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22 of the Best and Brightest Kitchens in AD
Have we ever been so collectively attuned to the inner workings of our own kitchens as we have during the past few months? Long a hub for everyday work and life, the coronavirus lockdowns have sent droves of previously uninterested individuals into a bread-baking frenzy. But cooking projects aside, the kitchen has been a room of much attention for those passionate about interior design for quite some time. Some like them bright, light, and white—and undeniably modern, sleek, and streamlined. Others are partial to a more rustic aesthetic, and the French variety of this subset in particular. Others still seek out kitchens that break free from the proverbial bundt cake mold, opting to bring exceptionally unique and colorful spaces to life.
Over the years, AD has featured thousands of kitchens in its own pages, speaking to a litany of different tastes in the process. Below, we present 22 of our personal archival favorites—which represent a wide swath of this stylistic gambit. Read on to browse the creations of some of the best interior designers working today—organized from most recent to oldest, and with detailed sourcing information. You’ll also find more than a few enticing tidbits along the way, from Anne Hathaway’s Swiss-inspired cook space to the room in which artist Urs Fischer makes the culinary magic happen.
Inside the Berkus-Brent Manhattan townhouse.
Photographed by Nicole Franzen, AD, May 2020
Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent’s New York Kitchen
Calacatta marble was used for the countertops, backsplash, and oven hood in the kitchen of Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent’s new Manhattan townhouse. Nonetheless, it is the smaller details of this scene—the wire cabinet screens and symmetrically placed lamps—that stand out as the most distinctive features of this May 2020 image. Moreover, the bigger story of this feature was not so much an ode to marble but the very fact that the family had picked up and left behind their California home.
“One thing I can promise you,” Berkus commented to AD this spring, “is that I will never again tell a publication that a house is my ‘forever home.’” “We learned our lesson,” Brent added. “We shan’t be saying that again!” In other words, maybe this isn’t the only Berkus-Brent household kitchen you’ll be seeing in upcoming years and decades.
Frank de Biasi's original design.
Photographed by Matthieu Salvaing, AD, April 2020
A Moroccan Mélange
Local tiles and reclaimed marble form the bedrock of this kitchen, which features a vintage English pendant lamp and Malian textiles. The location is Tangier and, more specifically, a home that one New York couple took four years to renovate. AD100 designer Frank de Biasi commented to AD at one point in the April piece, “For me, layout and function and livability come first.” The house happens to be de Biasi’s own home, and a fantastic one at that. The pale greens and copper pots seen inside the kitchen are just the beginning of its colorful palette, and one that in part helped inspire a permanent relocation.
“To be based here is just so much easier,” de Biasi reflected at the time to Hamish Bowles. “Life is led at a more measured pace.”
This English kitchen was created by Patrick Mele.
Photographed by Miguel Flores-Vianna, AD, March 2020
A London-Set Ode to Color by Patrick Mele
Between its Wolf stove and IKEA table, this kitchen runs the gamut in terms of style and price point. However, it’s the room’s unbridled use of color that make it truly worthy of the limelight. What’s more, its hand-painted Iznik tiles infuse the space with floral forms, while the vintage 1960s chairs and a nearby stool draw its pops of red further out. At the time, designer Patrick Mele described the home, which he decorated for a London-based couple, as “a little bit of bad taste, a little bit of fabulous taste, and a lot of books.”
A jewel-toned kitchen belonging to one mother and son.
Photographed by Laure Joliet, AD, February 2020
One Colorful California Kitchen
Plummy purples and rich greens saturate the kitchen of this California home, where abstracted floral cutouts carry the day.
Those cutouts can be seen on the room’s cabinetry, while Shaker chairs and an upholstered bench help emphasize the room’s pattern and texture. The open plan is further accentuated thanks to copper pots and contrasting pendant lamps. “If ornament is crime, Katie is my accomplice,” designer Frances Merrill said of her client, Katie Jordan, to AD. Crime or no crime, what’s abundantly clear is that the room is perfectly arranged to help make for a very happy home.
The German kitchen.
Photographed by Robert Rieger, AD, January 2020
Studio Peregalli’s Bavarian Retreat
For one of two cover stories for the centennial issue of the magazine, writer Laura May Todd traveled to Bavaria to visit a countryside retreat. Designed by AD100 firm Studio Peregalli, the home’s kitchen featured Portuguese tiles, Peperino marble countertops, fir cabinets, and an iron hood. “He wanted a dreamy place,” firm cofounder Laura Sartori Rimini recalls of the client’s vision.
