St Helens College

History Lesson Pays Off

When St Helen's College launched a £60 million project to transform its ageing town centre campus into a state of the art learning complex, a new catering facility was a key part of the brief to maintain its status as one of the top catering colleges in the UK.

CHR had previously worked with the college’s management team to deliver the High Street style Colours Restaurant & Bar, supported by extensive development and demonstration kitchens.

The new brief included a two storey facility including impressive demonstration kitchens with 18 student work stations, bakery station, further kitchen areas and updated Colours restaurant and food court area.  Works also included design and space planning, below ground drainage system, ventilation design and all mechanical and electrical works.

As the new project progressed, CHR’s close working relationship with the college, and previous success, made them the obvious choice to complete the catering work.

Paul Neville, CHR sales director, said: “The food service element of the design and build project had encountered delays and spiralling costs.  We were brought in and our knowledge of the building, existing equipment and relationship with the catering team meant we could revise the plans to incorporate £250,000 worth of existing equipment to reduce the overall costs.

Terry Lavin, head of catering at St Helen’s College, said: “The results are breathtaking!It really is the best foodservice environment I have ever seen.”

The savings CHR made for St Helen’s College has helped the project management team secure funding for the second phase of the project.

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