In association with the Catering Managers Association of Great Britain and the Channel Islands

The largest catering and training facility in Scotland has recently opened on a former steel works site in Ravenscraig, spanning an area of 243.7sq m at a cost of £650k. Motherwell College will relocate from its existing site at Dalzell Drive in Motherwell to the brand new purpose built campus which will cover 200,000 sqft at a cost of £70 million. 20,000 students from over 40 countries around the world currently attend Motherwell College each year to take courses in catering and hospitality, social sciences, sports, engineering and beauty therapy.

Bunzl Lockhart Catering Design Services – a division of Bunzl HoReCa, were awarded the contract in September 2008 to design, supply and install the new state-of-the-art catering facilities to train Scottish chefs of the future. The facilities will comprise 12 areas – a refectory kitchen and servery, four teaching kitchens, production kitchen, demonstration kitchen, bakery, stores, coffee bar, retail shop and a nursery block which will provide 300 nursery placements for pre-school children and for after school care.

Jacqui Doughty, Project Sponsor from Motherwell College said: “We are delighted with the design and installation work undertaken. A development of this magnitude comprising such a vast array of facilities and elements takes a great deal of meticulous planning, commitment and co-ordination to ensure its success.

Craig Paton, Regional Design Director at Bunzl Lockhart Catering Design Services said: “This was a great project win for us as we were involved at the very early stages with the design process along with the client, architect and contract caterer, which is the ideal situation for us. The brief from Motherwell College was to create a state-of-the-art facility that would entice budding chefs and students passionate about the hospitality industry to come together in a modern, creative environment to learn the key skills required to embark on a career in the catering and hospitality industry.”

For more information contact: Bunzl Lockhart Catering Design Services. For further information call 01324 499 890 or visit www.bunzlce.com/lockhart_webstone/m/design-services.