PKL is one to recognise

PKL Group, the UK’s leading supplier of temporary kitchens and catering equipment for hire, has been announced as a finalist in the Sunday Times Fast Track ‘Ones to Recognise’.

Compiled by Oxford based research company Fast Track, ‘Ones to Recognise’ is part of the Sunday Times annual Profit Track 100 report. It showcases a selection of companies that are chosen on the strength of their management team, innovation, ability to overcome challenges and their potential for growth.

Managing director Chris Irving commented: “PKL has earned its market-leading position through a commitment to high quality products and innovation, as well as first rate project planning and customer service. These qualities have proved their value to customers during the difficult economic times and provide us with a strong foundation for our ongoing success. We are proud to be recognised alongside so many leading names in British industry”.

PKL Group has a range of over 900 portable kitchens and support units, including cold storage, dry storage and warewashing facilities, and over 9,000 items of catering equipment readily available for hire.

Temporary Kitchens at the All African Games

The All African Games is the largest athletics sporting event on the continent. Over 2,000 athletes from 53 African countries attended the 2 week event in October 2003 and all wanted to take advantage of the world class event catering facilities.

We supplied nearly 500 items of event catering equipment from our stock of over 8,000, including hot and cold servery counters, beverage boilers, catering sinks, wash hand basins and sundry servery items.

With so many athletes to feed in such a short time period, the organising committee needed to be sure that the foodservice equipment was able to cope and met the most rigorous of food hygiene standards. PKL was first choice.

We project managed the entire delivery and installation procedure and had trained engineers on site at all times to service the equipment during the operating period.

PKL has long been associated with the world's major sporting events and have provided Portable Kitchens and first class event catering facilities to the World Student Games, Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games - but the All African Games was a first.