“So, in every room here, we created a small world.”
One artist’s delight.
Photographed by Jason Schmidt, AD, December 2019
Urs Fischer’s Culinary Studio
In December 2019, West Coast editor Mayer Rus traveled to artist Urs Fischer’s personal Arcadia, located in East L.A. Rus described the room seen above as a “giddy, polychromatic field of encaustic tiles that forms the floor of his voluminous mad scientist-meets-gourmand kitchen.” The Swiss sculptor added, “Some rooms, like the kitchen, you want to make you feel up and excited.… Other rooms, like the living room, you want to lower your heart rate.” At the larger of the two tables pictured, chairs by Hans J. Wegner offer perches on which to sit. The colorful cement floor tiles were made using an encaustic, or hot wax, paint method. Fans of Fischer’s work may be reminded of some of his most famous pieces, which are constructed out of wax, and melt into newly deformed shapes once their wicks are lit.
Studio Shamshiri's design.
Photographed by Stephen Johnson, AD, October 2019
Anne Hathaway’s Swiss Vision
No, this kitchen, published in a fall 2019 issue of AD, is not set somewhere in the French countryside. Instead, it’s located in Southern California, and is inhabited by none other than actress Anne Hathaway and her husband, Adam Shulman. Inspired by Swiss ski retreats, it was created by AD100 designer Pamela Shamshiri of L.A.’s Studio Shamshiri. “Pam really leaned into it,” Hathaway told AD at one point. As for Shamshiri, the designer reflects, “We tried to maintain the sweetness that made the house so special while adding new layers of color, texture, and furnishings from different eras that reflect the evolution of the home over time and the warm, generous spirit of Annie and Adam.” Elsewhere, a white La Cornue range matches the Rohl farm sink. Copper pots play nicely off of vintage copper pendants, which are interspersed with light fixtures designed by Deborah Ehrlich.
Hannah Cecil Gurney’s home.
Photographed by Douglas Friedman, AD, October 2019
A Blooming de Gournay Kitchen
In the October 2019 issue, AD visited the London home of Hannah Cecil Gurney. Considering that Gurney works for her family company de Gournay, the home was awash with color-filled floral wallpapers. As it happened, the kitchen was no exception. But instead of leaving it all to the chinoiserie, Gurney added additional pops of saturated colors that made the curling vines read almost like a neutral backdrop. (Interestingly, that wallpaper survived an early incident, in which Gurney’s dogs nibbled at its edges.) Simon Smith and Michael Brooke Architects helped design the open space “so the chef isn’t alone while all the guests are having fun next door,” as Gurney explained. The tête chef isn’t Gurney, however, but her husband, who, as she explained, regularly whips up meals to accommodate the couple’s robust entertaining schedule.
Chris Burch’s French kitchen.
Photographed by Miguel Flores-Vianna, AD, May 2019
Une Cuisine Not Far from Paris
When Chris Burch encountered a historic home not far from France’s capital city, he was quick to fall in love. Nonetheless, that didn’t mean the 1608 hôtel particulier didn’t require a fair amount of work: “It needed renovation; it needed everything,” he told the magazine in May 2019. “But you could just feel it was wonderful.” Indeed. One particularly wondrous corner turned out to be the house’s kitchen, in which Burch installed a La Cornue stove. In a nod to the maison’s historic provenance, Burch kept its original 19th-century table and chairs, while installing a pendant light fixture from the same century and emphasizing tiles and ceramics from the one prior. With minty green paint and blue-and-white cushions, the room became the perfect canvas on which to display fresh fruits and fleurs.
A Mexican tiled kitchen.
Photographed by Douglas Friedman, AD, January 2019
San Miguel de Allende’s Blue and White Oasis
This image of a blue-and-white-tiled kitchen in Mexico graced one of the April 2019 covers of AD. The home in question, located in San Miguel de Allende, actually started as two distinct structures—which AD100 designer Michelle Nussbaumer ingeniously united. The colorful and undeniably unique Nussbaumer wasn’t about to whitewash any area of the home, least of all its kitchen: “I love bringing timeworn techniques into a modern era,” she commented at one point in last year’s article. “[A]nd the last thing this place needed was a marble kitchen.” While the jars seen are a mixture of new and vintage pieces, the tiles used were designed by Nussbaumer and made by Ceylon et Cie.
