1. Pick The Right Layout
AB Concept's gourmand clients generally own state-of-the-art appliances and tools, so the next step for the AB Concept team would be to create a kitchen design that best accommodates such equipment. “Passionate cooks also like collecting beautiful dinnerware sets, which they often use when they entertain,” says Ed Ng, co-founder of the Hong Kong-based studio. “Because of this, we create display areas so our clients can showcase their collections.”
For large kitchens, he suggests double-loaded layouts with two parallel workstations (like the layout pictured above): one placed against the wall and the other an elongated, fully equipped island counter. “Such a layout gives cooks plenty of room to place their ingredients and tools, and they can move from one workstation to another with ease,” explains Ng.