18 December 2009
Westminster school uses Lincat equipment for its training kitchen
St Augustine’s CofE Primary School in Kilburn, Westminster, has installed a brand new training kitchen for pupils using Lincat’s market leading Silverlink 600 range of prime cooking equipment.
St Augustine’s is a successful primary school with 210 pupils, aged five to eleven years, and a part-time Nursery for 50 children between three and five years. The promotion of healthy eating for pupils and parents is an important part of the school’s education programme, and many children have taken advantage of the school’s Cooking Club to learn how to make healthy meals for themselves.
Suzanne Parry, Head teacher at St Augustine’s, chose Lincat after consulting John Merrifield of Lincat distributors ES Catering Equipment whose company already has a good business relationship with Westminster City Council, having worked on similar projects on their behalf.
She explains:
“Our cookery classes were previously held in a room that was unsuitable because it was filled with domestic equipment that was too high for a lot of our pupils. Some were unable to reach the cookers safely, which meant they were unable to cook for themselves.
“We still needed to have some taller equipment in there because of the age range of the pupils using it and also because we sometimes offer classes for parents, but we also needed to accommodate our youngest children. ES catering talked it through with us and came up with a design for the room using equipment at various heights.
“In addition, we wanted to get across the importance of hygiene by keeping our cookery sinks separate from the wash basins, so that the pupils learned to wash their hands in a separate place.”
Early feedback from the school is very good. The kitchen is about to go into use.
“Our first impression is brilliant. The Lincat equipment seems very hard wearing, which is paramount in a school environment. It is easy to clean, with plenty of storage solutions, and the different height workstations are perfect to accommodate all our pupils.
“The glass front ovens mean the pupils can see their food cooking, which is also very helpful.
“Once we get underway the kitchen will be used not only for the cooking club, but also for healthy eating workshops for children and parents, for design and technology classes and even for some lessons in science. It will be in real demand and this new equipment is really going to get some use.”
Silverlink 600 offers well-built equipment which combines flexibility and high levels of performance with style and value for money. The range includes both gas and electric products for counter-top and free-standing use. All units are 600mm in depth to make optimum use of available kitchen space. Width sizes vary from a compact 300mm to as much as 900mm, depending on the product type.
Overall there are more than 450 products in the Lincat range including: fryers, griddles, grills, ovens and combi steamers as well as beverage equipment, hot cupboards, trolleys and food display merchandisers, almost all of which are manufactured at the company’s factory in Lincoln. Excellent customer service is provided through Lincat’s extensive national and international dealer network.
For further information please contact:
Nick McDonald
Marketing and Export Director
Lincat Limited
Tel: 01522-875500
Fax: 01522-875530