Will Kopelman’s kitchen by AD100’s Gil Schafer.
Photographed by Simon Upton, AD, February 2019
Will Kopelman’s New York Pad
“It was a rabbit warren,” AD100 designer Gil Schafer commented in the February 2019 issue of AD.
“[T]otally opposite to the way families live today.” He was speaking of the über-divided kitchen, butler’s pantry, and laundry room that ultimately gave way to a much more open space. “I wanted to make the kitchen the centerpiece,” Kopelman says of the area’s re-envisioned cookery-filled room. “It’s where I make the girls breakfast in the morning and cook their dinner at night.… I wanted a space that could handle all of that.” It’s also a classic space that reads as more French country than as city-set workroom. The white subway tiles might betray a trace of the Big Apple, but its plate storage, farm sink, and wooden table, which dates back to the 19th century and was originally used by French silk traders, tell a different story. The La Cornue stove and its nearby cacophony of copper pans only accentuate the look. The hood was custom-designed by Schafer to match the range.
The L.A., marble-filled, space.
Photographed by Jason Schmidt, AD, November 2018
A Haas Brother’s Los Angeles Home
In November 2019, AD put together a package of some of the most bold and beautiful kitchen products of the day.
To help further illustrate the multi-page spread, images of enviable kitchens were liberally interspersed. Readers were no doubt hard-pressed to miss this marble-clad L.A. room, owned by Djuna Bel and Nikolai Haas. For collectible-design aficionados, Nikolai’s last name no doubt rings a bell, considering that he makes up one half of the Haas Brothers group. While the kitchen was first photographed for the magazine exactly one year prior, it made another more recent digital appearance, thanks to the newly unveiled series AD Visits. In its inaugural episode, Bel and Haas swept onlookers through this exact, textured space.
The Cobble Hill home.
Photographed by Gieves Anderson, AD, October 2018
Athena Calderone’s Swoon-worthy Brooklyn Kitchen
In October 2018, AD popped on over to the Greek Revival townhouse of Athena Calderone in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill neighborhood. The main story was that Calderone, a designer and the force behind the popular blog EyeSwoon, was finally finished with her house-swapping ways and had found her elusive “forever home.
” Readers may have been quickly distracted by another detail: Calderone’s dreamy open kitchen, which gave way to an enviable office nook. Calderone admitted to AD’s Jane Keltner de Valle that the sun-filled kitchen, which was coated in Calacatta Paonazzo marble, was “the star of the show.” That makes for especially logical sense, considering that much of Calderone’s work rests on documenting the food that she cooks. “For shooting purposes, you need side light, so that’s why we ended up with a square island instead of a rectangle. It sounds crazy,” she said at the time, “but I needed to make certain things work for my brand.” The barstools are by Thomas Hayes Studio, while the range is by Fisher & Paykel. AD100 architect Elizabeth Roberts helped with the design.
Matthias Vriens-McGrath’s kitchen.
Photographed by François Halard, AD, September 2016
One Verdant Californian Dwelling
Matthias Vriens-McGrath has an uncanny ability to understand what makes for a good home.
Why? He’s not only a photographer but also an antiques dealer. Inside his California home, which was once a key dwelling during Hollywood’s Golden Age, a seemingly simple kitchen blooms anew. Paola Navone woven-ceramic bowls and antique majolica pitchers are characteristic of Vriens-McGrath’s knowledge set, while nearby surfaces provide plenty of space for both edible and decorative greenery. “I like to surround myself with beautiful things, whatever they are,” he reflected at one point in the September 2016 issue. “If I love something, I can always find a way for it to live with all the other things I love.”
An island-set open-floor plan kitchen, with an island all its own.
Photo: Architectural Digest, December 2015
A Glossy Nantucket Space
On the Massachusetts island of Nantucket, one large and seemingly simple kitchen sits, ready to play host. The centerpiece of the room is its long, rectilinear table and four correlating benches.
