serve a variety of purposes, from bulk cooking to fine dining. A lifestyle hotel concept, described as “a blend
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of modern cool luxury and minimal Japanese tradition,” the first Nobu Hotel launched in 2013 within Caesars Palace Las Vegas. Te hotel concept was a natural development for the global lifestyle brand and followed the immense popularity of Nobu Restaurants; first opened in New York City in 1994 and famously co-owned by actor Robert De Niro. Today there are 13 Nobu Hotels worldwide,
with more in development, and 47 restaurants, from Malibu to Melbourne. Nobu Hotel, London Portman Square, is the most recent European opening for the global brand. It is the second Nobu Hotel in London, following the 2017 opening of the Nobu Hotel Shoreditch in the trendy East End of the city. Nobu Hotel, London Portman Square in the
village-like Marylebone neighborhood of the British capital, has 249 rooms and suites. Chef Nobu Matsuhisa has impressed diners
the world over with his fusion cuisine blending traditional Japanese dishes with Peruvian ingredients; among his most famous signature dishes is black cod in miso.
Here, his menu is served in the restaurant with
200 covers, the bar and terrace seating 70 and the lounge, which can seat an additional 80 diners. Graham Barrie from Graham Barrie Design was
tasked with designing the kitchens of Nobu Hotel Portman Square. “Looking to deliver a hand- crafted approach to cuisine and service and to maintain their exceptional standards, the kitchens needed to be flexible, powerful and robust to cater for fine dining, events, and banqueting, all being orchestrated from the main kitchen on the first floor,” he explains. Considering the needs of the different kitchen
areas, he decided on Ambach equipment. “Ambach provides a large range of equipment
in both gas and electric, suitable for bulk cooking and fine dining, so their System 850 was selected and proved ideal for Nobu Hotel, Portman Square as they have all bases covered from this range,” he says. Te range matched the requirements Barrie was after considering the challenges the team had to overcome in the central London site. “Performance was key, but the site had restrictions on both power supply and space, which necessitated a mix of gas and electric appliances and had to fit between and around structural pillars,” he says. “System 850 provided the range of appliances and the flexibility to seamlessly incorporate the obstacles.”
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hen Nobu Hotels opened its most recent site in London, it needed a flexible and high- functioning kitchen to
Ali Group's diverse product range made it easy for the kitchen design team to find suitable
Nobu Hotels combine an artful blend of modern cool luxury and minimal Japanese tradition
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