Sterling Foodservice

Sterling Foodservice Consultancy, established in 1994 by the partners Andrew & Elaine Powis, is an award winning Catering Advisory and Design Consultancy encompassing all catering and associated areas for new build or refurbishment throughout the UK, Ireland and the rest of Europe. Totally independent of any supplier or contractor, they are proud to be members of several industry organisations and adhere to a strict code of conduct. Working as lead consultants they have carried out in excess of 430 catering design projects of all sizes and budgets ranging from a £20k servery to £1m+ full projects. That’s 17 per year on average which include projects in the UK, Ireland, Afghanistan, Russia, Iceland and France such as hospitals, universities, colleges and 5 star hotel kitchens and central production kitchens containing, serveries, front of house features, vital support areas, ventilation, fire suppression & waste management systems.

Sterling Foodservice Consultancy was commissioned to design The Clink Café in Manchester following the playing of a defining role in designing the kitchen facilities for HMP Styal’s Clink Restaurant, within a deconsecrated chapel.

The sole aim of the Clink Charity is to reduce re-offending and they do this by training serving prisoners to gain their City & Guilds qualifications and then support them upon release. They have achieved incredible results having the lowest re-offending rate in Europe. The Clink Café has evolved from looking at how they can stop people going into prison in the first place by working with ex-offenders, Clink graduates and also homeless clients as well as other charities such as Centrepoint.

Chris Moore, Chief Executive of The Clink Charity, stated….”We are delighted to have opened The Clink Café Manchester and we engaged Sterling Foodservice Consultancy to design, procure and project manage The Café and are pleased with the end results. The Clink Restaurants have proven incredibly successful and the Café will give us the opportunity to continue the training and provide our graduates with the chance to achieve their full potential and will allow us to expand our work to help those who need, want and deserve a second chance”.

Although space was at a premium they adhered to all H&S Legislation to provide a practical and attractive facility. The Café is in an ideal situation within the City centre business community and the building is being occupied by several organisations who avail themselves of the amenities.