State of the art kitchen and office facilities in Gateshead
“Inspiring the Food Industry”
And clearly, Dalziel Foods is doing that very well! Due to the ongoing success of their range of bespoke seasoning blends Dalziel Foods recognised they needed to further develop their facilities to keep up with demand and remain at the cutting edge of seasoning innovation & ingredient technology development.
Following a design evaluation process where the design innovation and honest approach of the team at Amos Beech was recognised by the team at Dalziel Foods, they chose to partner with us to help design and develop their new state of the art kitchen facilities in Gateshead.
Office and kitchen fit-out in gateshead
We were invited to prepare concept proposals for the refurbishment of Dalziel’s’ premises at Felling, Gateshead. Draft plans, prepared by their Architect, were given as a base to work with and to develop according to the brief.
With every new project our first steps are to research the client, and digest the brief, so we can prepare a design which truly reflects them and meets all their needs. We then research what similar companies have done.
The main part of the project was to design a Client Presentation Suite.
We developed the finishes to reflect the logo. We introduced copper having mistaken the logo wheat colour for this. Copper also reflects the catering industry – perhaps only to the lay person 😀?
Another finish that we discovered in our research was Carrera marble worktops and these have now been superseded by a marble effect ceramic as that has the durability properties that marble doesn’t. Also natural timber was introduced along with charcoal greys. These finishes formed the first palette for the interiors, furniture, and fittings.
Functionality was at the core of the interior design brief
Functionality was at the core of the interior design brief; with lots of staff using the busy kitchens all and every day, and with literally hundreds of different spices to store near at hand, storage too was high on the agenda. These requirements, blended with neat design, innovative materials resulted in two stunning kitchens being created for both their sample preparation and product development kitchen.
Watch this space as we continue this project upstairs where it gets even more exciting with new offices, a large sales presentation area and a state of the art display kitchen where Dalziel’s blue chip clients can come and be blown away by the culinary delights created by Dalziel’s innovative technologists and put together by their skilled team of chefs.
Published: 11th February 2022
Text & Photography: The Amos Beech Team
Office Fit Out Furniture, Scotland Food & Drink, Edinburgh
OK it is fair to say that the team here a Amos Beech only contribute a little to the success of the Scottish Food and Drink Industry, but we certainly do our best, some more than others. After all we spend a lot of our time rolling out projects, like this office fit out and furniture project in Edinburgh for Scotland Food and Drink.
Office fit out and furniture Edinburgh
Amos Beech were approached by Scotland Food & Drink to assist them with a feasibility study and provide some budget costs as they assessed whether they would be able to move from their tired and outgrown offices within the Royal Highland Showground in Edinburgh.
Scotland Food & Drink, was created in 2007 to guide food and drink companies of all sizes towards increased profitability. The mission of this non profit organisation is to grow the industry to a value of £30 billion by 2030 and expand Scotland's international reputation as a Land of Food and Drink.
And the best way to explain this industry is not by written words, but by spoken words straight from the experts:
Scotland Food & Drink represent food & drink manufacturers on a Global scale and were seeking to create an environment that reflected their international reach and celebrated everything that their members are so passionate about.
Scotland is a world leading producer of many and varied products from Arbroath Smokies to Whisky and everything in between.
Accordingly, they needed an office environment that would allow their staff to thrive and certainly be a big improvement on where they started out. Their previous offices had long since been outgrown and very little had been invested in the interior which meant that the staff were all looking forward to a fresh, vibrant and inspirational new office space in Edinburgh.
Ratho Park Edinburgh was chosen as the new location, primarily for its close proximity to Edinburgh Airport and its excellent links to the global market as well as offering the team easy access and very little change to their daily commute in time or distance.
As ever, budgets were being watched very carefully and the initial design requests had to be tempered with the reality. Our design team worked closely with our Quantity Surveyors and were able to make the very best use of the available funds.
As is often the case, once we were ‘on project’ the senior management team realised that for a small amount of overspend, a much-improved interior could be created and authorised the additional work.
The result is a remarkable one and reflects the vibrancy that is Scotland Food & Drink, on the one hand inspirational and top quality but with a serious side that shows that you get more for your money when you use your head and your heart!
Publication date: August 28th, 2018
Text & Images: Vincent Hartman
Interior Design and Fit Out Staff Shop Diageo Blythswood, Renfrew
For nearly 50 years there has been warehousing, coopering, blending and bottling facilities on the 31-acre site of Diageo at Blythswood near Renfrew. One of the perks of working for Diageo (also for contractors:) is the existence off staff shops and Amos Beech just completed the design and the fit out.
Interior design and Fit Out Staff Shop Diageo Blythswood, Renfrew
It was fair to say that there was a bit of work to do to transform the shop from this:
Roy and Flora on the initial site visit
Into something more like this:
In line with the staff shop we fitted out in Elgin we redesigned and refurbished the shop in Renfrew, this time with a local touch. An image of Renfrew town centre taken by one of Diageo's members of staff was edited by interior designer Flora Hogg into nice graphics behind the counter.
A much more pleasant environment for the staff to work and to shop!