Built by Hudson Furniture, all five pieces make excellent use of walnut wood, while the table is covered with acrylic. That glossy finish pairs nicely with the kitchen’s sleekly white cabinetry, as well as its shiny wooden floors. The Lem kitchen island stools were purchased through Design Within Reach. In terms of appliances and fixtures, the microwave is by Gaggenau, the fridge is Sub-Zero, and the sink’s fittings are by Dornbracht.
Bobby McAlpine and Ray Booth’s design.
Photographed by Pieter Estersohn, Architectural Digest, October 2014
Louisiana’s Finest Dutch-Enthusiast Kitchen
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is the setting for this Cape Dutch–style home and its expansive kitchen. The waterfront dwelling, which was featured in the October 2014 issue of the magazine, is the result of AD100’s Bobby McAlpine and Ray Booth’s considerable collaborative efforts. (“The place needed to look like it had been here for 200 years,” one of the clients noted to AD at the time of the brief to create a historically accurate home.
) In the kitchen, that meant installing a 17th-century portrait and French antique chairs. The La Cornue range, and other appliances, are, of course, new.
The Houston kitchen.
Photographed by Thomas Loof, AD, August 2014
Miles Redd’s Texan Creation
August issues tend to highlight second homes and seaside escapes. The 2014 issue was no exception, thanks in part to this Miles Redd–designed kitchen. Unabashedly white and with just enough pops of red, it brings to mind a modernized lobster bake. But upon closer inspection, some of its sharpest details come into clearer view: The subway tiles seen extend throughout the entire cavernous space, while not one but two minimal chandeliers are hung akimbo. And yet, the kitchen in question isn’t located along an beachy coastline. Instead, it’s inside the exceptionally colorful Houston home of one couple. “It’s livable glamour, a world’s fair of decorating,” the client told the magazine at the time.
“Around every corner is a surprise.”
Inside the photographer’s home.
Photographed by Nikolas Koenig, Architectural Digest, August 2012
Kelly Klein’s Warmly Minimalist Floridian Kitchen
The fact that photographer Kelly Klein’s home betrays more than a trace of minimalist chic shouldn't come as any huge surprise. After all, Klein, whose résumé also boasts her modeling career and work as an author, is the former spouse of Calvin Klein. An August 2012 Architectural Digest article, written by William Norwich and produced by Carlos Mota, visited Kelly at her then-new Palm Beach, Florida, home. Naturally, the home’s pool was of great interest (her book Pools is a famous photography best-seller). But the kitchen was equally appealing as a space to dive into, thanks to its Wolf oven range, Dornbracht sink, and Sub-Zero refrigerator. More striking was its total lack of cabinets. “Some people don’t like looking at their things,” Kelly mused at the time.
“I like seeing my glassware and dishes.”
The AD100 designer’s kitchen.
Photographed by Pieter Estersohn, Architectural Digest, March 2011
Muriel Brandolini’s Manhattan Home
For some, it’s the Viking range that catches their eyes. For others, it’s the bespeckled, and sometimes yellow, cabinetry, which alternates various tones. (City Joinery is responsible for them, and yes, those are indeed holes.) This kitchen, which was featured in the March 2011 issue of Architectural Digest, is chock-full of unexpected details—right down to its Czech chairs that date back to the 1930s. It’s no huge surprise that it’s located inside designer Muriel Brandolini’s own Manhattan townhouse. “With the right craftspeople, you give them an inch and then…whoosh!” the AD100 decorator told AD’s own Mitchell Owens at one point in the article. As an example of that very phenomenon, he pointed to those cabinets, which have Brooklyn-based furniture maker Jonah Zuckerman to thank for their enameled Swiss cheese aesthetic.
The table, which further anchors the room, is by Jean Dunandy.
Andrei Dmitriev’s Russian kitchen.
Photographed by Deborah Turbeville, Architectural Digest, September 2006
A St. Petersburg Apartment Photographed by Deborah Turbeville
If one were forced to guess which year this image dates from, the answer likely wouldn’t be 2006. And yet that’s when Deborah Turbeville, the photographer best known for her pioneering fashion images taken of women during the 1970s, traveled to Russia to shoot this kitchen and its surrounding rooms. “Most of the furniture is Russian, from different times but mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries,” explains Andrei Dmitriev, an interior designer and former linguist. “I limit modern things to the telephone and the computer.” The kitchen is a perfect example of this approach, with its clear sense of “age and rusticity,” as writer Joseph Giovannini stated at the time. “It’s more formal because I was trying to re-create the ambience of the 19th century,” Dmitriev added of his kitchen, which, complete with its northern Russian table, sits inside the cozy apartment.
