Moo Cafe undergoes transformation
Meet the all-new Farmer Copleys' Moo Café at West Yorkshire.
Catering Design Group, the restaurant and commercial kitchen design company, has completed the transformation of the cafe, building a new destination dining experience. The project involved completely demolishing an old tractor barn to create the 157-cover Moo Café complete with theatre kitchen, bakery and spacious meeting room for local business hire or private dining.
The challenge to CDG was to create an informal and inviting casual dining venue by day (Moo café), which during the evening, would seamlessly transform into ‘Beast’ - an elegant bistro-style restaurant.
Taking inspiration from the natural environment and the barn’s original structure, the CDG team designed an interior with a blend of textures and finishes. Natural stone and granite are combined with real logs and milled copper to create a counter, perfect for both daytime and evening service, whilst reclaimed timbers add warmth and character to bespoke dressers, ‘meet & greet’ and waiter stations. A 2.75m fig tree is an eye-catching centrepiece bringing outdoor elements into the heart of the restaurant.
Rob Copley, Owner, Farmer Copleys said: “This is an exciting new venture for us. There has been a ridiculous amount of thought and planning gone into this project across both front and back-of-house – the design was intrinsic to this. We appointed CDG because of their cutting-edge, on trend designs, which really brought our brief and vision for Moo and Beast to life."
“The feedback from customers since opening has been fantastic and our chef is delighted with how operationally efficient the design and equipment is across back-of-house. Nothing is complicated here at Farmer Copleys - it is simple, home cooked, locally sourced foods prepared fresh. The beauty for us is that this has been brought to life in CDG’s designs. They have really given the restaurant the wow factor, with lots of beautiful finishing touches. We especially like that they answered the brief of bringing the outdoors inside - making it feel like it has always been here. They have clearly spent a great deal of time researching and immersing themselves in our offering, which meant that they have retained many original features and materials as a nod to our agricultural heritage.”
Mike Sinclair, Design Director, CDG said: “This was a fantastic project for the business. We created a unique, versatile scheme that reflects Farmer Copleys agricultural heritage and transforms effortlessly from day to evening with two very different brands and identities.”
