line was not designed to be suspended originally so this was a conversation about hanging something that was not hangable. So, in May 2018 we submitted the drawings to the consultant showing how we proposed to do it." Hendrick submitted the proposal to the
European Council who gave the approval for the project. Te tender was awarded in November 2019. Just a few months later work on the project was brought to a halt by the Covid-19 crisis. While the Rosinox factory was closed for three weeks in March and April 2020, it quickly reopened and resumed normal operations. “Te bratt pan from the existing line was
brought back to Rosinox,” says Politi. “We had to make it look like new and change some of the components. We delivered everything [including the new equipment] in the first six months of 2020.”
Carrying on in a crisis Te building work continued during the pandemic restrictions. Hendrick did ask if the client wanted to reconsider the design in light of the new awareness of hygiene in the self-service model. “I asked, 'What are we doing? Do we stop and rethink the project?' Tey said ‘No, we will carry on,'” he says. With most of the European Council’s staff
working from home, the new kitchen and self- service restaurant only opened in the last week of June 2021. Hendrick is eager to see if the improvements
he has made to the flow in the restaurant and the kitchen are effective. For example, he has increased the number of cashier points and changed their position to cut down the queues. “I’m keen to see how the queuing system works when there are people using the restaurant, but I will have to wait a bit longer to find out,” he says. “One of the things the Council wanted from
the design was the ability to change the catering company if they wanted. I had to design a kitchen that can cope with a different food offering. I used standard equipment but installed it in a different way. Any catering company can come in and use this kitchen.”
Left: the kitchens can cope with different food offerings, facilitated by products from Rosinox (above) and Friginox
Waiting to see For Hendrick, this project has led to more work within the European Council building. He has installed a dishwashing zone and is currently working on a bakery/patisserie. "What I liked most was meeting all the people. Tey were all very positive, so it was nice to work with them," he says. “Sometimes chefs are not keen to change their ways. I had to lead them by the hand. Te multifunctional bratt pan was an idea to help them improve the way they cook. We've done one training session with them and they were happy, and we will do another one later this year.” Politi attended the training session to showcase
the new equipment. “Te new multi-function pressure bratt pan is a sophisticated unit with huge capacity and ecologically advanced features. We had six or seven people for training. Tey were all excited to use the new equipment and once again welcome customers into the restaurant.” Politi was pleased with the new kitchen when
he visited to deliver the training session. “It is a well-organized kitchen. People could really move around,” he says. “Te most exciting part of a project for me is to start from a drawing and see the result. Te kitchen looks robust, well organized and the matching between the old and the new has the continuity and is nice looking. I’m proud of what we and our dealer have done and the way the consultant has conceived the kitchen to give us the chance to add Rosinox products into the kitchen.”
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Rosinox consistently produces the finest cooking equipment available to chefs.
1837
Rosinox can trace its heritage back 184 years
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Rosinox became part of the Ali Group in 1999
Friginox offers the best refrigeration solutions to food industry professionals.
1973 1982
Friginox was founded nearly 50 years ago
Friginox was the first manufacturer of blast chillers
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