We’re thrilled to announce the successful food-safe partitioning installation for Easton Chilli at their new site, just around the corner from us here in Bristol, delivered by the Stancold Food Projects team.
When Easton Chilli needed space to grow, founder Rikki Tooley turned to Stancold, connecting through his Taste of the West membership, for help fitting out a brand-new site.
The project called for using the Kingspan Quadcore system to build a freestanding food-safe room within the existing building envelope.
The exterior of the production area.
Rikki started Easton Chilli during the COVID-19 pandemic and initially used rental kitchen spaces to produce his excellent chilli jams and hot sauces. As the business has expanded, Rikki found it was time to find a site of his own.
Stancold’s Business Development Manager for Food Projects, Andy Connell, worked with Rikki to understand the required layout and the necessary panel specifications for the walls and ceilings. The scope also included the installation of two food-safe hinged personnel doors.
A consideration Stancold’s Project Service Manager, Sam Glover, had to take into account when planning this project was the narrow entry point into the industrial estate that Easton Chilli is on.
‘The Easton neighbourhood and the narrow entry into the industrial estate means we had to arrange the panel delivery with smaller vehicles,’ says Sam. ‘But in so many decades of working on food and drink production fit-out projects, that’s hardly a challenge for our team.’
The panels had to be manoeuvred through this narrow driveway.
Working with local clients who contribute to the thriving and ever-growing South West food production scene is why we got involved with Taste of the West over a decade ago. Therefore, helping a producer like Easton Chilli reach the next level of their production journey is especially rewarding for us.
Now that the production area has been fitted out, Rikki will soon start production at the new site!
The interior of the new production area at Easton Chilli.
Click below to learn more about Easton Chilli and their incredible products. Rikki is hosting an open day in August at the new facility, so check out their website and give them a Facebook follow to learn more about attending.
If your food or drink production site is looking to reconfigure or expand, give us a call or an email. We’d love to work with you!
0117 316 7000
