Gratte Brothers | Foodservices Solutions is a market-leading provider of commercial catering and foodservice facilities across London and the UK, trusted by customers since 1948. Our service, which includes design, supply, installation and maintenance, delivers everything from one-off equipment replacements and refurbishments, to full turnkey catering solutions, as well as 24/7 reactive and planned maintenance.
Foodservice Solutions
Specialist Foodservice Solutions
About
From fine dining to national hotel and restaurant groups, small school kitchens to multi-million pound projects, we’ve proudly built long-term relationships with many blue chip and leading organisations in the UK.
Our team has unrivalled experience and a passion for delivering award-winning foodservice equipment services, which fully satisfy the individual requirements of each facility. This, coupled with our friendly, collaborative approach, specialist knowledge, use of market-leading technology and ethos of embracing the future means you can rely on us for the highest quality, best value solution, whatever the scale and scope of your needs.
With the backing of a large group and the dedication of a family business, your commercial catering facility projects are in safe hands.
You can rely on us for the highest quality, best value solution, whatever the scale and scope of your needs.
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State of the Art Design
From creating small-scale kitchen schemes in-house to partnering with specialist designers to make larger kitchen design concepts a reality – whatever the needs and size of your business, we can design both small and large kitchens to your unique specifications.
We can also undertake the design process both in-house and in partnership with your consultants. Our talented CAD team use Revit 3D modelling software to visualise concepts – and we’re BIM compliant, which means we can reduce project timescales and ultimately, costs.
Supplying the World's Leading Brands
We partner with many of the leading catering equipment global brands, maintaining good relationships to deliver a competitive price. Whether you’re looking for a ‘Best in Class’ or ‘Best Value’ solution, you can be confident in our ability to support all your catering equipment needs.
Providing everything from light equipment, one-off equipment replacements through to full turnkey solutions including walls, floors, ceiling and M&E services, you can always rely on us to deliver the optimum solution.
Installations Expertly Project Managed
Whether following our own design or your own specialist catering consultant’s, our Project Management Team will install the design to your specification.
A directly employed project manager and installation team (supported by office-based programmers and procurement specialists) will be allocated to your project so it’s delivered on time, on budget and to a high standard. All of our installation engineers are qualified to the relevant nationally-recognised standards and have extensive catering facility experience from small refurbishments to large turnkey projects.
Once your foodservice equipment has been commissioned, we’ll train your staff to operate it effectively and safely – and when we leave, we’re only a phone call away.
A Maintenance Service You Can Trust
Commercial kitchens are filled with complex equipment which requires regular planned maintenance to ensure that it operates efficiently. Therefore, we employ a team of specialist maintenance engineers who are qualified to service a wide range of equipment types and brands.
The company offers 3 types of maintenance cover including a bespoke option designed to suit your individual needs. With every type of maintenance contract, you’ll have access to Gratte Vision, Cloud-based software which allows you access from anywhere, at any time to your real-time planned preventative maintenance (PPM) status.
Client Testimonial
“Working with Gratte Brothers is always the same; from experience I know that the team is always organised, always early – and they finish when the job is done. When you install a kitchen, you have to understand the chef and I think Gratte Brothers does that very well.”
Alain Roux, Michelin Star Chef
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🔗 Download a copy of the Alain Roux at The Brasserie Prince Video Transcript.
Transcript: Alain Roux at The Brasserie Prince
Visual Head and shoulders shot of Alain Roux
On-screen text “Alain Roux – Brasserie Prince”
Alain Roux (Senior Chef):
“I’m the Senior Chef of the Brasserie Prince…”
Visual: Exterior of The Balmoral Hotel, three flags waving
“…at The Balmoral Hotel.”
Visual Head and shoulders shot of Alain Roux
Alain Roux:
“Working with Gratte Brothers is always the same experience.”
Visual: Close-up of a Gratte Brothers equipment sticker that reads: “Supplied by Gratte Brothers Catering Equipment Limited”
Alain: “I know they’re well organised.”
Visual: Stainless-steel kitchen equipment and close-up of Rational ‘SelfCookingCenter XS’ oven.
Alain: “They’re always here early, and they finish when the job is done.”
Visual: Commercial kitchen with chefs preparing food
Alain: “It’s a question of understanding each other.”
Visual: Head and shoulders shot of Alain Roux
Alain Roux:
“You know, you’re a cook – but when it comes to installing a kitchen, it’s almost a different matter.”
Visual Chefs working in the kitchen.
Alain: “But you need to understand the chefs – and I think Gratte Brothers, they do that.”
Visual: Head and shoulders shot of Phil Hickman
[On-screen text] “Phil Hickman – Head Chef, Brasserie Prince”
Phil Hickman:
Phil: “I’m Phil Hickman, and I’m going to be the new Head Chef at Brasserie Prince by Alain Roux.”
Visual: Phil in chef whites, working in the kitchen
Phil: “You can look at something and go, ‘Oh, we forgot that’…”
Visual Head and shoulders shot of Phil Hickman
Phil: “…and you just pick up your phone and ring their mobile. You’re not sending an email…”
Visual Chefs working in the kitchen.
Phil: “…and then maybe getting an answer in a couple of days. You call them and it’s sorted there and then.”
Visual: Head and shoulders shot of Phil Hickman
Phil: “You say, ‘The spec on the fridge – is it this?’”
Visual: Inside of a spotlessly clean oven.
Phil: “And they go, ‘Yep, right – double-check now,’ and within 30 minutes, it’s sorted. So it’s very, very quick communication.”
Visual: Chef preparing food in a stainless-steel bowl.
Phil: “Which is so, so important. Without that, it starts stretching… weeks and weeks.”
Visual: Phil preparing food in the kitchen.
Phil: “But they’re very on the ball.”
Visual: Gratte Brothers equipment sticker that reads: “Supplied by Gratte Brothers Catering Equipment Limited”
Closing screen: Logo for Gratte Brothers Catering Equipment Limited on a white background
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