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chef Jamie Oliver's new restaurant based in Kingston-upon-Thames is
very special. Based in a former office block, it will serve
traditional Italian food at affordable prices with a range of pasta
dishes, a selection of fresh breads, antipasti, salads, grills and
Italian desserts. Doesn't sound that special you might be thinking,
other than the fact that this Italian bistro bases its dishes on
recipes from his popular cookbooks.
However, it's behind front of
house that makes this restaurant so special. Like all commercial
restaurants, a critical success factor is the design and the look of
the kitchen. In this case the stainless steel environment was
designed to provide both functionality and good looks - giving the
restaurant staff a kitchen to be proud of. Not surprisingly, having
designed the kitchen, the catering specialists didn't then want to
compromise the look of it by fitting a fire suppression system that
jarred with the aesthetics. Some systems require pipework to be more
obvious and design requirements mean they cannot be hidden away while
nozzles protrude and much of the system is manufactured in copper or
brass plating, not stainless steel.
Research showed that Nobel Fire
Systems K-Series would meet all the aesthetic qualities required, and
that the Company already had an enviable reputation for product
efficiency and levels of service within the catering industry.
Another positive as far as the commissioning team were concerned was
the fact that the chosen fire suppression system could be fitted
quickly and efficiently by one of Nobel Fire Systems installation teams.
The Nobel Fire Systems K-Series
is now in many of the UK's and European leading commercial kitchens,
underlining its ability to provide the right fire suppression answers
to the most challenging situations. As in the case of Jamie Oliver's
new restaurant, the K-Series fire protection systems are engineered
to meet the specific individual requirements of the kitchen being protected.
Every system is designed
following a comprehensive risk assessment taking into account the
requirement of successful fire suppression and a client's
interruption potential.
Commercial Director of Nobel Fire
Systems, Ben Parker commented. "The flexibility of our
K-Series system in terms of meeting the aesthetic challenges posed by
the catering specialists really came through in this project. Not
only that, the restaurant kitchen is now protected by a system that
has proved its effectiveness in commercial kitchen environments
throughout Europe. We are delighted to have been a part of this
exciting development".
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