Work has gotten underway this week at the Cobar Services Club on the demolition of the old catering kitchen in readiness for the installation of a new commercial kitch-en.
Secretary/manager Linda Carter said she was pleased to see work finally commencing after it had taken her some time to find suita-ble contractors to carry out the work.
Linda said she’d been trying for some months to get quotes from local builders but they were either too busy on other jobs or they didn’t “quote specifically for commer-cial kitchens”.
She said the club ended up going with a former Cobar tradesman, Stafford Budd, (who uses local workers where he can) and had been recommended by one of the club’s patrons.
Linda said Stafford’s Done-Rite team of builders, electricians, plumbers and labourers have now made a start on demolishing the old kitchen and upgrading the power to accom-modate the new equipment in the commercial kitchen.
It’s estimated the total cost will be about $120,000 to $130,000 and will include new ovens (one of which is a combination oven), a dishwasher, stainless steel benches, bain maries and food warmers.
The walls and ceiling will also be renewed and a fire door installed as part of the renova-tion work.
Much of the work (including $27,000 spent on the new ceiling in the restaurant) has been funded by a Regional NSW Community gov-ernment grant of $100,000 with the clu
