Western Blueprint was appointed to design and deliver a major refurbishment and expansion of the Backlot Café kitchen at Warner Bros. Studio Tour – Leavesden, enhancing foodservice capacity in one of the tour’s busiest visitor zones.

The existing facilities were no longer fit for purpose, with a kitchen and despatch area unable to support the current high-volume, fast-paced operation.

As part of a wider building extension, we developed a significantly larger and more efficient kitchen layout, purpose-built to support a high-speed, fast food-style menu. The new configuration features a high-performance cookline with dedicated assembly areas & hot passes, feeding directly into an expanded servery counter with multiple till points—enabling faster throughput and more consistent customer service.

To support operational efficiency behind the scenes, the kitchen was equipped with substantial cold rooms, freezer storage, and dry goods areas, future-proofing the space for sustained visitor growth and service demand.

This transformation delivers a seamless balance between back-of-house capability and front-of-house efficiency—enhancing the overall visitor experience while maintaining the Studio Tour’s commitment to quality and immersion.