04 Success stories


keeping the wheels of government turning. When architects Art 48 contacted foodservice


consultant Jean-Michel Hendrick in 2018 they wanted his expertise to help rethink the kitchen and self-service restaurant for the staff of the European Council. “T e fi rst thing was to understand how it


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The European Council: ready to serve


When Rosinox received a call for help with the refurbishment of a kitchen and self- service restaurant in the European Council building, its positive response led to a satisfying solution for the consultant and client, Giuseppe Politi, export manager at Rosinox and Friginox, tells Jacquetta Picton


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was working and what we had to improve,” says Hendrick. “My fi rst concern was how can I make the kitchen easy to clean. I showed the client some realizations with hanging units that had no feet on the fl oor. T ey liked that very much. It was something I had done before, but the client didn’t know it was possible to do that.”


Upgrade and convert In addition to keeping the existing ventilation equipment and drainage, the client also requested that some of the existing equipment be incorporated into the new kitchen as it was only fi ve years old. However, Hendrick did remove three of the eight kettles in the kitchen. For the type of meals the European Council


prepares they needed to upgrade the refrigeration, so two large blast chillers from Friginox were added. Another piece Hendrick wanted to add was a Rosinox multi-purpose pressure bratt pan. T e next challenge was to convert the existing equipment to be able to hang it from the wall, keeping the fl oor area clear and easy to clean. T is is where Hendrick called Rosinox.


Finding a solution “T e challenge from the consultant, with whom we have a good relationship, was to see what we could use of the existing equipment, verify that they could last a few more years, and what we could add to look nice aesthetically and also functionally,” says Giuseppe Politi, export manager at Rosinox and Friginox. “T ey wanted to add a cantilevered range, which is suspended from the wall,” he adds. “T e existing


t the hub of European government, Brussels, Belgium, is a busy place and keeping the workers at the European Council building fed and hydrated plays an important role in


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