Case study · Clubs & sports
Avenue Tennis, Gillingham
Full commercial kitchen for a new-build sports and wellness centre — extraction, bespoke fabrication, Rational and Blue Seal equipment, delivered in 5 weeks alongside an active construction programme.
Client
Avenue Tennis / WW Martin
Location
Gillingham, Kent
Project value
£50k–£100k
Build time
5 weeks
The brief
A kitchen to match a flagship sports venue
Avenue Tennis in Gillingham is a high-end sports and wellness centre — indoor and outdoor courts, spa facilities, treatment rooms and function spaces. WW Martin Construction appointed Kent Commercial Kitchens to design and install the commercial kitchen as part of the wider new-build programme, with the kitchen needing to be operational ahead of the venue's opening.
The brief was a full commercial kitchen fit-out from blank shell: extraction, services, bespoke fabrication, suspended ceiling and full equipment supply and install. Works had to be coordinated around the active main contractor programme, with the kitchen completed in a 5-week window before commissioning and the venue opening.
What we did
Shell to operational kitchen in 5 weeks
Extraction and ventilation
4.6-metre extraction canopy installed over the cooking line, with high-capacity ductwork and advanced filtration. Acoustic silencers specified to manage noise levels — important in a wellness venue where member comfort in adjacent spaces is a priority. Systems designed to DW172 and sized for the Blue Seal and Rational equipment load.
Bespoke stainless steel fabrication
Prep counters, gantry, sink runs and pass-through supports fabricated in-house at our Folkestone workshop to fit the kitchen's specific footprint. Built to the layout that came out of our CAD design, with positions optimised for the flow between cooking, prep and service.
Services and ceiling
Full gas, electrical and plumbing works to support the cooking, refrigeration and warewashing load. Suspended ceiling installed to complete the finish and integrate with the venue's wider interior specification. EPAS grease management on the extraction run.
Equipment supply and install
Rational SelfCookingCenter 10-grid combi oven for production cooking. Blue Seal gas cookline including fryers and chargrill. Foster Xtra counter refrigeration throughout. Maidaid pass-through dishwasher for warewashing at function pace. All equipment commissioned and signed off ready for the venue opening.
Equipment specified
Specified for a high-volume function kitchen
- Rational SelfCookingCenter 10-grid combi oven — production and function cooking
- Blue Seal gas cookline — main cooking positions
- Blue Seal fryers and chargrill — secondary cooking
- Foster Xtra counter refrigeration — working cold storage
- Maidaid pass-through dishwasher — warewashing at function pace
- EPAS grease management — extraction run
- Bespoke stainless steel — prep counters, gantry, sink runs
The installation
Inside the completed kitchen
The outcome
Operational for the venue opening
The kitchen was handed over within the 5-week programme, commissioned and ready ahead of Avenue Tennis's opening. Delivered in coordination with WW Martin's wider construction programme, with our team sequencing works around the active site to keep the kitchen on track. The finished installation supports the venue's hospitality and function offering — a kitchen specified to match the quality of the facility around it.
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- ISO 9001 · 14001 · 45001 Certified The only Kent commercial kitchen design-and-install firm certified to all three.
- F-Gas Certified Certified to handle and install refrigerants in commercial refrigeration and cooling equipment.
- Gas Safe Registered All commercial gas installations carried out by Gas Safe registered engineers.
- Part of Advantage Catering Equipment Kent's design, supply and service specialists since 2003.
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