Choquette CKS

In 1913, J. Eugene Choquette obtained his electrician's license and founded the company J. Eugene Choquette Enr., entrepreneur, electrician. His son Aime joined him in 1933 as an apprentice. In 1944, Aime Choquette incorporated the company under the name of Choquette & Company ltd. The company then expanded, including the sale and repairs of small electrical appliances to its already well established business.

In 1957, fire destroyed the building where Choquette & Company were located. While rebuilding, Aime Choquette's focus was mainly on the sale of small appliances and more specifically in the area of repairs to small appliances. It was during this time that Choquette & Company became the Authorized Service Agent for various major manufactures providing on road and in-shop services. Choquette & Company became a well respected company and found itself gradually heading towards commercial kitchen repairs in restaurants and institution.

In the 1970's, Aime Choquette knowing he was nearing retirement began the transition of introducing the business to his son Jean Choquette and his son-in-law Claude Dubeau.

In the 1980's, Choquette & Company Ltd. made two major acquisitions. The first in 1982 when they purchased JCW Food Equipment Services and more importantly in 1984 was the purchase of Commercial Kitchen Services (CKS). Commercial Kitchen Services, established in 1963, was the largest commercial kitchen equipment repair agency in the Montreal, Quebec City and Ottawa area. The joining of these two companies (Choquette & CKS), created a service company throughout Quebec and Eastern Ontario possessing a broad range of experience. From this last acquisition the company Choquette CKS Inc. was born.

Choquette CKS Inc. is now having the connection to major manufacturers of commercial cooking equipment and the experienced technical knowledge, was able to widen its services to include a vast variety of customers, they could now add to their customer base commercial cooking equipment. Choquette CKS Inc was able to service everything from restaurants to the largest institutions and hotels.

In 1988, Choquette CKS sold its small domestic lines and committed themselves to concentrating on Commercial Kitchen Equipment only. Near the end of the 1980's Choquette-CKS purchased three additional small companies : Charles-Edouard Lamothe in Trois-Rivieres, Nuvotech Inc. (Blakesless service), Kitchen Specialities Service Inc. (service) and Yvon Blanchette Reg.

In the early 1990's a decision was made to sell the Quebec City and Ottawa Branches. Choquette CKS Inc. in Quebec City is owned and operated by Gestion PSL Inc. while Choquette CKS Inc. in Ottawa is owned and operated by Linton Services (1992) Inc.

Today, we are a fine tuned team of highly trained individuals with all the state of the art technologies, enabling us to offer a superb quality of diverse services such as : electricity, gas, steam, electronics, refrigeration and welding. With all this technical experience and our dedicated administrative personnel, we are able to meet or exceed the needs of our vast clientele.