Thomas Land Final Approved Case Study 220515
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Recently Garners FSE were delighted to a�end the official
opening of Drayton Manor Theme Park’s £3.5m expansion
of Europe’s only Thomas Land™, as part of the park’s on-
going 65th year anniversary celebra.ons.
Expanding by over 40% on the original Thomas Land™
which opened in 2008, Garners FSE were involved at the
earliest stages of the project to design the commercial
catering facili.es at the main a�rac.on, Sodor Airport.
As The General Catering Manager for Drayton Manor Marc
Tierney says, “despite the ini.al brief being fairly vague, the
original architects’ drawings changing on a few occasions
and the brief then developing throughout the project,
Garners FSE were 100% accurate in both interpre.ng our
own ideas and offering us viable solu.ons.
Being a family business, Drayton Manor Park had ideas
coming from all areas and Garners FSE managed to
overcome obstacles such as structural changes mid
project.” Marc praised our project lead Tim’s “ability to
think on the spot” and to do this with a “can do a<tude.”
The result of this approach and a<tude is a superb catering
facility with the look and feel of a high-end coffee bar,
complete with durable and stylish granite topped servery
counters and a “mirrored” twin flow servery style.
Customers are filtered from the central grab “n” go counter
to two barista coffee units, via interchangeable hot or cold
display cabinets, dependent on the season. By filtering the
customers this way, queuing and service .mes are kept to
the minimum.
All the Paninis, sandwiches, other light snacks and
deliciously temp.ng cakes are prepared and supported by
the facility’s back of house pantry and dedicated dishwash
facility. Manufactured in Britain are the Heritage
Induc.on Hobs; two MerryChef Combi/Convec.on
Microwaves and Ra.onal Ovens are the main food
produc.on units. We arranged all the training for the
staff, including the two specialist Barista units and pre-
installa.on cooking trials, further enhancing our reputa.on
as going the extra mile for all of our clients.
It is this high-end finish that Marc and his team are
par.cularly proud of as he says: “from our CEO to the
paying public, the feedback has been excep.onal and we
have been blown away by the response. It would have
been easy to jus.fy not spending the addi.onal money on
the quality equipment and finishes but we are glad that we
did!” Furthermore, our facility has created a brand new
revenue stream and has complimented the exis.ng
catering facili.es we also designed and installed across
both Thomas Land™ and the Theme Park in general.
As Marc concludes,
“we will not hesitate in approaching Garners FSE
for our future plans or recommend them to anyone
else.”
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