A home in the state of Georgia.
Photographed by Robert Thien, Architectural Digest, February 1995
One Mid-1990s Atlanta Kitchen
For design enthusiasts, it’s the Alessi tea kettle with bird whistle, famously designed by Michael Graves, that likely makes this image worthy of a double take. But beyond the photo’s foreground and nearby fruit bowl is a richly layered scene to unpack. A painted black-and-gray shelf houses a cloisonné bowl and various Chinese decorative arts works. The entire space, which exists within the Atlanta home of James and Sandy Cape, was designed and renovated by Thomas Britt.
The Fall 1969 cover of Architectural Digest.
Photographed by Danforth-Tidmarsh, Architectural Digest, Fall 1969
A Late-1960s Throwback
For its fall 1969 cover, Architectural Digest chose to draw attention to a quintessentially American kitchen.
Located in the Omaha home of Mr. and Mrs. William Utney, the room in question appears to be a bit older than the magazine issue’s date might imply—and for good reason. Rather than furnish the room with then-state-of-the-art appliances, the couple chose to carefully re-create a typical kitchen from the United States’ earliest days. A crackling hearth, a collection of blue-and-white china, a and ample supply of wooden pieces helped set the scene, while copper, brass, and silver details set the room aglow. Styled with sunny flowers, dried corn, and a bounty of cherry-red apples, the brick-clad space was the embodiment of colonial-revivalism.
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The world's most luxurious kitchens
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Cook up a storm in these culinary wonders
The Agency
From the lavish materials like marble and gold to unique artworks and chandeliers, these luxury kitchens have opulent features as standard.
Think you didn't need a Murano crystal glass island or professional meat slicer? Think again. Join us as we explore some of the world's most luxurious kitchens, and prepare to be dazzled...
Designer kitchen with Paul Evans cabinet
The Corcoran Group
If the kitchen island – made from a huge, illuminated piece of smoky quartz – wasn't enough, this kitchen in a stunning $57.5 million penthouse (£45m) comes with two exquisite decorative pieces thrown in. There's the rare, grey hutch (left of picture) by the extremely sought after mid-century designer Paul Evans and a stunning modern crystal chandelier by Magna of London. Bespoke aluminium cabinetry and glass countertops keep the look sleek and modern. Best of all, when you're entertaining you can close off the kitchen with the touch of a button as an electronic wall will move into place. Though with a kitchen this desirable, why would you want to hide it?
Modern chateau kitchen with black marble
Sotheby's International Realty
Everything about this monochrome kitchen found within a modern chateau in Ontario, screams of luxury.
On the market for $38 million (£29.5m), the floors are Italian marble with bespoke inlay detail and the stucco walls are imported from Germany. The decorative plasterwork on the ceilings, alcoves and this rather impressive French-style cooker hood make this an incredibly opulent space to whip up an omelette. Even the large fridge has been seamlessly integrated within the wooden cabinetry. And that black and white marble backsplash? Sublime.
Poliform sycamore kitchen with marble countertops
Christie's International Real Estate
What do you expect from a kitchen in one of the swankiest apartments in New York? This custom-built modern kitchen is part of an 8,500-square-foot penthouse suite at the top of the South Tower at the Time Warner Center, currently on the market for $75 million (£58m). For your money, you get a fully-kitted out chef's kitchen with top-of-the-line appliances, Alba Chiara marble countertops and custom sycamore cabinetry by Poliform.
But let's be honest, if you live here you probably aren't cooking!
Bel Air mansion kitchen
Williams & Williams Estate Group
This elegant and understated kitchen is one of several in the nine-bedroom, 15-bathroom and 20,000-square-foot mansion that sold for $75 million (£58m) in Bel Air. The custom-built wooden cabinetry is inch-perfect, with inset grey marble countertops that match the huge kitchen island. For keen cooks, there's a top-of-the-line induction hob and gorgeous illuminated glass-fronted display cases to make a feature out of crockery and a store cupboard.
