Blog

Meet Joe, our Apprentice

The official definition for an apprentice is “a person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages”. My favourite thing about being an apprentice is having such a good mixture of freedom and responsibility at the same time. What I mean by this is I have the freedom that comes with being an adult and working full time; I earn my own money, pay for my own food – and most importantly have complete freedom to spend my money on what I like. Furthermore, the responsibility; this is... Read More

Celebrating Three Years and Recent Press Coverage

This year Indigo Catering Equipment celebrated three years in business, building a brand based on over twenty years experience in the industry. It’s been a time to celebrate and we were proud to be featured on the front cover of Catering Insight discussing our approach to commercial kitchens. In the interview, owner Christian Barnes discussed our specialisms in restaurants, hotels and kitchens in schools and universities with a fresh approach. Having crafted a range of bespoke kitchens whilst training new staff, it’s been a rewarding three years. Barnes states, “We wanted to create a full service business for commercial kitchens... Read More

April 2017: A Busy Time at Indigo Catering Equipment

In the last few months we have enjoyed working on a range of commercial kitchens and have been continuing to grow as a company. We completed the installation of St Peters Catholic School, Leatherhead; working in conjunction with Fowlers Construction, Felce and Guy Architects and Surrey County Council. St. Peter’s Catholic School Our team was heavily involved with the project from start to finish and are particularly proud of extraction system that was installed as it involved a very large air handling unit on the roof. The school was delighted with the new kitchen when we handed it back to... Read More

Recent Projects and Industry Events

After a busy 2016, 2017 does not look to be slowing down. Having completed Turnkey projects for the University of Brighton and West Sussex County Council throughout 2016, the team at Indigo Catering Equipment are looking forward to continuing working with these clients on future projects, as well as meeting new clients. Recent completed projects So far in 2017 we have seen a new commercial kitchen go live for the Salvation Army in Hendon, London. This was installed by our engineers before the New Year in December. Working with the charity has been something we’ve very proud of and we’re... Read More

What’s happened in April 2016?

Indigo Catering Equipment continues its supply and installation of Steamplicity kitchens across West Sussex County Council Primary Schools after having successfully completed another two projects this month. Steamplicity is an award-winning system for cooking food in a healthy nutritious way whilst saving labour, energy, space and reducing waste. No space is too big or too small when it comes to supplying Steamplicity kitchens to Indigo Catering Equipment having transformed rooms no bigger than a broom cupboard Into a fully operational service kitchen serving 150 – 300 meals in a single lunch sitting. Indigo Catering Equipment on this occasion worked with... Read More

What’s new at Indigo Catering Equipment Ltd?

After a successful two years trading we enter 2016 in a buoyant mood. Due to expansion we have moved into new premises and taken on two additional members of staff. Brad Weeden has joined us on design and project management and brings with him eight years of experience. Dom Joy – Joins us as a trainee in sales and project management. This now gives us the ability to take the business forward and offer our clients old and new a broader range of catering expertise with our forward thinking and modern approach to the design and installation of your catering... Read More

Welcome to our new website and blog!

After a couple of months of planning, we are delighted to announce the launch of our new website. We wanted a new website to better collaborate with our clients and associates on that which we are most passionate about and to reflect our forward thinking and modern approach to the design and Installation of your catering facilities. We hope you like the fresh new look to the website which has been developed with our customers in mind with improved navigation that will allow you to find the information you need more quickly and easily. We are continuing to update our Projects and will be... Read More