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t Augustine’s CofE Primary School in Kilburn, She explains: their food cooking, which is also very helpful.
Westminster, has installed a brand new “Our cookery classes were previously held in a “Once we get underway the kitchen will be
training kitchen for pupils using Lincat’s market room that was unsuitable because it was filled used not only for the cooking club, but also for
leading Silverlink 600 range of prime cooking with domestic equipment that was too high for a healthy eating workshops for children and
equipment. lot of our pupils. Some were unable to reach the parents, for design and technology classes and
The kitchen has been fitted with six cookers safely, which meant they were unable to even for some lessons in science. It will be in real
workstations at differing heights (720mm and cook for themselves. demand and this new equipment is really going
850mm) to accommodate the age range of the “We still needed to have some taller to get some use.”
children, to enable them to cook safely. Each equipment in there because of the age range of Silverlink 600 offers well-built equipment which
workstation incorporates an HT3 two-plate the pupils using it and also because we combines flexibility and high levels of
boiling top and a V6/FD fan-assisted glass door sometimes offer classes for parents, but we also performance with style and value for money. The
oven. Preparation tables, sinks and wash hand needed to accommodate our youngest children. range includes both gas and electric products for
basins at corresponding heights complete the ES catering talked it through with us and came up counter-top and free-standing use. All units are
new kitchen layout. with a design for the room using equipment at 600mm in depth to make optimum use of
St Augustine’s is a successful primary school various heights. available kitchen space. Width sizes vary from a
with 210 pupils, aged five to eleven years, and a “In addition, we wanted to get across the compact 300mm to as much as 900mm,
part-time Nursery for 50 children between three importance of hygiene by keeping our cookery depending on the product type.
and five years. The promotion of healthy eating sinks separate from the wash basins, so that the Overall there are more than 450 products in
for pupils and parents is an important part of the pupils learned to wash their hands in a separate the Lincat range including: fryers, griddles, grills,
school’s education programme, and many place.” ovens and combi steamers as well as beverage
children have taken advantage of the school’s Early feedback from the school is very good. equipment, hot cupboards, trolleys and food
Cooking Club to learn how to make healthy The kitchen is about to go into use. display merchandisers, almost all of which are
meals for themselves. “Our first impression is brilliant. The Lincat manufactured at the company’s factory in Lincoln.
Suzanne Parry, Head teacher at St Augustine’s, equipment seems very hard wearing, which is Excellent customer service is provided through
chose Lincat after consulting John Merrifield of paramount in a school environment. It is easy to Lincat’s extensive national and international
Lincat distributors ES Catering Equipment whose clean, with plenty of storage solutions, and the dealer network.
company already has a good business relationship different height workstations are perfect to
with Westminster City Council, having worked on accommodate all our pupils. u01522 875500
similar projects on their behalf. “The glass front ovens mean the pupils can see
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