Custom kitchen with hand-painted mural and crystal chandelier
Sola Kitchens
What sort of kitchen would you put in an elegant apartment with historic proportions? Well, this exquisite scheme fuses elements of modern and traditional kitchen design. The clean, minimal base units are made from burnt ebano, in contrast with the tall units in bright white.
The bespoke island features a hidden shelf built on a lift system that raises up to reveal crockery storage and disappears into the island again.
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Gilded kitchen with three chandeliers
Concierge Auctions
This elaborate luxury kitchen is from the most expensive house ever to be sold at auction, Le Palais Royal in Florida. The 11-bedroom house was packed with over-the-top features, including $3 million (£2.3m) worth of 22-karat gold leafing. The polished mahogany cabinets have a curved front and gold bevelled frames, which matches the gilded cornice on the ceiling and the trio of crystal chandeliers. Now, this is a kitchen fit for royalty!
The Electrolux Grand Cuisine professional kitchen
Electrolux
Favoured by half of all Michelin-starred chefs, Electrolux appliances are a cut above the rest.
Built by the company to showcase their Grand Cuisine range, this sleek kitchen is nothing short of revolutionary; seamlessly integrating touchscreen technology and automation with powerful glass and chromium appliances. With pre-programmed settings for different recipes, a blast chiller and even an on-call concierge chef, this room heralds the arrival of a new era of kitchens, so no wonder it's got a hefty price tag of $322,000 (£250k)!
Custom kitchen with Z-shaped island
TMItalia
Custom designed for a London-based client, this sleek kitchen features a striking Z-shaped island topped with a slab of grey-veined white marble. Combining traditional materials with contemporary concepts, it has a solid Corinthian stone breakfast table, integrated stainless steel appliances and units highlighted by a copper leaf passe-partout. With lavish features such as a teppanyaki grill and a steam oven, this kitchen has everything a fervent chef could ever desire.
Industrial-style kitchen with burnished brass units
Sola Kitchens
Industrial chic meets high-end glamour in this bespoke kitchen from Scandinavian company Sola Kitchens. Opting for a lavish black-and-gold palette, the designers have played with raw and refined materials; juxtaposing exposed brick with burnished brass and weathered steel with polished wood. The focal point of the space is a magnificent black stove, sure to set the owners back a pretty penny.
Arabescato marble kitchen with Sub-Zero appliances
Paying homage to the stunning, swirling veins of Arabescato marble, this deVOL design takes the humble country kitchen to a whole new level. Featuring an expansive black AGA, top-of-the-range Sub-Zero appliances and a contemporary Zip boiling water tap, the kitchen has all the latest mod-cons. With similar kitchens from the company retailing for up to $78,000 (£60k), you’ll certainly need a few pennies in the bank for this level of luxury.
Billionaire kitchen with artwork
Bruce Makowsky / BAM Luxury Development
At first glance, this kitchen doesn't look too out of the ordinary but it is actually worth a fortune. It's one of three gourmet kitchens in the Bel Air mansion known simply as 'Billionaire' that broke records went it became the most expensive house for sale in America when it came on the market in 2017. So what makes it so special? As well as a double Wolf range, sleek integrated wine chiller and appliances, it has a professional-grade Berkel meat slicer worth around $85,000 (£66k) and overlooks artwork by Norman Seeff. And see that giant burger and fries in the corner? That's a sculpture by John Miller and it's worth at least $80,000 (£62k).
Medieval kitchen with Lacanche range
The French Barn
With its vast stone fireplace, vaulted ceilings and polished flagstones, this is a kitchen fit for a king.
And the jewel in its crown is the magnificent Lacanche range, equipped with warming cupboards, an electric plancha and a multi-cooker and finished in a vibrant yellow hue. With prices starting at $13,000 (£10k) for the most basic model, you’re going to need a windfall to get your hands on one of these beauties.
Wooden apothecary-style kitchen
If you’re looking for luxury with a twist, this kitchen from deVOL is the perfect blend of lavish design and quirky style. Drawing inspiration from iconic mid-century designs and traditional haberdashery stores, it has an expansive wooden island sitting on tapered legs and iced with white marble. From stained oak cabinets with tambour-style slatted doors to aged brass hardware, every element in ‘The Haberdasher’s Kitchen’ is bespoke and made to the most exacting standards. Prices start from £30,000 ($39k).
