Hotels, restaurants, schools, colleges and businesses all have differing catering needs. Whether for a school refectory, restaurant kitchen or factory canteen, DHC provide a complete kitchen design and planning service for your commercial kitchen.
Initial planning:
- Design brief development
- Initial space planning exercise
- Agreement/advice on initial set- up/budgetary requirements
- Advise other professionals (M & E consultants, architects, cost consultants etc.) on service requirements, space and costs


From agreement of space and budget we will develop the design, providing the following kitchen design services:
Initial planning:
- Working with Clients ensure equipment and space match service provision and budget expectations
- Produce AutoCAD layout drawings
- Produce AutoCAD elevated drawings (if appropriate)
- Preparation of full M & E services requirement schedules
- Preparation of detailed equipment specification and tender documents
- Produce mechanical and electrical services requirement drawings
- Liaison with all other professionals throughout contract period
- Advise on ‘best fit’ specialist catering equipment specialists and provide technical analysis of tender bids
- Initial space planning exercise
From appointment of specialist contractor we will:
- Liaise between Client, other professionals and specialist equipment contractor
- Monitor contractor procurement and manufacture of equipment
- Provide integrated project management as part of design team
- Ensure specialist contractor supplies and installs equipment and services, on time and ‘snag free’
- Oversee staff training by specialist contractor
- Monitor contractor’s ‘after sales’ performance
IF YOU, THE CLIENT, HAVE NO APPOINTED CATERER AND ARE STARTING FRESH, WE CAN OFFER A FULL CATERING CONSULTANCY PACKAGE.
For smaller ‘turnkey’ projects we are able to offer a fully coordinated project management package.
Construction and Fit-out works:
We can offer to our clients a complete package that includes the construction and /or fit-out of your Hotels, restaurants, schools, colleges, businesses kitchens and office spaces via our sister company.