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LÉA by Pascal Canevet

Commercial Catering Facilities

LÉA is the new concept kitchen from award-winning chef, Pascal Canevet. Gratte Brothers Foodservice Solutions (GBCEL) was appointed to design, specify, supply and install a new satellite food production kitchen that would also assist with LÉA's existing restaurant's mise en place.

Project Information

Client:: LÉA
Sector:: Leisure
Duration:: 4 months
Services:: Foodservice Facilities Installation

Our project was excellently managed and we knew what was happening at all times. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Gratte Brothers

The Concept

Shortlisted for the ceda Grand Prix Awards in 2022, LÉA started as a concept kitchen within Maison Bleue. During the first UK Covid-19 lockdown, Maison Bleue began offering an ‘order and collect’ service for their restaurant dishes. Following the success of this trial, the second lockdown saw the launch of the LÉA concept; no-fuss, hand-cooked and ‘convenient fine-dining’ using top-quality ingredients. These unique ready meals are served in preserving pots, with recipes inspired by Pascal’s mother’s cooking.

Once the second lockdown was lifted, demand meant that LÉA needed to find a new home. Having successfully delivered the turn-key refurbishment of Maison Bleue’s kitchen, the client called on us to assist with this next project. GBCEL went above and beyond to assist in the creation of LÉA. This included attending potential site visits and drafting drawings to envision the completed venue with a view to recommending the most suitable space to fit business requirements.

The Specification

We designed and specified a satellite production kitchen. This facility was also required to help them with the Maison Bleue’s mise en place. Our initial design helped them understand what size of facility would be required and what the cost would be.

We worked closely with the client to capture their vision through technical drawings and specifications. These were continually revised until we had the perfect solution in terms of space planning, operational flow and allowance for further development and future-proofing.

The facilities were designed by Gratte Brothers to be future-proof so that as and when LÉA increased in popularity, space had been purposely left as part of the design to add further equipment with the required services already in place for ease of installation (for instance, when demand increases, the M&E services are set up for a second combi oven to be stacked on top to allow for twice the capacity).

The Delivery

Due to the high standard of food prepared and the number of processes involved with Pascal’s style of cooking, it was decided that inclusion of multi-functional equipment such as Brat Pann and combination ovens (which allow up to eight cooking functions) would help reduce the size of the facility required, whilst maintaining high standards.

Gratte Brothers’ installation also included energy-efficient induction hobs, a Rational iVario which works for boiling, frying, deep-frying and pressure cooking to remove need for more conventional cooking appliances, a fully programmable Unox combination oven, food mixers, refrigeration, utensils and production level pan washer, wash hand units as well as all fabrication, ventilation and extraction required.

Gratte Brothers was delighted to once again have the opportunity to be involved with Pascal and his team and to be involved in the planning and delivery of this exciting new venture.

Client Testimonial

“We’ve been using our new production kitchen since last September and it’s simply fantastic! We’d used Gratte Brothers to completely refurbish our kitchen at Maison Bleue five years ago and that was a great success. Therefore, we had no doubt they’d be the perfect partner to help us with this project. From the start, they understood exactly what we needed, made some very good suggestions for things that we hadn’t considered and helped us understand what we needed to do in terms of the kitchen and equipment. Our project was excellently managed and we knew what was happening at all times. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Gratte Brothers.”

– Pascal Canevet, LÉA

Project Information

The Concept

The Specification

The Delivery

Client Testimonial

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