Chef's kitchens are rising in popularity thanks to an increase in technological advances in kitchen design meaning that creating a professional or gourmet kitchen – once reserved for the best restaurants – at home is even easier to achieve than before. Diane Keaton's former kitchen, crafted in 1999 by celebrity favorite Stephen Shadley, is a true testament to culinary design. 'I want to be pure about this,' Keaton said in Shadley's book Designing Hollywood Homes .
'The simpler the better.' Planning a true chef's kitchen requires precision planning. Your chosen material is perhaps the most important element.
Hygienic, seamless and extremely robust, stainless steel is the professionals’ top surface choice for good reason. A post shared by Stephen Shadley (@stephenshadley) A photo posted by on There are practical reasons for why metals, such as stainless steel, work well in chef's kitchens: they can take the heat, literally, and are easy to clean. While scratches and patina are part of their charm, they can achieve striking clean lines, and a growing interest in this material goes beyond durability.
'Stainless steel is durable, low maintenance and extremely hygienic, so it's the ideal kitchen countertop material for our present times, says Tom Edmonds, design director at Lewis Alderson . 'It can be made into large complicated pieces with sinks and drainers welded in, virtually eliminating joints where bacteria and dirt could accumulate.' While it is more associated with co.