ECB Catering Equipment Specialists

ECB Catering Equipment Specialists is a Maltese supplier of professional kitchen machinery, based in Paola in the south-east of the island. It has been supplying Malta's hospitality and food service industries for around 40 years, and its customers range from major hotel chains and hospitals to individual restaurants and small food outlets. It presents itself as the leading hotel catering equipment supplier on the islands, with a long list of esteemed clients and a promise of quality products followed by service.

The company is one of the firms in our directory of catering companies in Malta. If you are opening or refurbishing a kitchen, a bar or a bakery, it offers both light and heavy catering equipment for sale and for rent.

Cooking and dishwashing equipment

The product range is organised into clear families. Modular cooking covers ovens, with convection and combi ovens, charcoal ovens and pizza ovens listed separately. The dishwashing range includes glass and hood-type dishwashers, rack conveyor machines, flight machines, multipurpose washers for 500 by 600 millimetre racks and pot and utensil washers.

Featured products include the Dexion LUX PRO 700, the Mareno M190, the Angelo Po PRACTICO and the Tecnoeka MKF 464 TS, each shown with a call-for-quote option rather than a printed price. The company imports brands from Europe and has a page of brands on its site.

A multifunction blast chiller and freezer range, operating from minus 40 degrees to plus 85 degrees Celsius, is highlighted on the home page and can be bought through the shop.

Refrigeration for every kind of kitchen

Refrigeration is a large part of the catalogue. Catering refrigerators, refrigerated counters, blast chillers and freezers and refrigerated display units serve general kitchens. A pizza range offers complete refrigerated counters, granite worktops, saladette units and display cabinets, while a pastry and bakery range includes retarder-prover cabinets, blast chillers, display units and counters. Ice cream parlours are served by refrigerated display units, freezers and refrigerators.

Other categories include stainless steel furniture, ventilation systems and extraction hoods, light equipment such as glassware, plastic and storage containers and general accessories. Anyone planning a kitchen that also needs cooling for the room can pair it with a local air conditioning firm, such as Able Ltd or AC Service Malta.

Layout, design and project management

ECB also offers layout and design, described as project management for catering establishments. Its project management approach aims at quality, commitment and consistency, and many projects have been completed successfully. This suits a new restaurant or hotel kitchen where the plan, equipment and installation have to fit together, and it means one supplier can look at the whole project from the first drawing to the final machine. Tell the team about your menu, covers and available space when you enquire so that they can respond usefully.

Customers can browse and register on the website, and the delivery list covers a long range of localities in Malta and Gozo, from Valletta, Sliema and St Julian's to Mellieħa, Victoria and Marsaxlokk. Anyone setting up an account can choose their town from the list, which helps with delivery. The site also has a news page, a brands page, a services page and FAQs.

Visiting Paola and how to start

Paola is a short drive from the capital and has its own big sight: the Hypogeum at Ħal Saflieni. It sits close to the Three Cities and Valletta, so see our Valletta guide for the nearby sights, and our things to do in Malta page for the wider island. For background on the islands, read about Malta.

For a larger launch, an event planner such as 242.group can help with a venue opening. To ask about equipment, rental or kitchen design, use the VisitMalta.co.uk enquiry form on this page and we will pass your message to ECB Catering Equipment Specialists.