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42 | Kitchen & Bath Design News | October 2015 K itchens are meant for cook- ing, but people who seriously love to cook often take it a step further by making their kitchens 'gourmet.' What that actually means can admittedly be a bit difcult to de- fne, and it is oftentimes diferent for every designer and his or her clients. For example, Barbara Geller, ACSD, PKBD, of The Place for Kitchens and Baths, in Boca Raton, FL, believes all of her kitchen designs share this focus on cooking. "I consider every kitchen to be gourmet!" she says. And, many clients who come to Jonathan Salmon, CKD, CBD, CID, of Le Gourmet Kitchen, in Old Towne Orange, CA, love to cook, but it often runs deeper than that. "They also love to share cooking…with kids and other family members, especially grandkids," says Salmon, noting that this means creating a space that is functional as well as exciting to work in. "It needs to be a space they love to be in. But for someone who loves to cook, their kitchen also needs to be easy to use…it needs to be func- tional, which can be the difcult part. Making it beautiful – with unique fnishes and designs, beautiful back- splashes and customized lighting – is the easy part." For Cristina Palamides, design coordinator at Eddy Homes, in Bridgeville, PA, and her clients, it's For people who love to cook at home, kitchens can be so much more than just a place to make dinner. Keeping the main sink multi- functional is important to Jonathan Salmon and his clients. As such, he often customizes standard sinks with accessories such as colanders and cutting boards as well as knife blocks embedded into a nearby countertop. Jonathan Salmon will often include multiple sinks in the kitchens he designs. In this kitchen, he located the main sink in the island and added a small chef sink next to the range. "You can easily fll a pot, for example, when making pasta," he says. "When the pasta is done, you can easily pour of the water. Everything is easy access. Since it's located next to the cooking surface, it also keeps the person cooking out of the way of others working in the kitchen." Photo: Rachel Pradhan, Pradhan Studios Photography By Kim Berndtson Gourmet Kitchens