Hotel kitchen design Margate — this case study by Kent Commercial Kitchens.
Case study · Hotels
Fort Road Hotel, Margate
Specifically, Hotel kitchen design Margate — Hotel kitchen and bar design and installation for Fort Road Hotel on Margate seafront — ground-floor kitchen and sub-basement bar, Blue Seal and Rational cookline, Synergy Grill, Ansul fire suppression, Altro flooring and pass-through dishwasher. Additionally, Delivered in 5 weeks.
Client
Fort Road Hotel
Location
Margate, Kent
Project value
£50k–£100k
Build time
5 weeks
The brief
Hotel kitchen design Margate: Kitchen and bar for a new boutique hotel on Margate seafront
Furthermore, Fort Road Hotel is a boutique upmarket hotel on Margate seafront — a new opening with sea views and a ground-floor restaurant dining area. Moreover, KCK were appointed to design and deliver the full commercial kitchen and bar, working alongside the hotel's team and other contractors across the site.
Also, The scope covered the ground-floor kitchen and two bar areas — ground floor and sub-basement. In particular, The project required careful noise management to avoid disruption to neighbouring properties, and close coordination across trades all working to the same opening deadline. Notably, Five weeks, on time and within budget.
What we did
Ground-floor kitchen and bar fit-out in 5 weeks
Surfaces, flooring and suspended ceiling
Specifically, uPVC hygienic wall cladding installed throughout the kitchen — compliant, wipe-clean and appropriate for a hotel food preparation environment. In particular, altro slip-resistant safety flooring laid across the kitchen and bar areas. Also, suspended ceiling system installed in the kitchen.
Extraction and fire suppression
Additionally, extraction canopy designed and installed above the cooking suite. In particular, ansul fire suppression system integrated into the canopy — automatic suppression directly above the cooking equipment, required for a hotel kitchen operating under Building Regs Part B.
Cooking suite and refrigeration
Furthermore, blue Seal and Rational cooking appliances across the main cookline. In particular, synergy Grill installed for chargrilling. Also, true refrigeration and Williams refrigeration for cold storage. Therefore, bespoke stainless steel fabrication — benches, sinks and pass throughout the kitchen. Indeed, gas, electrical and plumbing works carried out in-house.
Bar areas — ground floor and sub-basement
Moreover, both bar areas designed and fitted out to complement the hotel's upmarket aesthetic — bar equipment, refrigeration and glasswashing installed across ground floor and sub-basement. In particular, pass-through dishwasher installed in the warewashing area.
Equipment specified
Specified for a boutique hotel kitchen and bar
- Blue Seal cooking appliances — main cookline
- Rational combi oven — cooking suite
- Synergy Grill — chargrilling station
- True refrigeration — cold storage
- Williams refrigeration — cold storage
- Pass-through dishwasher — warewashing
- Ansul fire suppression — integrated into extraction canopy
- Extraction canopy — above cooking suite
- Bespoke stainless steel fabrication — benches, sinks and pass
- UPVC hygienic wall cladding — full kitchen coverage
- Altro slip-resistant flooring — kitchen and bar areas
- Suspended ceiling system — kitchen
- Gas, electrical and plumbing works — in-house
The installation
Inside the finished kitchen and bar
The outcome
Opened on time on Margate seafront
Therefore, Fort Road Hotel opened with a fully specified kitchen and two bar areas — cookline, refrigeration, fire suppression, warewashing and bar equipment all in place across ground floor and sub-basement. Consequently, Delivered in 5 weeks on a live multi-trade site, on time and within budget. Indeed, Entirely in-house.
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