🏫 Herne Bay Infant & Nursery School – Kitchen Refurbishment

Creating a Safer, More Efficient Kitchen for a Beloved Local School

📌 Project Overview: Supporting a Growing School Community

Herne Bay Infant and Nursery School is a vibrant, nurturing educational setting in the heart of Herne Bay, Kent. Catering to nursery-aged children through to Year 2, the school is a cornerstone of the local community—offering a safe and engaging environment for early learning.

To continue delivering fresh, nutritious meals to pupils and staff, the school recognised the urgent need to refurbish its existing catering space. The original kitchen had become outdated, inefficient, and too small to support the school’s growing needs.

Kent Commercial Kitchens was selected to manage the entire school kitchen refurbishment, upgrading the space to meet modern commercial catering standards for safety, hygiene, and efficiency.

🎯 Project Objectives

The school’s key goals were:

• Maximise usable kitchen space without structural expansion

• Replace old catering equipment and surfaces

• Meet modern hygiene and safety standards

• Complete all works during school holidays to avoid disruption

Working collaboratively with the school’s leadership team, we developed a tailored solution that ticked every box—delivered with precision and within a strict budget and timeline.

🛠️ Our Approach: Smart Planning & Careful Execution

Space-Saving Redesign

To optimise the kitchen’s footprint, we removed non-load-bearing doors and a partition wall between the kitchen and an adjacent storeroom. This reconfiguration provided a significantly improved workflow without the need for costly building extensions.

New Catering Equipment

We installed a robust suite of energy-efficient, professional-grade kitchen appliances, including:

• Blue Seal cooking appliances for reliable, high-volume food prep

• Maidaid dishwashers to improve turnaround speed and water efficiency

All appliances were chosen to suit a busy educational kitchen environment—balancing performance, energy efficiency, and ease of use.

Hygienic & Durable Finishes

To meet food safety and environmental health requirements, we fitted:

• Non-slip commercial vinyl flooring for safety underfoot

• uPVC hygienic wall cladding for quick, easy cleaning and long-term durability

These choices support a clean, low-maintenance catering environment, ideal for school kitchens.

⏱️ Working to Tight School Holiday Deadlines

Because the project had to be completed outside of term time, our team scheduled all works within the school holidays. We extended working hours and managed all trades directly to deliver the commercial kitchen refurbishment on time and with zero disruption to pupils or teaching staff.

✅ Outcome: A Functional, Future-Proof School Kitchen

The result is a bright, efficient, and modern school kitchen that reflects the school’s commitment to excellence in care, nutrition, and safety.

The transformation has:

• Improved kitchen workflow

• Enhanced daily food production capability

• Created a compliant, hygienic, and welcoming workspace for catering staff

📞 Call us today on 01304 249963 to discuss your school kitchen refurbishment or commercial catering project.

📸 Scroll down for photos of this transformation.