REFURBISHMENT OF THE RESTAURANT AND KITCHENS AT THE BIRMINGHAM COLLEGE OF FOOD, TOURISM AND CREATIVE STUDIES
The Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies regularly wins accolades.
Renowned and respected as a provider of first class teaching and learning the College offers programmes in four main curriculum areas: Food, Bakery and Hospitality; Childcare and Education; Hair, Beauty and Complementary Therapies; and Sport, Leisure and Tourism.
BCFTC has achieved an international reputation for excellence which is of particular importance to the students as competition for jobs grows ever stronger.
Recent accolades for the College include a ‘special mention’ of success in the 2005 Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools.
And in March, it won the regional heat for ‘College Restaurant of the Year’ for its Atrium Restaurant. This features two Hallmark-installed bespoke central island cooking ranges – just one of which would do justice to any major 5-star hotel!
Hallmark refurbished the College’s Atrium and Brasserie training restaurants – kitchens used by NVQ chef catering students aged from 16 plus and Culinary Arts Management Degree students aged 18 plus.
The package of equipment, building and M&E services included: -
A fully equipped pastry department, larder, meat & fish departments and mechanical crockery and utensil washing areas
A combined beverage and bar service area including glasswasher.
The quality and variety of equipment available was chosen to ensure that students are equipped with the right skills to succeed in their work placements and in their future careers. The only thing that didn’t come with the Hallmark package was room service!
“The College enjoys an excellent reputation as a specialist hospitality training provider and our ongoing investment in facilities and support services ensures that students can gain maximum benefits from their time here.
“Our aim was to install the best possible equipment in our new kitchens and create a streamlined, efficient workspace for teaching and learning.
“Hallmark’s involvement has helped us to achieve our goal of creating state of the art kitchens, to go with our fantastic restaurants and now I am sure we will be the envy of the hospitality industry as a whole, not to mention every other catering college!” said Eddie McIntyre CBE, Principal.
“For such a major refurbishment project we needed a professional company who could complete the job on time and to our high quality standards. We chose Hallmark because they are very knowledgeable about the industry and sympathetic to what we wanted to achieve.
“Certainly they have an eye for quality and adhered to the budgets available throughout. The new catering equipment installed is a mix of classic styles and modern innovative pieces and Hallmark helped to blend them effectively into the working environment.
“I would recommend Hallmark to other companies.”
