Kitchen: Top Chef Style

I am constantly oohing over gorgeous kitchens. For serious cooks though the beautiful kitchen isn’t enough. Function comes before beauty and the current technology continues to amaze me. Here are some new products that keep top chefs channeling their inner Tom or Julia.

GAS  RANGES/ OVENS

Blue Star Cooking- I LOVE this great looking Double Gas Wall Oven. It’s available in 190 colors.

Michael Smith put the Blue Star range in a client’s house and said it is

“the best professional stove for a house”.

Bertazonni makes some great looking ones too with matching hoods.

Christopher Peacock has seven feet of cooking surface in his NYC Studio with the Electrolux Icon.

Wolf makes a microwave warming drawer that keeps food warm for thirty minutes.

It doesn’t have a handle though so it could get finger prints on it easily.

SINKS/ FAUCETS

American Standard’s Chandler Sink is made of corian.

It is a completely renewable surface and very low maintenance.

An all purpose work station sink from Julien.

I already touched on the Kholer Karbon faucet in an earlier post but I am stuck on it! 

I also like the Simplice Pull Down faucet. 

Crevasse Prep Sink from Kohler with disposal. Prep looks easier…

COUNTERTOPS

Responsibly harvested wood countertops just keep getting better looking.

I like these from Grothouse Lumber. 

Granite, Marble and Soapstone continue to be favorites

but butcher block is very affordable and user friendly.

REFRIGERATORS

36″ Freezer from Dacor with a wide range of colors to chose from.

As most of you know, I have two precious little boys and I already cook a ton.

I feel like one of these (Electrolux) is in my future…

and possibly this built-incoffee dispenser if I don’t start getting some more sleep…

What do you want in your kitchen? 

Images from House Beautiful and sources where noted.

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