Kitchens Without Restaurants

C1 Advanced · Open Cloze · Cambridge Ready original exercise

For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning.

Order a takeaway these days and the chances (0) ___ that it was cooked in a kitchen with no tables, no waiters and no sign on the door. These so-called 'ghost kitchens' exist solely (1) ___ the purpose of preparing food for delivery. For restaurant owners, the appeal is obvious. Without the need for an attractive location, rents are a fraction of what they would be on a high street, to (2) ___ nothing of the savings on waiters. A single kitchen may produce meals for (3) ___ many as a dozen different 'brands', each with its own menu. Customers, however, are (4) ___ always aware of this. Many have been surprised to learn that the burger and the curry they ordered from two apparently separate restaurants were prepared side (5) ___ side. Critics also point to the working conditions in ghost kitchens, the majority (6) ___ which are in windowless industrial units. Whether ghost kitchens are a passing trend or here to (7) ___ remains to be seen. What is certain is that, (8) ___ long as people prefer eating at home to eating out, demand for them is unlikely to disappear.

Kitchens Without Restaurants

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