Fitting modern foodservice equipment into a historic building presented some challenges for consultant Mark Jeffreys and Ambach. However, at University College, Oxford in England, they achieved a result that has delighted everyone


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ven people who have not watched a Harry Potter movie will understand the reference to the dining halls of the famous wizarding college, Hogwarts. Te dining facilities at


University College, Oxford are exactly that – a large


room with soaring vaulted ceilings, wooden beams and long benches and tables where students gather to share their meals together. When the kitchen facilities needed replacing,


consultant Mark Jeffreys, director of Berkeley Projects, led the project in partnership with Toby Magness, sales director at Ambach UK. “Tis is a fantastic building,” says Jeffreys. “It is a


really exciting place to stay. Students walk through a servery, pick up their trays of food and sit down at the long benches. It makes it a very sociable eating place with a fantastic atmosphere.” Te University of Oxford is renowned as one of


the most prestigious higher education institutions in the world, made up of over 30 colleges and halls. Te historic buildings in the center of the city have hosted novelists, authors, poets, world leaders and it currently hosts a student population of 27,000 from around the globe. Founded in 1249 by William of Durham,


University College is said to be the oldest of all the colleges that make up Oxford University. ▸


University College, Oxford is one of the world's most prestigious higher education institutions


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