through us, we’ll consider paying you cash for your old equipment (i.e. a trade-in)
• if your business’s cash flow is tight and you need some quick cash to relieve the situation, we’ll consider buying equipment that you’ve recently bought and renting it back to you under a 12-month agreement. Not only will your business get an immediate cash injection, you’ll be able continue using the equipment for manageable, weekly payments that protect your cash flow (under our ‘Buy Back’ scheme).