Contemporary white marble kitchen
Barbara Genda
With its sleek island, smooth counters and single-cut stone splashback, this exclusive kitchen in southwest London is proof you can never have too much marble.
The brainchild of Barbara Genda, the design incorporates seamless built-in cabinets, sleek black-and-chrome appliances and both gas and induction hobs. An eye-catching pendant light with polished brass orbs adds the perfect finishing touch to the light and airy kitchen.
Sleek, modern kitchen with Grès porcelain worktops
TMItalia
Boasting mottled Grès porcelain counters, dark-stained oak wood facades and stainless steel-finished units, this kitchen has a sleek and suave aesthetic. Equipped with cutting-edge Gaggenau appliances including a wine cabinet with three independent climate zones, it offers a new level of culinary luxury. From the statement bottle shelf to the double-height island, every element is seamlessly integrated and designed to streamline and facilitate everyday use of the space.
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Juan Montoya lacquered rosewood kitchen
Sotheby's International Realty
Located atop the Mandarin Oriental hotel in a penthouse currently on the market for $38.
5 million (£30m), this statement kitchen is nothing if not luxurious. Created by renowned interior designer, Juan Montoyer, it features gorgeous rosewood cabinets lacquered to a high sheen that stand out against the polished onyx counters and marble floors. Complete with two dishwashers, a Thermador hob and Sub-Zero fridge-freezers, this New York kitchen has it all.
The MIA 'professional' home kitchen
Scavolini
The product of a two-year collaboration between design studio Scavolini and Michelin-starred chef Carlo Cracco, the MIA kitchen was created to bridge the gap between professional and home cooking. Incorporating all the latest technology, including a vacuum drawer with a marinating function and a food-warming lamp, it enables any amateur chef to really up their cooking game. A smooth blend of black iron, steel and stone, this sleek kitchen oozes luxury.
Bel Air black marble kitchen
The Agency
From the glamorous to the glitzy, we’re heading to one of LA’s most exclusive neighbourhoods for our next kitchen.
Contained with a colossal manor house on the market for $59.9 million (£46.6m), it features polished black marble floors with chevron-shaped tiles that reflect light around the vast, open-plan space. Boasting a white marble-topped island-cum-bar, glossy floor-to-ceiling units and illuminated display cabinets, this kitchen is nothing if not luxurious.
Luxurious country-style kitchen
Garrison Hullinger
From the flawless herringbone marble tiling to the stepped crown moulding, this country-style kitchen is perfect in every way. A three-sided marble counter perfectly frames the matching island whilst white panelled cabinets line the surrounding walls. The highlight of the space is a gorgeous polished La Cornue stove with a glossy copper trim, ideal for those who like to cook in luxury.
The Colosseo Oro kitchen
Marazzi Design
If money is no object, why not go all out with your kitchen? Created by London-based studio Marazzi Design for a trade show in the British capital, the Colosseo Oro is one of the most expensive kitchens in the world at $463,565 (£300,000).
Boasting 24-carat gold leafing, Swarovski crystal lights and Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances, this extravagant kitchen is perfect for the budding billionaire chef.
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Bespoke dark grey and white kitchen
Humphrey Munson
Created by esteemed design studio Humphrey Munson, this kitchen flawlessly integrates some of the world’s most expensive appliances. From the Sub-Zero Wolf range cooker and Kohler sink to the Gaggenau fridge-freezer, it offers only the best in terms of culinary technology and functionality. The focal point of the space is the dark grey Spenlow island with its built-in wine cooler that draws the eye to the gorgeous mercury glass feature wall behind.
Sleek kitchen with Grès porcelain worktop
TMItalia
A stunning mix of classic and contemporary elements, this kitchen is the embodiment of functional luxury.
Four gas burners sit like lily pads on the Grès porcelain counter, sheltered by a stainless-steel extractor fan that slots down into the counter. A solid butcher block work surface appears to defy gravity as it balances atop the island, the rich honey grain echoing that of the parquet floors. Finished with discreet built-in cabinets, this kitchen is proof that money can buy you style.
