Category Archives: Unit Reviews

Review of units and operations

Coya – Taste explosions and corn, lots of corn


Marathon over, literally, and I was booked to visit Coya on Piccadilly  with Tom an old friend I have had the pleasure of knowing for more years than I can remember, but it is at least 20. Coya, a phrase used … Continue reading

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Anthony’s – Fine Dining at the Corn Exchange


A review by Paulina Herrmann, Support Consultant, Coverpoint Foodservice Consultants. It was that time again for another Coverpoint ‘road trip’ and so my colleague Daniel da Rocha, Management Consultant at Coverpoint, and I, boarded a train to the ‘North’. Having … Continue reading

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Magnificent TrinityLeeds


An article by Daniel da Rocha, Management Consultant, Coverpoint Foodservice Consultants. TrinityLeeds was one of the first major shopping centre development projects I worked on as a ‘Support Consultant’ after joining Coverpoint in 2009. Although I have worked on a … Continue reading

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M on the Bund, Shanghai


As I left Shanghai on Friday morning, I was reminded of the moody and dark scenes that pervade the film Blade Runner. Set in a future world, the Ridley Scott directed epic is set in a noisy, vertical world, with … Continue reading

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Blue Boar Smokehouse & Bar


A review by Daniel da Rocha, Management Consultant, Coverpoint Foodservice Consultants For those unwilling (or simply unable) to cook on a Sunday there has always been a rather more, or less, appealing choice around. Whether you head down to your … Continue reading

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Terre a Terre – “Down to Earth” Vegetarian Cuisine


A review by Paulina Herrmann, Support Consultant, Coverpoint Foodservice Consultants. As I was planning my debut on the Coverpoint blog page I was thinking about a good choice for my first entry. Over recent weeks the news have been dominated … Continue reading

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Titantic Belfast – Wow!


A review by Ian Hanlon, Director, Coverpoint Foodservice Consultants. Back in 2007 we ‘set sail’ on a very special mission, providing strategic advice on the foodservice provision, feasibility, design and logistics for the Titanic Belfast development. The vision, at the … Continue reading

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Tavernita, Chicago


An article by Rebecca Gibson, Support Consultant, Coverpoint Foodservice Consultants In recent years it has become a sort of tradition with my mum and me to go on an annual ‘mini break’ in the months leading up to Christmas. For … Continue reading

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Gusto by Heinz Beck – Conrad Hilton Algarve


Another month and another new project for Coverpoint. This time our mission was to go to the Algarve and check out the competition for a new shopping and leisure site. As usual the Brief was wide and the timescales short. … Continue reading

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Saffran – The first UK unit at the Trafford Centre


An article by Rebecca Gibson – A Coverpoint Support Consultant The Boss and I were in the car on the way ‘Up North’ to one of our monthly meetings at The Trafford Centre. Coverpoint help the Management team  at The Trafford … Continue reading

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