School kitchen design · Kent and the South East

School kitchen design and installation in Kent

Primary schools, secondary schools, FE colleges and academies across Kent and the South East — designed to feed volume, meet compliance requirements and be delivered within the school holiday window.

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Why Kent Commercial Kitchens

What schools need from a kitchen contractor

Summer holiday delivery — programme-led from the start School kitchens have one delivery window: the summer holidays. Miss it and you're looking at a year's delay, emergency catering costs and a headteacher who won't use you again. We build programmes around the school calendar from the first site survey, and we resource to hold them. EKC Group and Park Way Primary both opened on time.

High-volume kitchen design for school catering School kitchens serve hundreds of covers in a tight lunchtime window. Layout, workflow and equipment choice are critical — bulk cooking, regeneration, servery flow, dishwash throughput. We design for production volume and HACCP compliance, not just EHO sign-off.

ISO 45001 health and safety accreditation Working on a live school site requires contractors who take health and safety seriously. We hold ISO 45001 — the occupational health and safety management standard — alongside ISO 9001 and 14001. The only Kent commercial kitchen design-and-install firm certified to all three. Required by many LA and academy trust procurement frameworks.

EKC Group — multi-site FE college delivery EKC Group is one of Kent's largest further education providers. Delivering across multiple college sites requires co-ordination, consistency and a contractor that doesn't drop the ball when work scales. We're on the logo strip for a reason.

What's included

Full design and installation, under one roof

CAD kitchen design HACCP-compliant layouts with clear separation of raw, ready and allergen zones. Workflow designed for high-volume lunchtime service.

Equipment specification and supply Rational, Falcon, Blue Seal, Maidaid — specified for bulk production and throughput, with school catering energy targets in mind.

Bespoke stainless fabrication Servery counters, preparation benches, bain-maries and dishwash areas fabricated to fit the space and the volume.

Ventilation and extraction DW172-compliant extraction, MUA and gas interlock — designed to handle bulk cooking volumes and pass Building Regs Part F.

Hygienic finishes UPVC hygienic wall cladding, slip-resistant vinyl flooring and wipe-clean ceilings — durable, EHO-ready and straightforward for catering staff to maintain.

M&E co-ordination Gas, electrical, plumbing and drainage co-ordinated in-house — sequenced to keep the programme on track within the holiday window.

Selected work

School kitchen projects in Kent

Folkestone College, Folkestone

Schools & Education · Folkestone & Hythe

Two new teaching kitchens for Folkestone College's new campus - extraction systems, bespoke stainless fabrication, cold room and student servery, delivered in 6 weeks.

£100k+ · 6 weeks

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London School of English, Westgate-on-Sea

Schools & Education · Thanet

Full commercial kitchen fit-out for a language school in a converted former nunnery in Westgate-on-Sea. Five-room strip-out, extraction upgrade, and complete equipment install — delivered in five weeks.

50k-100k · 5 weeks

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Herne Bay Infant and Nursery School, Herne Bay

Schools & Education · Canterbury

Full kitchen refurbishment for Herne Bay Infant and Nursery School — expanded footprint, new cooking equipment and hygienic finishes, delivered in a four-week holiday window.

£50k-£100k · 4 weeks

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Broadstairs College, Broadstairs

Schools & Education · Thanet

Three teaching kitchens refurbished for Broadstairs College — independent extraction systems, induction cooking suites, delivered in a four-week term break.

£100k+ · 4 weeks

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Unnamed School, Gillingham

Schools & Education · Medway

Full refurbishment of a 1970s school kitchen in Gillingham - new extraction, electrical rewire, Rational and Blue Seal equipment, hygienic finishes, 2-week summer holiday window.

£100k+ · 2 weeks

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Westwood Centre, Margate

Schools & Education · Thanet

Food technology classroom refurbishment for Enterprise Learning Alliance at Westwood Centre, Margate — Parry electric ranges, stainless steel workstations, Maidaid dishwasher and hygienic wall cladding.

under-50k · 1 week

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Southwood Centre, Deal

Schools & Education · Dover & Deal

Teaching kitchen and vocational training space for Enterprise Learning at the Southwood Centre in Deal - induction stations, bespoke stainless fabrication and hygienic finishes.

£25k-£50k · 3 weeks

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Charles Dickens School, Broadstairs

Schools & Education · Thanet

Food technology classroom refurbishment at Charles Dickens School, Broadstairs - student workstations, Rational combi oven, hygienic wall cladding and Altro safety flooring.

£50k-£100k · 6 weeks

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Park Way Primary School, Maidstone

Schools & Education · Maidstone

A new commercial kitchen designed and built from the ground up inside a school extension, with island extraction, a tray-slide servery and full staff training.

£100k+ · 4 weeks · New-build school

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Richmond Academy, Sheerness

Schools & Education

50k-100k

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"I wanted to write to thank you for the excellent service you have provided in the re-fit of our school kitchen. During the re-fit, the work was carried out to a high standard and the area surrounding the kitchen was also kept very clean. The finished kitchen met our high expectations and our Kitchen Team has found the new layout and equipment supplied supports them exceptionally well on a daily basis."

Joanna Headteacher, Cranfield Church of England Primary School

How it works

From brief to opening day

Site survey We visit during term time, measure, photograph and talk to the catering team about how the kitchen actually runs — covers, menu, peak pressure points. No commitment to proceed.

Design and specification HACCP-compliant CAD layout, equipment schedule and full specification. Programme scoped against the summer holiday window before the quote is finalised.

Installation Our in-house team delivers every trade within the holiday window — fabrication, ventilation, finishes, M&E, equipment install. Site handed back ready for September.

Handover and aftercare Full commissioning, catering team walk-through and certification before term starts. Ongoing service and maintenance available through our sister brand, Catering Equipment Repair.

CEDA Member The Catering Equipment Distributors Association — UK's voice for foodservice equipment specialists.
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.

Ready to start?

Let's design your kitchen

Book a free site survey. We'll come to you — measure, listen, photograph, talk through the brief. No commitment to proceed.

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Design, supply and service under one roof.