PKL Supply Pop up Kitchen for Pop up Restaurant
PKL Group has supplied a temporary kitchen for Westfield Stratford City’s “Studio East Dining Pavilion” the innovative temporary ‘pop up’ restaurant by Westfield in collaboration with Bistrotheque and Carmody Groarke.
The restaurant was erected on the roof of the 35m high Westfield Stratford City development, currently being constructed in East London. The restaurant was open for just three weeks, feeding around 2,000 people while treating them to breathtaking views across London.
Studio East Dining was the brainchild of Westfield, working in conjunction with Bistrotheque, who initiated the pop-up restaurant trend. The restaurant launched Westfield’s Studio East initiative which is designed to harness young, creative talent by providing commissions across art, fashion, product design and environment for the Westfield Stratford City project.
Designed by architects Carmody Groarke, the restaurant was made from scaffolding and boards borrowed from the site and covered in recyclable plastic sheeting, in keeping with its setting. PKL’s kitchen facilities - comprising a ‘mini-kitchen’, preparation kitchen and dishwashing area - were pre-fabricated off-site and delivered to site in portable buildings, reinforcing the ‘construction site feel’ of the project. The temporary kitchens were designed to Bistrotheque’s strict specification.
All of the materials will now be returned to site. The 1.9m square feet Westfield Stratford City will be the largest urban shopping centre in Europe and will form the prestigious gateway to London’s Olympic Park.
New video demonstrates PKL’s KitchenPod installation
A new video from PKL, highlighting the ease of installation of its innovative KitchenPod prefabricated kitchens for schools, has been published on the company’s new YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/user/PKLGroup). The new video, featuring a real school project, demonstrates the ease and speed with which KitchenPods are delivered, installed and connected to the school’s utilities.
KitchenPods are supplied complete with equipment in an easy-to-install pod, tailored to the needs of each project. They are proving particularly popular with primary schools that need to upgrade their catering facilities but do not have space within their existing buildings, or the capital budgets for traditional new construction.
KitchenPods are available in a wide range of exterior designs and finishes (including wood cladding and brick effect) with a comprehensive selection of equipment layouts to meet regeneration, cold and hot preparation requirements. The KitchenPod can be installed as a standalone building or connected to an existing building.
More information regarding KitchenPods can be found at the following page on PKL’s website
http://www.pkl.co.uk/foodservices/kitchen-pods.asp
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