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FAGOR INDUSTRIAL INSTALLS FUTURISTIC CANTEEN AT THE
POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA
CATALONIA, SPAIN
How do you persuade students at the
Polytechnic University of Catalonia to
have confidence in their canteen? Fagor
Industrial came up with the answer, renovating
an old and out-of-date kitchen
and canteen that only catered for some
10% of all the students enrolled. The
key to the success of the project which
was completed last March was to break
away from the former system of a lineal
buffet, which blocked up the canteen
with an endless line of students and
teachers.
From the thousand possible students who
could visit the canteen every day, only 100
took the step. This is why a change was
needed to attract hungry students. From the
start, Fagor Industrial suggested a renovation
from a casual and modern point of view,
using bright colours, lights and vinyl inviting
you to try out the different areas of the canteen.
Fagor Industrial also created a system of
show cooking, divided into different areas:
Italian, Mediterranean, sandwiches… Consequently,
the restaurant’s new look was a
huge success among students and has become
a meeting point not to be missed. At
present, the number of students eating in the
canteen has gone from 100 to 600, requiring
urgent enlargement of the cash till area
to allow three queues to pass through at the
same time.
FAGOR INDUSTRIAL
FITS OUT TWO
OF THE TEN BEST
RESTAURANTS IN THE
WORLD
Fagor Industrial has been widely congratulated.
Not for nothing are customers invited
to the UPC canteen to see the installation,
especially the buffets, because it is wellworth
a visit. It is moreover a true point of
reference in canteens, especially in the catering
sector, to be developed in the future.
Proof of this is the fact that many customers
who have visited the canteen and kitchens
have changed their minds, rejecting the typical
self-service and lineal designs.
On 29 April, the ranking for the best
restaurants in the world was published
in London. This list is drawn up every
year by the British magazine, Restaurant,
and is internationally renowned in
the sector. Three Spanish names, two of
which are Basque and fitted out by Fagor
Industrial, were among the top ten restaurants.
The Restaurante Arzak, belonging to
Juan Mari Arzak, in eighth position, and the
Mugaritz, belonging to Andoni Luis Aduriz, in
fourth position, were ranked among the “top
10” world kitchens with a full range of catering
equipment supplied by Fagor Industrial.
In addition, the famous Catalan restaurant,
the Celler Can Roca, was named as the
best restaurant in the world, supplanting the
Danish restaurant, Noma. This recognition is
sure to give Spanish culinary tourism a decisive
boost.
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