When a school canteen needs replacing or a construction site suddenly needs extra welfare space, the last thing anyone wants is a project delayed by a lack of catering facilities. This is where temporary marquee structures have proven their worth, offering fast, flexible canteen space that can be tailored to almost any site and scaled up or down as requirements change.
Modern temporary structures are a world away from the simple event tents most people picture. Fews supply buildings that can span 25 metres with up to 4 metre eave height, and feature hard walls, insulated walls, a variety of doors, air conditioning and lighting.
Crucially, these are not off-the-shelf units: each marquee is individually designed to make sure it is suited to its purpose, for a marquee hire or a marquee purchase, as a ready to use, turnkey solution. Each structure can be built in any size as required, including washroom facilities and integrated toilets, and located where most needed. They’re also built to withstand a UK winter, so a temporary marquee canteen doesn’t become a fair-weather-only solution.
Temporary canteen structures for schools, colleges and universities help bridge the gap whenever a kitchen or dining hall is taken out of action for refurbishment, or where RAAC-related closures have removed usable space at short notice.
A temporary canteen allows catering to continue uninterrupted, keeping pupils and staff fed on-site while permanent works are completed, without resorting to off-site catering runs or reduced meal service.
Fews offer expanded temporary canteen structures for construction sites, with the option of a full fit out including catering equipment, refrigeration, temperature control, lighting and electricity all of which can be secured using lockable doors, windows and alarm systems.
This makes temporary structures a sensible fit for major contractors managing multi-year programmes, where a robust, weatherproof canteen needs to keep pace with an evolving site.
The structure is only half the story — a canteen also needs a kitchen capable of producing hundreds of meals safely and efficiently. This is where specialist catering infrastructure providers like PKL come in. PKL supplies temporary kitchen units, cold rooms, and full catering equipment packages, and has built its reputation over more than three decades supplying both event and long-term kitchen solutions to schools, universities and construction projects across the UK.
Integrating a PKL kitchen module into a Fews temporary canteen gives operators a genuinely turnkey facility: structural shelter and insulated walling from the marquee, paired with commercial-grade cooking, refrigeration, preparation and washing equipment, plus servery and dining fit-out to complete the space.
Temporary structures with modular kitchen units are, in many ways, natural partners. The structure provides adaptable, weatherproof floorspace; the kitchen integration provides the compliant, functioning heart of the operation. For contractors and education providers alike, combining the two means a fully operational canteen can often be installed in a matter of weeks, a pragmatic answer to short-notice catering needs without compromising on comfort, safety or capacity.
Fews’ temporary canteen structures span up to 25 metres wide with unlimited length, and are available with a 3 metre or 4 metre eave height.
Yes. The structures are built with hard or insulated walls, HVAC and lighting, so they’re designed to withstand a UK winter rather than being a fair-weather-only solution.
Yes. A temporary canteen lets catering continue uninterrupted while a kitchen or dining hall is out of action for refurbishment, or where RAAC-related closures have removed usable space at short notice.
No, Fews supplies the structure itself. For a full working kitchen, Fews works alongside specialist providers such as PKL, who supply temporary kitchen units, cold rooms and catering equipment to complete a turnkey canteen facility.
Combining a Fews structure with a modular kitchen integration means a fully operational canteen can often be installed in a matter of weeks.
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