Bar Design Kent
Restaurant & Bar Design Kent has evolved as specialised service generally out of
retail design and hotel design, it also has links to graphic design for corporate identity of projects and
design companies may offer a combination
of all these disciplines. Some
designers can offer architectural support while others may have a stronger background in
branding and identity, but generally all will be able to cover a wide scope of work to provide the
restaurateur and bar owner with a complete design service solution. In
addition, most designers offer
project management or supervision of their own work and should be experienced with the contractual procedures required to undertake the project through to completion.
When necessary, designers specialising in
Bar Design Kent will probably
have links with an independent
catering consultant that can advise on behind the scenes operational matters and
kitchen layout details. This can also be carried out with a catering
equipment supplier, but remember they may try and sell you unnecessary expensive equipment rather than good independent
advice. The same advice also goes for
kitchen & restaurant ventilation, use your chosen company and catering
consultant rather than a ventilation company to design your system. If you already have a
chef on board, include them in the design briefing.
Although these designers are not restaurateurs, they should have experience, understanding and knowledge of the fundamentals of catering design. This can be of great benefit to the client as it gives an outside view of the catering business that covers so much more than just the image when applied to Bar Design Kent. In selecting a designer the project brief will establish what kind of service you require from them, and it will be down to the designers to demonstrate how well matched they are or not to the project when submitting their fee proposal. The fee proposal should not just tell you how much it is going to cost to employ them, but also their understanding of the project brief and the scope of work they recommend the project demands and how this is covered in their services.
You will know doubt be looking very closely at the designer's
portfolio to find the connection with your own Bar Design Kent brief, however, you are advised to look outside your field of catering and experience in what the designer has undertaken for others. If for instance you have a
French restaurant you wish to be designed, don't just look for designers that have done lots French restaurants, you could be missing out. There could be a
designer that is just right for the project with lots of experience and talent in other areas of catering, but has not done a French restaurant- yet! When it comes down to it, a good
company can design to anything, it matters
very little if it is modern bar or traditional restaurant the principles of good restaurant &
Bar Design Kent sweep across the whole catering sector.








