Top Production Kitchens in London: Inside Encore Kitchens' Network
9 September 2026 | 6 Minute Read
Production kitchen space in London varies a lot more than square footage or postcode suggests. Encore Kitchens operates production kitchens and Central Production Units (CPUs) across London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Leeds, with sites ranging from a compact, 4-kitchen unit up to a facility with 30+ kitchens spread across three floors.
What Counts as a Production Kitchen
Also known as a commissary kitchen or a Central Production Unit (CPU), the brief is the same: cooking, packing, and dispatch built for wholesale supply or multiple sites, not one brand's app-based orders or one restaurant's dining room. Encore’s production kitchen network is built around that same flexibility – the same sites support distribution, production, and delivery-only operators side by side, rather than being fixed to one use case.
| Factor | Why it matters |
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| Gas and electric capacity | Batch cooking and continuous oven runs draw far more power than a standard fit-out. Ask for the site's actual kW rating before signing – Encore's sites vary in electric capacity, from 200kW at North Circular up to 500kW at Tottenham Hale, depending on the unit. |
| Cold storage sized for stock, not just prep | Walk-in fridges and freezers large enough to hold ingredient volume for wholesale or multi-site supply, beyond a single day's mise en place. |
| Loading and floor access | Roller shutter or ground-floor access for pallets and regular deliveries, rather than product carried in by hand. |
| Room to expand within the same building | Some production kitchens are standalone units; others sit inside a larger CPU building with a dozen or more kitchens under one roof, so a growing brand can take more space without relocating. |
| Contract terms built for the trajectory | Production needs shift fast as a business scales – flexibility on term length matters more here than for most commercial property. |
What to Look For in a Production Kitchen
A production kitchen has to hold up under load in ways a smaller delivery kitchen doesn't. A few things matter more here than they do for a single-brand site:
Who Encore Kitchens Serves
Encore Kitchens serves any business with production needs that have outgrown a single kitchen, but don't yet justify building a facility from scratch – bakeries and food producers supplying wholesale accounts, catering companies covering peak-period overflow, and restaurant groups centralising prep across multiple sites among them.
Examples of clients using Encore's CPU network include a private aviation catering company running production close to major airports, a Spanish plant-forward QSR brand using a CPU site for its London expansion, a viral New York–style pizza brand supplying three bricks-and-mortar restaurants across central and West London, a well-known Parisian bakery using a CPU ahead of its first UK outlet in Covent Garden, and a London Taiwanese restaurant chain running both a CPU and a dedicated bakery unit from the same network.
Book a viewing to see what production kitchen fits a specific volume or timeline.
Inside Encore's Production Kitchen Network
Encore's production and CPU sites cover a wide spread of London, plus locations outside the capital.
Where they are
London locations include Balham, Brent Cross, Battersea Power Station, South Bermondsey, Croydon, Colindale, Kentish Town, Wandsworth, Tottenham Hale, Norbury, and North Circular. Outside London, Encore also operates sites in Birmingham, Manchester, and Leeds. See all current Encore production kitchen locations.
Size range
Sites run from around 500 sq ft up to 6,000+ sq ft, all on flexible license terms with business rates included. Encore's in-house construction team can help fit a space out to spec rather than leaving that to the tenant.
Single unit vs. multi-kitchen building
Some sites are standalone CPU units built around one large production area – Wandsworth, for example, offers 7 fully fitted kitchens with walk-in fridge and freezer storage, and Norbury offers a smaller, 4-kitchen CPU-style unit with walk-in fridge, freezer, and loading access. Others sit inside a much bigger building: North Circular holds 30+ kitchen spaces across three floors, and Tottenham Hale runs 13 fitted kitchens on one site – both suited to a brand that needs real scale in one place rather than splitting production across multiple addresses.
Businesses running app-based delivery orders rather than manufacturing at scale are usually better matched to Encore's delivery kitchen network, which runs on a simpler flat membership model built around single-brand order volume rather than production output.
Commercials
Encore's production kitchens run on license agreements, typically with a 24-month minimum term, business rates included, and utilities and waste billed separately. Monthly cost scales with site size and specification: smaller CPU-style units, like the 1,054 sq ft Norbury site, start from around £8,000 + VAT a month, while larger, higher-capacity facilities run higher depending on square footage, kitchen count, and power spec. Encore's production sites come pre-built and fitted, rather than requiring a ground-up commercial fit-out.
Exact pricing depends on the site and specification a business needs – contact us to get current availability and commercials for a specific location.
Looking to Rent a Production Kitchen in London?
Book a viewing with the Encore Kitchens team to see live availability, pricing, and which site fits your output.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Gas and electric capacity that matches the equipment load, cold storage sized for stock holding rather than daily prep, loading access for pallets and regular deliveries, room to expand within the same site, and contract terms that flex with actual growth rather than a fixed long lease.
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Encore Kitchens operates production kitchens and CPU sites across London, including Balham, Brent Cross, Battersea Power Station, South Bermondsey, Croydon, Colindale, Kentish Town, Wandsworth, Tottenham Hale, Norbury, and North Circular, plus further sites in Birmingham, Manchester, and Leeds. Explore Encore's production kitchen network for current availability by location.
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Encore's production kitchens typically run on a license agreement with a 24-month minimum term, with business rates included and utilities and waste billed separately – shorter than a traditional commercial lease, but longer than the flat monthly membership used on Encore's delivery kitchen sites.
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Restaurant groups centralising prep across sites, bakeries and food producers supplying wholesale accounts, catering companies needing overflow capacity, and brands using a CPU as a production base while opening new bricks-and-mortar locations.
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It depends on output and equipment, not just headcount. Encore's sites range from around 500 sq ft up to 6,000+ sq ft facilities with a dozen or more fitted kitchens, so a business can size up as production grows instead of over-committing early.
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Encore's production sites come as fully fitted CPU facilities, typically including walk-in fridge and freezer storage, dedicated production floor space, and loading access, with gas and electric capacity specified per site to support heavier equipment loads.
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Commercials vary by site size and specification. Smaller CPU-style units at Encore start from around £8,000 + VAT a month on a license agreement with business rates included; larger, higher-capacity sites are priced accordingly. Book a viewing for current pricing by location.
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Yes. Several of Encore's CPU sites hold multiple kitchens within one building – North Circular has 30+ kitchen spaces across three floors, for example – so a brand can take more space within the same site as volume increases, or add a second location elsewhere in the network. Book a viewing to talk through options for a specific business.