Master Chef

Birmingham, England

Key Facts

Client

BAM Construction

Architect

BG Projects

Programme

22 Weeks

Value

£370k

Scope

SFS
EPDM
Partitions
Ceilings
Plastering
Access panels

Completion

October 2024

The Project

DCL were selected by BAM to convert the historic Banana Warehouse building in Digbeth into a state-of-the-art studio that will host the world’s largest cooking format.

DCL helped convert the abandoned Grade II listed warehouse at Fazeley Street by the Grand Union Canal into a studio and filming area. The sensitive design by Digbeth based architect BG Projects included a new modern extension that will reflect the original design of the historic warehouse, used for shipping in the 1800’s.

DCL completed our works in October 2024. the BBC and MasterChef producer Shine TV will commence filming at Digbeth Loc Studios in January. The ambition is for all MasterChef series to be filmed in Digbeth for the foreseeable future. Moving the MasterChef brand and it’s four titles to Birmingham is part of the BBCs across the UK strategy, getting closer to audiences to better reflect, represent and serve all parts of the UK.

Jon, Ian, and the DCL team were excellent on the Master chef studio project. It was an aggressive programme to meet strict filming timescales, and the DCL team rose to the challenge, they assisted us very early on with some design challenges and worked hard to meet the on-site completion date.

Daryl Stein

Consultant Senior Planner, BAM

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