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Public Sector Projects
At The Airedale Group, we’re proud to undertake various kitchen construction projects within the public sector. These include the design, build and maintenance of school kitchens, healthcare facility kitchens, university kitchens, council catering facilities and more.
Thanks to our vast team of industry experts, we can carefully select the best specialist designers, installers and engineers for any public sector kitchen project. So, when you contact us for your public sector kitchen design and build, we’ll match you with the experts who possess the most in-depth knowledge and experience for your facility and project type.
Public Sector Food and Catering Policy Compliance
The Public Sector Food and Catering Policy proposed in 2022 set a number of expectations for public sector catering, including standards for the kitchen space and catering equipment.
This includes efficient kitchen energy management, as well as ensuring that all catering equipment meets the criteria in the energy technology list. With our bespoke catering equipment design services, strategic kitchen layout planning and more, we can create energy-efficient kitchens in accordance with these requirements.
The policy also emphasises the need to maximise the use life of public sector catering equipment, which we do by first providing high-quality technology, and secondly by carrying out regular planned preventative maintenance to prevent equipment breakdown.
University Kitchen Design and Build
Our university kitchen design and build offering extends beyond the kitchen space to the design and build of cafeterias and retail areas, too. We integrate our university catering design into the wider plan of the campus to provide your student community with what they truly need.
We’re also proud members of The University Caterers Organisation (TUCO), as both a catering facility designer and a catering equipment supplier. This required us to provide multiple case studies as proof of our excellent work with university kitchens. Our TUCO blog elaborates further on what it means to be a member of this organisation.
Learn More About University Kitchen Design and Build with Airedale
School Kitchen Design and Build
Our school kitchen experts create dynamic kitchens for primary and secondary education settings. Each kitchen is tailored to your school’s size, number of pupils, school type and more, and is created to allow you to serve school meals in adherence with LACA standards.
Learn More About School Kitchen Design and Build with Airedale
Hospital Kitchen Design and Build
Hospital and healthcare facility kitchens require high levels of expertise in terms of design and installation. These are often large-scale catering facilities, cooking for large numbers of patients and staff. Furthermore, a healthcare setting often has a high number of patients with complex dietary needs and restrictions, in addition to patients with strict nutrition plans.
At Airedale, our designers can strategically create kitchen layouts to accommodate the range of needs within a hospital or healthcare facility kitchen, selecting the proper equipment for these diverse requirements and planning a kitchen that maximises the available space.
Public Sector Catering Equipment Maintenance
In public sector facilities, efficiency is key, which is why our Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) contracts are highly advisable. These contracts mean that we’ll support you beyond the design and build of your kitchen, sending an engineer to carry out regular maintenance on your kitchen equipment, as well as gas safety checks.
For emergency, reactive maintenance, you can request one of our engineers. With commercial kitchen engineers based around the country, we’ll send the right specialist to you as swiftly as possible.
Public Sector Kitchen Case Studies
You can learn more about our wealth of experience in providing commercial kitchens for both the public and private sectors on our case study page.
Do you require commercial kitchen design, installation or maintenance at your public sector facility? Contact us at the Airedale Group to discover how we can help.

“The work that Airedale undertook from planning to completion was professional throughout. We are extremely pleased with the finished kitchen and the work that was completed. Their Account Manager advised, planned and updated us throughout and we found the process ‘stress free’. The catering team at Sandycroft are delighted with their new kitchen and really pleased that they were able to have input into the design and needs of their service provision. We have already engaged with Airedale for future planned projects following this investment and look forward to continuing our partnership.”
Newydd Catering & Cleaning
“We found Airedale to be wholly professional and willing to engage with us from the onset, listening to our own concerns and addressing these in a timely manner. We are very pleased with the overall project.”
Local Council
“We were hugely impressed with the professional presentation made by Airedale, their project sales manager had clearly done his research prior to our initial meeting and had a number of detailed, thoughtful solutions to our particular challenges. All of their staff were conscientious and the complex project was delivered within the strict timescale and budget allocated.”
Parker's Garden Centre
“Airedale have a great can-do attitude, are willing to help and have a great understanding of their trade and working on Heritage sites, meaning that that they are good and prompt at problem solving.”
Main Contractor
“The team at Airedale provided a reassuring sense of professionalism within our development. Their holistic considered approach meant that aspects that would not necessarily fall within their remit were identified and where required resolved prior to any issue or delay arising. Their willingness to share their experience and knowledge allowed the project to be delivered to the standard which exceeded our expectation.”
Langdale Estate and Spa
“Since the restaurant has opened there has been an increase in the staff footfall, with the well designed layout coupled with the use of the latest technology keeping queues down to a minimum. The whole installation despite its complexity was relatively pain free with the communication between Airedale’s Project Manager and ourselves being a key factor.”
Advanced Engineering Centre
“Our new catering facilities are second to none. As a primary provider of professional chef qualifications within the South West it was imperative to have a design which enabled excellent quality teaching and training. As a catering team we are extremely pleased with the final results; with the excellent support of Airedale it has enabled us to ensure first rate delivery of teaching in a first rate environment and will no doubt continue to aspire future chefs in future years.”
Petroc College, Barnstaple
“The Airedale Group were appointed because of their depth of knowledge and experience in delivering similar schemes. Their staff were very professional and on-hand to answer any queries we had whilst our Chef’s have commented that it is one of the best designed kitchens they have worked in.”
Acklam Hall
“We were continually impressed with Airedale’s performance on this scheme. They assisted us with value engineering options throughout the tender process; were very competitive commercially and managed the on-site works seamlessly. Further, following practical completion they have attended to the operator’s queries very quickly and held themselves professionally whilst working in a live hotel environment. ”
Main Contractor
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