Commercial kitchens
Commercial kitchen design consultants
We plan, design and specify commercial kitchens for hotels, restaurants, convention centres, hospitals, campuses and central kitchens. Independent since 2001: design only, never equipment sales.
A kitchen is sized from its menu, covers and service style, then placed so goods arrive, food leaves and waste returns without crossing. We work from the area programme at feasibility, through equipment layouts, MEP block loads and open-brand tender specifications, to commissioning.
Because we sell nothing, every specification is open-brand. Vendors compete for the project on price and merit, and the savings stay with the owner.
Vital Concept Design is an independent consultancy founded in 2001, with offices in New Delhi and Bengaluru. We do not sell or supply equipment and take no commissions. The principals lead every project personally.
What we deliver
- Area programme and adjacency plan
- Equipment layouts with MEP block loads
- Open-brand specification and BOQ for every item
- Ventilation, extraction and ventilated ceiling coordination
- Tender evaluation and shop-drawing review
- Site coordination and commissioning
Selected projects
All projects →
Business Hotels · Mumbai, India
JW Marriott Sahar
Kitchens & 10-ton laundry →
Restaurants · New Delhi, India
The Mkt @ The Chanakya
Display & production kitchens →
Convention Centres · Mumbai, India
DAICEC Convention Centre
Banquet & central kitchens →
Central Kitchens · Mumbai, India
Theobroma Central Kitchen
Central production facility →
Luxury Resorts · Maldives
St. Regis Vommuli
Kitchens, bars & laundry →
Restaurants · 1MG Mall, Bangalore
Yauatcha
Kitchen design →
Questions we are asked
Straight answers
Do you only design kitchens?
No. We advise on all of a hotel’s operational design: area programmes for front and back of house, adjacencies and flows, the guest interface with operations, service optimisation, employee areas, stores and commissaries. Kitchens and laundries are where we go furthest, with detailed drawings and tender specifications for every item of equipment.
Do you supply or sell equipment?
No. We are independent consultants. Tenders are open-brand and competitive, vendors compete on price and merit, and the savings stay with the owner.
When should we bring you in?
At feasibility, before the architecture is fixed. Back-of-house area and adjacencies are almost impossible to buy back once the structural grid and service cores are set.
