Unita Quattro
Advantage Catering Equipment Limited
Working for our main client Stanhope PLC with their responsibilities to Ashford Borough Council and to the end user and operator Damiano Veccho, our brief was to take this 4 year old steel frame and concrete empty unit situated below a new cinema complex through to a completed restaurant.
The restaurant had to be a family friendly destination but also suitable for friends and working colleagues to meet and enjoy the fresh pasta and pizza all made from scratch on site.
It further had to have a large bar area where future plans are to provide mixology lessons to the public and a front of house pasta making workshop where fresh pasta and Italian breads are to be made for use in the restaurant and lessons given.
Ample cold storage facilities, working areas and appliances back of house had to be provided as longer term plans to develop a fresh pasta delivery service locally and maybe by mail order.
Advantage were given a blank canvass and would be responsible for all elements of the design and build to take this space from concrete shell to fully functioning business and beyond.
Client Satisfaction
Working closely with the client team over many months with probably 50 meetings, informal and formal, face to face and online it is unavoidable to get to know and like the people you work with. We feel we have an excellent relationship with all involved, one that will last for many years. We have all dined in the restaurant, (some of our staff go regularly).
Throughout the project there was always a friendly atmosphere, the client knew all the staff on a first name basis and the staff always felt valued by the client.
Covid did have everyone working in unusual ways. The client had the stress of the huge investment without knowing when they could open, but also the unexpected benefit that they had time to get things right, deadline pressure was self imposed rather than having to open to schedule – they couldn’t!
Gary Bourne, Development Consultant at Stanhope said,
“As Development Director of the Elwick Place Phase 1 project, I was on site and led many of the meetings with the Advantage team and I was incredibly impressed by the quality of their fit out work and how they moved all the projects forward at the same time. I found them easy to work with, prompt and extremely reliable. I wouldn’t hesitate to work with them again.”
Development Project Manager Matt said
“Having successfully completed two other projects on this development, rolling into a third with Advantage was reassuring.
Their team were professional throughout and clearly highly skilled delivering yet another fantastic restaurant at the Elwick Place development.
