Putting together a commercial kitchen requires more than a pinch of this and a dash of that. The secret to success can often be found in the ingredients, and when it’s time to find a quality food service facilities designer; experience, accessibility and an understanding of key systems are among the items on the shopping list held by owners and architects.

With 30 years of experience in serving the architectural community as a food service facilities consultant in all phases of the industry, the North Carolina-based Foodesign Associates, Inc. is a leader in its field. While the company has a great deal of experience and expertise working on projects across the nation, Foodesign is also an international firm.

Among the company’s latest and more high-profile jobs is the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C. “This project includes the restaurant, along with all of the concession areas; putting the theater in the hall of fame; and the back of the house areas for the new ballroom that’s going to be there in conjunction with the convention center in uptown Charlotte,” says Kris  Morphis, one of Foodesign's Principals.

Another recent project Foodesign Associates worked on involved designing three new restaurants for Sea World in Orlando.

Throughout the region, few firms as intimate in size can provide such hands-on attention to detail as well as offer the services provided by Foodesign Associates. “We’ve been around for 30 years and we’ve done more than a thousand projects,” says Morphis. “We’ve done just about anything you can think of.