Puck Penthouse Kitchen
Puck Penthouses
Housed in an exclusive New York development where apartments go for up to $66m (£51m), this Puck Penthouse kitchen is about as lavish as it gets. Embellished with hand-poured Terrazzo floors, custom-cut marble counters and hardwood cabinetry, the crowning glory of the space is a La Cornue Château stove, retailing for over half a million dollars (£389k). Nicknamed 'the Rolls Royce of ranges', this oven is THE must-have appliance for any luxury kitchen.
Fiore di Cristallo kitchen
Studio Celiberti
Pushing the limits of luxury design, this extravagant kitchen is the most expensive of its kind at $1.
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The best cuisines and dishes of the world are named
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The best cuisines and dishes of the world are named
The best cuisines and dishes of the world are named
The best cuisines and dishes of the world are named
3 A list of the 100 best traditional cuisines and dishes of the world for 2022 has appeared on the Web.
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Top 10 | The most delicious cuisines in the world
10 Chinese cuisine
Tenth place - Chinese cuisine. The history of Chinese cuisine dates back to the Neolithic, and over time, different regions developed their own preferences depending on the climate and court fashion. Over time, foreign ingredients and cooking traditions have been integrated into Chinese cuisine.
There are specific culinary features characteristic of people of different social class and nationality. The most famous Chinese dishes - Peking duck, dim sum, fried rice, century egg, turtle soup .
9 French cuisine
Ninth place - French cuisine. The division into folk and aristocratic cuisine, as well as the rejection of fast food, these are perhaps the main features of French cuisine. French cuisine is also distinguished from other European cuisines by the use of rather exotic foods - snails, frogs. The most famous dishes of French cuisine - ratatouille, nicoise, croissant, creme brulee .
8 Spanish cuisine
Eighth place - Spanish cuisine. The national cuisine of Spain has developed on the basis of the diversity of culinary traditions of its regions, due to geographical location, climate and cultural characteristics. Probably the most famous tomato soup is gazpacho .
In modern Spain, there are several dozen options for cooking paella , which differ from each other in the recipe. There are two ingredients common to all paella recipes - rice and saffron. Turron is the main sweet of the Christmas table.
7 Japanese cuisine
Seventh place - Japanese cuisine. It is distinguished by a preference for natural, minimally processed products, a wide use of seafood, seasonality, characteristic dishes, specific rules for decorating dishes, serving, and table etiquette. The most famous Japanese dishes are sushi, sashimi, tempura .
6 Indian cuisine
Sixth place - Indian cuisine. Particular emphasis in Indian cuisine is placed on vegetarian dishes of sabji from beans and vegetables, seasoned with traditional spices, among which spice mix curry occupies one of the first places. Rice is also the basis of Indian cuisine, which, together with flatbread and spices, forms a dish thali , and is also served along with a curry dish.
The first courses are represented, in particular, by dhal bean soup. A bright Indian dessert is wattilappam .
5 Greek cuisine
Fifth place - Greek cuisine. Typical Greek food is simple, colorful and flavorful. Many dishes are influenced by Greek history. Another distinctive feature of Greek cuisine is the abundance of olive oil. It is added to almost all dishes and is used not only as an aromatic seasoning, but also during the heat treatment of food. Another essential ingredient is lemon. The most famous dishes of Greek cuisine - moussaka, melomakarona, Greek salad .
4 Thai cuisine
Fourth place - Thai cuisine. Initially, fish, seafood and aquatic plants were mainly eaten. Chinese and Japanese cuisines have made significant changes in the food culture of Thailand, and European cuisine has had a great influence since the 17th century. In particular, chili peppers were introduced to Thailand by Portuguese missionaries.
The most famous Thai dishes - tom kha, padthai, fried rice, kung massaman .
3 Mexican cuisine
Third place - Mexican cuisine, which is a synthesis of Aztec and Spanish culinary traditions. The Spanish traditions themselves were formed at the turn of classical Europe and the Moorish East ( Mexican burrito ). The basis is tortillas with seasonings, among which the first place is occupied by chili peppers (the "visiting card" of Mexican cuisine) and salsa . The famous Mexican alcoholic drink is tequila . The popular drink cocoa or hot chocolate is of Mexican origin.
2 US Cuisine
Runner-up - American Cuisine. Modern American food is characterized by an extremely wide distribution of convenience foods, fast food restaurants (fast food) and restaurants of various national cuisines. Not very helpful? But delicious! Typical American dishes: taco, sandwich, hamburger, muffin .
