It means nothing for restaurants except they'll need to get electric appliances and grills will be slightly less common (since electric grills aren't great and solid fuel grills require their own hood vent).
Are you in the restaurant industry? Maybe you know more than me, but about 3/4 of restaurants I go to in Europe have open kitchens, and I mean it's completely obvious that every single one of them is using gas, as you can literally see the flames, and I guess those with closed kitchens it's similar, so I can't square what you're saying with my own eyes.
Depending on the restaurant, i'd go as far as to say "all" of them use it. At least the ones worth mentioning. Heating up hotdogs can probably done one something other than gas.
Fewer natgas stover in Germany, more in Italy. Netherlands has like 92% of households hooked up to natural gas. Restaurants are mostly gas or induction.
Of the top of my head can name a fair amount of 2/3 star restaurants that are all electric.
BTW, Germany is among the MOST addicted to gas in the EU, despite their greenwashing.
Generally the nations with the most nuclear energy are the lost likely to choose electric > gas.
Here's some stats.
And yes I'm in the restaurant industry.
Also keep in mind in Europe you can buy large cooking suites that look like traditional ranges that are all electric. You can get electric "French top" ranges. Most combi ovens sold are electric.
In homes most built-in ranges are electric/induction. Freestanding ranges are slightly in favour of gas but most ovens are electric, even in freestanding applications.
And I mean like I say - I have eyes and I can see that it definitely is not the case that the majority of restaurants in Europe do not use gas.
If you say you work in restaurants then I'm sure you know what you're talking about - only explanation can be we're connected to this website from parallel universes.
> 41,000 electric devices and 9,200 gas appliances were sold'.
??? That's a 4.5/1 ratio in favour of electric. Anyhow tons of new restaurants in EU countries use electric appliances. Yes gas exists, probably large majority in some countries, definitely minority in new builds, and varies by country.
I also did say it's many, the "most" part was followed by a "?". Because as you pointed out, hard stats are hard to find.
I think it's ineconomical, takes too long to cook for a restaurant, just fucking sucks. It fucking sucks. Big gas ranges are the best, especially if they produce a huge flame and you can cook your bacon quickly and really get it nice, crispy. With electric the bacon ends up slimey.
Plus it takes for ever to boil anything, no more soup.
Tell me you've never cooked on induction without telling me.
If there's ONE thing an induction range does quantitatively better than a gas range, it's boil water...
OK, well I take back the comment I made, not fully informed.
In a professional kitchen an all electric setup would be:
- induction cooktops
- electric oven, usually a combi
- electric fryers
- electric water circulators
And then they'll often add a small charcoal burning grill to the setup for grilling (I know, not electric but works with no gas hookup).