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Education & Healthcare

expert catering design for people, compliance & Wellbeing

In the public sector, a well-thought-out kitchen or dining facility goes beyond function. Whether it’s a university campus, school, hospital or care facility, foodservice spaces must support health, wellbeing and operational performance.

We create environments that are:

  • Operationally efficient

  • Compliant with hygiene and health standards

  • Welcoming and comfortable for users

  • Aligned with strategic wellbeing goals

We combine smart planning with sector insight to give catering teams spaces that work — not just look good.

School servery counter designed by Cooper8, featuring brass heat lamps over a sleek, modern counter incorporating the school’s colours. The counter front showcases modern timber slats in the school’s color, with a white tiled back wall. The hall includes modern bench seating, track lighting on the ceiling, and dome lights behind the counter for a contemporary aesthetic.
Stainless steel commercial kitchen featuring an i-Vario unit and Rational oven, with the cookline on display, including a ventilation system above for efficient air circulation.

Why Sector-Focused Catering Design Matters

Catering in healthcare and education has unique challenges:

  • Strict hygiene, safety & compliance requirements

  • Heavy daily throughput

  • Diverse user needs

  • Integration with clinical or educational operations

Our designs respond to these complexities with practical, tested solutions — from back-of-house workflow and ventilation specification to front-of-house layouts and customer experience.

Sector Validation You Can Trust

“We are up and running in our new kitchen at the Bexhill Irvine Unit. The staff love it and the EHO has asked if they could bring in trainees on occassions as it is an example of a well designed commercial kitchen.”

– Martin Gurney, Catering Services Manager, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 

This feedback highlights what sector leaders care about: a kitchen that not only works operationally but performs to the standards expected by Environmental Health and clinical operations teams.

Featured Projects in Education & Healthcare

We’ve delivered impact across a range of environments, including:

  • Universities – efficient kitchens and servery design for diverse student cohorts

  • Schools – safe, welcoming dining and production spaces for pupils and staff

  • Hospitals & healthcare sites – compliance-based kitchen design trusted by operational teams

Explore our featured case studies to see how thoughtful catering design drives better performance across every setting.

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Featured Projects

Our featured projects showcase just a few of our esteemed projects.
Click here to view more of our Case Studies over various sectors of the foodservice design industry

St Albans Cathedral

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Rievaulx Abbey

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Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings

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“The new café has been a great success. We are well above budget on profit and our staff costs are lower than expected. Cooper8 have really delivered an efficient catering space. A well designed and balanced environment to work in and an ambience for our customers to enjoy.”
Jackie ClarkeVisitor Centre Manager, English Heritage Eltham Palace
“We commissioned Cooper8 Ltd to redesign our existing Tea Room. Working closely with us, they came up with a comprehensive scheme, not only the technical layout but the “look and feel”. This was successfully implemented within a tight budget… we have had a very positive reaction from our customers and staff and are looking forward to a great year…”
David BaileyCafé Manager, National Trust Brockhampton
“Cooper8s overall capability and expertise is of the highest standard. They are highly experienced in their profession. They understood and interpreted our requirements exactly and adapted with good humour and great patience the challenges we set. Most importantly, as a character, Simons’ temperament is calm and authoritative, and he considers everything one asks carefully. I could not recommend him more highly”
Julia BannisterOwner, Finns of Chelsea Green
“Cooper8 Ltd have provided us with a first-class service and so far have exceeded expectations in all areas. We look forward to working with them over the coming years.”
Allen GibbonsClient Project Manager, London Borough of Enfield Council
“We worked with Cooper8 in developing and forming our ideas. Their input was highly valuable, practical and creative. They have recently assisted us in gaining a liquor licence for the restaurant. We look forward to working with them again in the future”
Stafford Geohagen,Owner, Jamaican Healthy Eaters, Brixton
“The project was delivered on time and in budget. It is a great success both in its popularity with the students and its revenue creation for the library.”
Stuart RichardsProject Manager, Birmingham University “i” Lounge

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