Case study · Restaurants & cafés
Le Coq, Folkestone
Specifically, Restaurant kitchen installation Folkestone — Restaurant kitchen design and installation inside conjoined shipping containers on Folkestone Harbour Arm — Rotisol gas spit rotisserie, Rational combi oven, LPG gas works, Arctic White Corian bar and servery, extraction canopy welded through the roof. Delivered in 4 weeks.
Client
Le Coq
Location
Folkestone Harbour Arm
Project value
£50k–£100k
Build time
4 weeks
The brief
Restaurant kitchen installation Folkestone: rotisserie chicken restaurant inside shipping containers
Le Coq is a rotisserie chicken and chips restaurant on Folkestone Harbour Arm — a venue built inside conjoined shipping containers with views across the harbour. The concept is simple: slow-cooked rotisserie chicken, chips and sides, dine-in or takeaway. KCK were appointed to design and fit out the full commercial kitchen, prep room, dishwash room and wet bar, working with both the Le Coq team and the Folkestone Harbour Company. One of six major installations completed in summer 2023.
The shipping container structure created a specific technical challenge: the extraction canopy required specialist cutting and welding through the container roof to create a compliant ventilation solution. LPG rather than mains gas. The client was new to the food industry — we guided the build from initial design through to handover.
What we did
Full kitchen, bar and servery fit-out in 4 weeks
Extraction, plumbing and LPG gas
Wall-mounted extraction canopy with make-up air system installed — required specialist cutting and welding through the shipping container roof to achieve a compliant and practical ventilation solution. Complete LPG gas works package throughout the kitchen, all pipework and connections installed and tested to Gas Safe standards. Complete plumbing and hot water system. Bioclad UPVC hygienic wall cladding and slip-resistant vinyl flooring throughout the kitchen and prep areas.
Cooking suite
Rotisol gas spit rotisserie oven installed as the centrepiece of the kitchen — visible to customers and central to the Le Coq concept. Rational combi oven for batch cooking. Lincat cooking appliances across the cookline. Hoshizaki blast chiller for rapid cooling of cooked product. Sterling Pro refrigeration and freezers for cold storage. Bespoke stainless steel fabrication throughout the kitchen — benches, sinks and shelving.
Bar and hot food servery
Bespoke wet bar designed and built with timber frames, stainless steel finishes and Arctic White Corian worktops — durable, cleanable and in keeping with the venue's contemporary harbour aesthetic. Corian servery counter with integrated Ceran hotplates. Moffat hot servery equipment for holding and displaying hot food. Scotsman ice machine for bar service. Maidaid glasswasher and dishwashers for warewashing across the operation.
Equipment specified
Specified for a rotisserie chicken and bar operation
- Rotisol gas spit rotisserie oven — kitchen centrepiece
- Rational combi oven — batch cooking
- Lincat cooking appliances — cookline
- Hoshizaki blast chiller — rapid product cooling
- Sterling Pro refrigeration and freezers — cold storage
- Moffat hot servery equipment — hot food holding and display
- Scotsman ice machine — bar service
- Maidaid glasswasher and dishwashers — warewashing
- Arctic White Corian bar worktop and servery counter with Ceran hotplates
- Extraction canopy with make-up air — welded through container roof
- Complete LPG gas works — pipework and connections
- Complete plumbing and hot water system
- Bespoke stainless steel benches, sinks and shelving
- Bioclad UPVC hygienic wall cladding — full kitchen coverage
- Slip-resistant vinyl flooring — throughout
The installation
Inside the finished kitchen and bar
The outcome
A working rotisserie kitchen on Folkestone Harbour Arm
Le Coq opened on Folkestone Harbour Arm with a fully operational kitchen and bar — rotisserie, combi oven, blast chiller, hot servery and bar all in place inside a shipping container structure. A technically demanding install with LPG, bespoke extraction and a Corian bar and servery counter, delivered in 4 weeks entirely in-house. One of the more distinctive projects on the Harbour Arm — and one of six major installations completed that summer.
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- F-Gas Certified Certified to handle and install refrigerants in commercial refrigeration and cooling equipment.
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