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Humberside Airport Hilton Hotel All You Can Eat Buffet Refurbishment

A complete refurbishment of the hotel’s all-you-can-eat buffet, delivered while the hotel remained operational.

SectorHospitality

SettingOperational hotel

ScopeBuffet refurbishment

The brief

Refurbish the buffet. Keep the hotel running.

A live hospitality setting

Grade A was contracted to refurbish the all-you-can-eat buffet at the Humberside Airport hotel while the hotel continued to operate. The work needed to be kept separate from guests and hotel activity.

Temporary protection

Temporary hoarding was set up around the works to help contain dust and provide fire protection between the work area and the occupied hotel. This allowed the refurbishment to be organised around a live setting.

A complete new buffet

The scope went beyond a surface refresh. Grade A refurbished the area with new buffet furniture bespoke-manufactured in-house, new solid-surface worktops and integrated tops, tiling, painting and decorating, serving equipment and replacement flooring.

Scope of works

Made, fitted and finished as one project.

Bespoke manufacture, finishes and buffet equipment were brought together around the new serving layout.

01 / Manufacture

Made-to-measure furniture

New buffet furniture, counters and fitted units manufactured in-house and installed for the space.

02 / Worktops

Solid-surface detail

Solid-surface worktops created and integrated with the new buffet tops and serving units.

03 / Finishes

Walls and floor

Tiling, painting and decorating throughout the refurbished area, together with replacement flooring.

04 / Equipment

Food and drink service

New hobs and hot plates integrated into the buffet, alongside an open refrigerated unit for drinks service.

Project photographs

See the finished buffet.

These 13 photographs show the completed buffet, fitted serving areas, worktops, tiled surfaces, equipment and replacement flooring. Select an image to open the full photograph.

Finished buffet room with white bespoke cabinets, centre island, pendant lamps and grey floor — 01Finished buffet area: bespoke cabinets, central serving island and new flooring.

Wide view into the finished buffet area with white serving island and fitted counters — 02The refurbished buffet seen from its entrance.

Finished buffet room showing the island, hot-food station and perimeter worktops — 03A second view of the central island and buffet stations.

Wide view of the new grey flooring, buffet island and perimeter cabinets — 04The buffet layout with fitted cabinetry and replacement flooring.

White drinks counter with machines, storage and tiled wall — 05Drinks station with a made-to-measure worktop and fitted storage.

Hot-food serving area with two built-in hob units and hanging dark pendant lamps — 06Integrated hot-food station beneath pendant lighting.

Refrigerated buffet display built into a white counter against a tiled wall — 07Refrigerated display set into the new buffet cabinetry.

Finished buffet with white central counter and drinks and hot-food equipment — 08The buffet prepared for service, including the central counter.

View from hot-food serving units toward the drinks counter and central island — 09Integrated hot-food station in relation to the wider buffet.

Five pendant lights above two flush hot-food units and fitted white cabinets — 10Detail of the hot plates, pendants and bespoke cabinetry.

Buffet recess showing tiled walls, dark pendant lights, fitted counter and glazed chiller — 11Serving recess, tiled finishes and refrigerated display.

Full length of white buffet counter with hot-drink machines and undercounter fridge — 12Drinks counter, storage and undercounter refrigeration.

Bespoke centre buffet island with the hotel dining area visible beyond — 13Central buffet island with the operational hotel dining area beyond.

Photographs supplied by Grade A. They show the finished refurbishment; temporary hoarding and the earlier condition of the buffet are described from the project brief, not pictured here.

The result

A refreshed buffet for the hotel.

The refurbishment brought together new in-house-manufactured buffet furniture, solid-surface counters, tiled walls, updated hot-food and refrigerated service areas, decoration and replacement flooring. The completed photographs show the new layout ready for hotel use.

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