Energy-Efficient Kitchen: The Sloane Club

Founded originally in 1922 by Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Helena, The Sloane Club was opened as the Service Women’s Club exclusively for women in the forces to have an affordable place to stay in London. Offering a vibrant atmosphere with stunning interiors, The Sloane Club provides a unique setting for our Members to enjoy.

Our Brief

We were approached by the client to redesign and replace their existing gas cook suite and dated kitchen with an all-new electric kitchen. This would help them work towards their sustainability goals, a better working environment for the chefs, and create an even more exceptional dining experience for their guests.

The new kitchen should also reduce energy consumption and therefore cost!

The Solution

The new kitchen at The Sloane Club features the very first De Manincor S.p.A. cook suite in the UK which uses full touchscreen controls! Plus it is equipped with their state-of-the-art TCS® remote monitoring and power reduction technology.

This has enabled the range to run on a reduced amount of power, without exceeding the building's electricity supply restrictions or affecting the usability of the cooking appliances.

The cook suite features multi-zone induction and all-electric equipment, all of which ensure minimum energy consumption.

On an operational level, the new layout is ergonomically led to give chefs and staff more freedom. The digital touchscreen controls also enable any function of the range to be adjusted from any screen, helping to increase efficiency and limit chef movement.

Cooking can also be "automated" with the use of the temperature probes, reducing power to "hold", when food reaches the desired temperature

Flexibility in the kitchen has been created by adding an additional cook suite to service the increase in restaurants and covers, while the cooking equipment also reduces the working temperature thus improving the working environment.

With energy efficiency being key to the design, all equipment has been designed to the highest specifications including remote refrigeration, which removes excess heat and reduces maintenance costs.

The high level of fabrication ensures a more hygienic design with no gaps for dirt and rounded internal corners to all cupboards allowing for easy cleaning, maintenance, and future-proofing.

The Outcome - Energy & Carbon Savings!*

The Sloane Club will benefit from:

• An estimated saving of 1,213 kWh per day, which is the equivalent to 152 homes using an average of 8 kWh of electricity per day!
• An estimated reduction in CO2 per year of 97 tonnes which is equivalent to removing 7.6 cars off the road traveling 23,000 miles per year!
• As a result, this is projected to save The Sloane Club in excess of £845,000 over 10 years.

Bernhard Mayer, Executive Chef of The Sloane Club and Sloane Place comments:

“It is an absolute pleasure to work in our beautiful new kitchen, that is not only a work of art in itself, but has also allowed us to increase covers, expand our menus and offer a wider range of food and drink to create an even better and more delicious experience for our members and diners than before.” 

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* Our calculations are based on many factors including a comparison of existing cooking equipment and fridges to the new equipment, provided electrical costs, and average kW usage. Emissions are based on Scope 1 & 2 emissions and their running costs only. Scope 3 emissions (or embodied carbon) to manufacture, transport, or install equipment have been excluded. They are estimated calculations based on various data sources and general averages for the UK energy market.