Recent Projects

The O2 Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the centre of the O2, a large entertainment complex on the Greenwich Peninsula in London. The O2 Arena has the second-highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the UK, behind the Manchester Arena.

 The O2 management company required a detailed assessment of all the catering facilities in and around the O2 arena. The assessment was to include specification and budget requirements for asset replacement.

Our Consultant assessed a large number of kiosks to create an equipment inventory and to identify any equipment needing replacement.

 After the initial assessment had been completed, a compiled report outlining the methodology for the review was created. The Consultant in charge provided figures detailing the carbon rating of each piece of equipment, equipment needing repair, and the cost of repairs in each area.

The report included a detailed list of assets identifying each piece of equipment individually with an asset number. This asset number was also attached to the equipment to make identification easy for the client.

This project provided a foodservice design for one of the largest privately-owned property groups. With an investment and development portfolio of circa £900 million across the UK, Europe, and the USA.

Our consultant was appointed to carry out the feasibility study with the concept and detailed design for the foodservice areas. The Consultant was asked to design a modern, flexible, sustainable catering facility which will be the hub of the building and add a “wow” factor for visitors to the building. The design is based on a peak occupation of the building of 220 with a further 30 guests.

The catering provides light breakfast and lunch, functioning on an ad hoc basis. They have a cold buffet style catering to ground and first floor meeting rooms as required. The foodservice area provides buffets, working lunches, and small functions in the directors’ meeting rooms. 

The focus of the foodservice area is to provide fabulous food with exceptional service on a day-to-day basis for the staff on site as well as guests of the property group.

Ambatovy is one of the most ambitious industrial undertakings in the history of Madagascar, Africa, and the Indian Ocean Region as a whole. It will soon produce 60,000 tonnes of refined nickel and 5,600 tonnes of refined cobalt every year for the next three decades. 

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Our consultant service provided independent advice and evaluated the bids from a number of leading international catering companies for the Catering, Housekeeping and Camp Services. Given the size of both the contract and the operation at the Ambatovy Project the client was keen to have an unbiased opinion of the responses from the catering company bidders.

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The evaluation was carried out using weighted criteria and broken into three main sections: Commercial evaluation, Technical evaluation, and a Compliance check. Each section was also broken down by further criteria i.e. Price, Quality & Functionality – Catering. During the evaluation process, the Consultant carried out a number of international searches and credit reports for each bidder.

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Once the evaluation had been completed, our Consultant provided the client with a detailed report of his findings, a number of graphs showing the scoring criteria for each bidder and clear recommendations. 

With a seating capacity of 55,097 spectators, one of our Lead Consultant’s has worked on one of the largest Sport’s Stadium in the United Kingdom. This stadium attracts and receives attention from people all across the world. This complex also hosts occasional concerts, where audience capacity grows to 60,000 people.

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This project delivered a detailed assessment of all the catering facilities in the complex, with specification and budget requirements for asset replacement. Our Consultant assessed more than 200 catering locations including public kiosks and hospitality areas, together with kitchens and mobile catering units to create an up-to-date inventory. A detailed report was also provided to identify equipment that required replacement.

As part of this project, our lead Consultant was contracted as an expert in the field of kitchen efficiency, catering design and equipment resource.

 In this case study our one of our Consultants reviewed the catering departments at a number of special schools within this County Council area. The schools cater for children aged 3 – 19 years with severe or profound learning difficulties. They may also have learning needs within the autistic spectrum.

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During our review we looked at all areas of the catering departments including:

• Health and Safety
• Hygiene
• Staffing
• Budgets and Finances
• Equipment & Systems

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The Consultant provided the stakeholders within the schools a detailed report with an “Options Appraisal” and clear recommendations for change and the way forward. The consultancy also managed the procurement and tender process for the appointment of a new catering company. During the tender process we advised our client on the “OJEU” E.U. procurement rules, T.U.P.E and prepared a Service Specification and Contracts for the new service. 

 Our lead Consultant has previously been appointed as the Catering Consultants at a large NHS Hospital which is located in the United Kingdom. His task was to design new counters and a new front of house cooking area.

This hospital required this project to be completed quickly as the catering service was due to come back in-house within a short time period. The Trust wanted to provide new kitchens and counters ready for this to happen.
 

The procurement process found a suitable kitchen house to complete the installation of the new counters and kitchen and the hospital management team were extremely happy with the results.