This kitchen was finished recently for our friends Neil and Sarah in Knutsford. A Welford Savanna door is used with Portobello Quartz worktop and finished with Neff appliances. As these pictures show it was quite a transformation!
This recently completed kitchen was finished for our customer Becky Bowler in Ashton under Lyne. Gentle and neutral colour palette throughout for a really restful feel.
Just finished this kitchen for our customer in Charlotte Street, Cheadle. They are thrilled to bits with their new kitchen and have got so much storage now that they even have a spare cupboard! Am sure they’ll find something useful to hide away in there.
The curved island featured in this kitchen was an interesting challenge but my team achieved the perfect finish and customers Jo and Dave are delighted. Well done everyone!
We just cooked this for dinner, it’s a beautiful recipe from Gary Rhodes and is one of my all time favourite fish dishes. If you’re watching your weight simply make the mash potatoes with skimmed milk only and use just one tablespooon of oil in the dressing – still tastes amazing!
PANFRIED SEABASS WITH CHILI SPRING ONIONS AND CREAMY POTATOES
Serves 4
4 x 175-225g sea bass fillets
3 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons mirin (sweet rice wine)
a small pinch of five spice powder
3 tablespoons olive or sesame oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 bunch of spring onions, finely shredded
1 red chilli, very finely chopped
plain flour for dusting
a knob of unsalted butter
450g large, floury potatoes, preferably Maris Piper, peeled and quartered
50g unsalted butter
75ml single cream or milk
salt, pepper and freshly grated nutmeg
Method
Boil the potatoes in salted water until cooked, approx 20-25 minutes, depending on size.
Drain off all water and replace the lid. Shake the pan vigorously, which will start to break up the boiled potatoes.
Add the butter and single cream or milk, a little at a time, while mashing the potatoes.
Season with salt, pepper and some freshly grated nutmeg according to taste.
The potatoes will now be light, fluffy, creamy and ready to eat. Keep warm until ready to serve.
To make the dressing, boil the soy sauce, mirin and five spice powder together, then remove from the heat. Mix with the olive or sesame oil and season with a twist of pepper, if necessary. Mix all of the spring onions with the chopped chilli.
To fry the sea bass, lightly flour on the skin side and season with salt and pepper.
Heat a frying pan with a little olive oil. Cook the bass on the floured side for a few minutes, then turn it over and adding a knob of butter and remove from the heat. The fish could take a little longer to cook, depending on the thickness of fillets.
Once the fish has been turned over, heat the dressing and add the spring onions and chilli mix. This must be warmed on a high heat and once the dressing is reaching boiling point, remove from the heat.
To present the dish, sit the seabass on top of a generous spoonful of soft mashed potato and spoon the spring onion and chilli around.
Absolutely delicious!
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After advising customers on the design and installation of numerous kitchens, I thought it was about time to sort mine out. Here’s the existing kitchen. Cupboards were fifteen years old and we’d put new doors and worktops on around five years ago.
So far so good. We managed to sell this kitchen for £500 on ebay so well worth thinking about if you are looking to replace a kitchen that’s not too ancient!
The two pictures above show the problem I wanted to sort out. An existing cupboard under the stairs and the position of the door from the hallway as well as the rad on the wall meant that a big chunk of space was being wasted in the kitchen. It also meant that we had to have an under the counter fridge which isn’t the best solution for a family of 5! I wanted to work out a way to make more of this space and I also really, really wanted to have a double fronted fridge freezer in the kitchen. So when I designed and planned the new kitchen I thought I just might get one in this space with a bit of crafty door shifting. First job was to block up the cupboard under the stairs and cut a new door under the side of the stairs in the hall. So builders in, Huw and the kids down to their uncles for the week! Time to get busy. Next job was to breeze block the existing kitchen door and cut a new doorway. This would let us use the space at the end of the kitchen more effectively and get the double fronted fridge freezer in that we really needed.
From this.
To this. Pull out larders either side of the new fridge freezer gave us bags of new storage and the wine rack gives Huw somewhere to stash his favourite Rioja. Not that it lasts very long : )
And here’s the rest of the kitchen. The lighter floor, worktops and walnut cupboard fronts work together with a beautiful handleless walnut door and purple glass splashback. I love it! What do you think?
